# PayPal holding payment until it’s marked shipped?!? This happened to anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414 "2019-06-23T13:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/1 "2019-06-23T13:44:35Z")
Just made a bst sale, but PayPal has put a hold on releasing funds. Buyer contacted PayPal who stated that once it’s marked as shipped the funds will be released. Anyone have any experience with this? Never had this issue before. Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/2 "2019-06-23T13:50:47Z")
That is very strange. I’ve been selling stuff online using paypal for 10+ years and not once have I had this happen to me. ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/3 "2019-06-23T13:53:25Z")
Only time I’ve seen this is when I mistyped the email address once. Buyer checked and said this wasn’t it. There was one uppercase letter used, but PayPal said this probably wasn’t the issue. If this wasn’t an international purchase from a fairly new forum member I wouldn’t be sketched. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/4 "2019-06-23T14:09:08Z")
Is there a place to put a tracking number on PayPal? You could print the label at home, get the tracking number for it, see if the funds release, and then actually ship it if everything is copacetic. ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/5 "2019-06-23T14:10:46Z")
There is definitely a place to update shipping information; I usually try to do it for all my payments as the notification bothers me. ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/6 "2019-06-23T14:26:09Z")
But have you ever had a payment held until you updated the shipping info? ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/7 "2019-06-23T14:27:49Z")
Never! That’s really weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Damb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/damb/32/44045_2.png) [@Damb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Damb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/8 "2019-06-23T15:53:17Z")
This has happened to me as a buyer before - it was an international shipment and he couldn’t receive payment until, I the buyer, marked the packaged as received. This has only happened with international ---
**Author:** ![somniculto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/somniculto/32/49110_2.png) [@somniculto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/somniculto)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-holding-payment-until-it-s-marked-shipped-this-happened-to-anyone-else/304414/9 "2019-06-25T13:36:08Z")
This happens to me a lot with ebay sales. Transactions over $100 are held until tracking shows “delivered”.