This policy is in place to help ensure the buyer can bid on or purchase a listed item knowing what acceptable payment options are available to them up front, and what buyer protection may be applicable.

Sellers who state in their listing that they accept certain payment methods must not selectively offer those payment methods to buyers or discourage buyers from using any of the payment methods offered. For example, a seller that accepts credit card payments cannot say that they only accept them for items over a certain value; similarly a seller offering PayPal cannot say it’s available for international purchases only.

This means that sellers must always accept payment from buyers through the payment methods they have chosen to offer.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

• Listing cancellation
• Forfeiting eBay fees on cancelled listings
• Limits on account privileges
• Loss of PowerSeller status
• Account suspension

Read more on the Misleading and Discouraging Payment policy.