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To: Urlman who wrote (6542)	6/15/2000 2:28:00 PM
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Hasta La Vista Billpoint. Paypal going International: PayPal Launches New Website! PayPal is proud to announce the unveiling of our new, redesigned website. We've simplified the navigation, improved the appearance, and -- best of all -- added a host of new features: Premier/Business Accounts for businesses, groups, and individuals $100,000 of free insurance on every account Easier ways to include a PayPal logo in your auctions Faster, easier bank account transfers PayPal for mobile phones And Much More! Check it out at paypal.com! Keep reading to learn more. New! Premier/Business Accounts PayPal's new PREMIER/BUSINESS ACCOUNT is the easiest way for businesses and groups to send and receive money online. E-commerce has never been easier! Premier/Business Accounts include all the benefits of your current PayPal Personal Account PLUS the following PREMIUM FEATURES: Do business under a corporate or group name. Exclusive 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week customer service hotline. 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That's less than half of what you'd pay with other payment services. (For instance, Billpoint starts at 3.5% plus $0.35 per transaction.) Plus, sellers continue to get a $5 bonus for every referral, and our $5 signup bonus effectively knocks $5 off the price for first-time buyers. For businesses and groups already enjoying the use of a Personal Account, it's easy to upgrade to a Premier/Business Account. Just log in to your account and click the "UPGRADE" button. It takes less than a minute. New users can sign up by going to secure.paypal.com. Premier/Business accounts are also available to individuals who would like to take advantage of the premium features. However, no one will be forced to upgrade to a Business/Premier account. Personal Accounts will remain FREE for individual use! New! Free Insurance Protection on Every Account PayPal balances are now even safer since we've insured every account against unauthorized transactions up to $100,000. Coverage is provided by Citigroup's Travelers Insurance?. You can read more about our insurance policy on our website. New! Automatic Auction Logos Attention auction sellers! With PayPal's AutoLink tool, you can automatically insert PayPal logos in all of your auction listings on eBay, Yahoo!, and Amazon. And if you choose the Automatic Daily Updating option, we'll continue to place your favorite PayPal logo in future auctions. You'll SAVE TIME while making sure that buyers know you accept PayPal. Plus, you'll get $5 referral bonuses for every new user. You'll find these convenient features under the new "Auction Tools" tab, once you log in to your account. New! Faster, Easier Bank Account Transfers PayPal is making it even easier to LINK A BANK ACCOUNT to your PayPal account in order to transfer funds electronically. You can move money into your PayPal account to fund your payments - or move money out at any time. Electronic deposits and withdrawals are always FREE! You'll be pleased to know that we've also made it easier to verify your bank account. In the past, we required you to send us a voided check before you could transfer bank account funds into your PayPal account. We've now instituted a faster, simpler process that achieves the same level of security. Just log in to your account to check it out! Use unlimited bank account funding to pay for transactions. PayPal also allows users to fund their account with up to $2,000 of credit card funding every 6 months. (Please note that all users' limits have been reset to $2,000.) New! International Payments PayPal is now available for citizens of US territories such as Puerto Rico or Guam, as well as for US military personnel and their families stationed overseas. And coming soon, PayPal will be available for INTERNATIONAL USERS, too. Stay tuned! New! PayPal for Mobile Phones PayPal users can now send money on-the-go using an Internet-enabled mobile phone. Just type www.paypal.com or www.X.com (for some phones all you have to do is type the letter 'X') into your phone's Web browser and log in to your account; there's no software to download. Splitting up a dinner bill or paying back a friend for movie tickets was never more convenient! Go to our Web site to read more about PayPal for Mobile Phones. New! PayPal Partners PayPal is pleased to announce that we've teamed up with some of the Web's premier sites. These include community leaders eGroups? and eCircles?, and invitation service Evite?. In the online auction market, we're working with AuctionWatch?, GoTo? Auctions, and Honesty.com?. Visit our press center for the latest on our partnerships. Sincerely, The PayPal Team www.paypal.com