No, you don 't have to have a balance in your PayPal account. If you have added your bank (or checking) account details and/or your card details to your PayPal account, you can make an "instant payment" for an item that you buy from eBay. With an "instant payment" money is automatically taken from your bank or card, paid into your PayPal account and then paid out immediately to the seller. All of this happens within seconds of you agreeing to make the payment.
PayPal is actually by the Internet giant eBay. eBay is traded on the NASDAQ. Buying eBay stock is almost the same as buying PayPal.
You can get them cheapest from Ebay (but u need paypal to buy it).
to own a bigger piece of the pie
You have to give PayPal a credit card number and a checking account number when you register with them. PayPal will charge your credit card if you have a zero balance.
the best way to start buying on eBay is simple. set up a Paypal account. Link your checking account to the Paypal account. then set up your eBay account. the paypal account is the simplest way to keep track of your money and your purchases. I use paypal and its very easy to use.
You can use credit card to buy items on eBay by using their PayPal service.
It covers anything you buy on Ebay
You can use a relative's paypal account to pay for an item you purchased on your own eBay account. You may not be covered by paypal's protection services unless you ship to the verified shipping address on the account. You can specify the shipping address on paypal when you make the eBay payment.
No, you don't need to anyway. You buy it using Paypal or a card at its website.
yes, but you need to have it connected to your bank account.
When you buy something and use the "pay now" button to pay with PayPal, the next page you will see shows the PayPal logo along with several credit card logos. This doesn't mean that you have to pay by card, it's just showing that you can if you want.Select the PayPal option and you will be re-directed to PayPal where you can log in and make the payment from your balance there.
Theoretically, yes. If you have a balance in your verified PayPal account you should be able to spend it freely. As you are looking to spend a large sum, though, you might expect that some temporary restriction will be placed on your spending until PayPal have verified that it is you doing the buying and not someone who has gained access to your account.