The most surprising thing I found from doing this unit is just how many people use PayPal. I knew it was popular, but I never imagined it would have more than 100 million users. I did not find much confusing about this unit, but I did find some information on PayPal a little harder to find. once I found the Protection Policy and a blog post discussing it though, I was fine.
Both I and almost everyone I know has purchased something online, but so far everything has been fine with no crazy instances. my aunt uses PayPal and has for a while, and she loves it. It's an easy way to purchase things online, especially if you don't have a credit card. I have never sold anything online though. The only thing that could even resemble that would be the few ads my dad has had on Kijiji over the years, but the buyers always came to us with the money. They never payed online.
After looking reading some additional digital business tips, I think both tips number three and four were important. Some items seem to have a low costs that is too good to be true, but have a very large shipping fee that tricks the buyer into paying the actual desired price. Also when buying things from Kijiji, make sure to make the transaction is a public place, and to never send the money in the mail or online. These are both good to know because these things happen all the time, and are waiting to happen to you.
I think the biggest issue for young people when it comes to shopping and selling online, is that they don't think about what could happen to their money, items or information. All they care about is how quickly they can get the item they want or the money they need.
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