How does receiving payments through paypal work?

Hi: How does receiving payments through paypal work?
Hi. I am new to paypal and i was wondering if someone wanted to send me a payment through paypal would I have to do anything, like upgrading my paypal account or paying a percentage of the price etc. Also is paypal total secure? If I gave someone the necessary information to send me money, could he do anything with that except for sending me money? Thanks for your replies!!!
ok i don’t see anything about paypal on that page. Could you please give me a direct url that is relevant to my question?

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Answer by Gold Aegis
would I have to do anything, like upgrading my paypal account or paying a percentage of the price etc.

Yes & yes.
Your Personal PayPal account would have to be upgraded to a Premier account and you would pay 30 cents and 2.9% of the total (bid or price and s/h) on each transaction.
https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees

“Also is paypal total secure?” “…could he do anything with that except for sending me money?”

PayPal is as secure as you make it. Keep your Password secure and don’t make it from any word in the Dictionary or your pet’s name. Also, be familiar with scams. Here’s a very good eBay Tutorial on spoof/hoax emails and websites.
https://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/index.html