Explain how paypal works when have sold an item? -

Paypal works as in between the buyer and the seller. They collect the money from the person who bought the item from you. They then take their fees from the payment and deliver the rest of the money into your paypal account.They work like Visa or Mastercard to arrange the payments.

Assuming you re asking about selling an item on eBay: You ll get notified by eBay that your item has sold and you ll be given contact information for the buyer. After you ve received your payment, you package up your item and bring it to the Post Office and mail it to the buyer.