PayPal payout rejections
Updated over a week ago

Here are the common reason and solutions for PayPal issues:

Unclaimed

A payment can be "unclaimed" because the payment was sent to either an invalid or unregistered/unconfirmed email address. You can also choose to accept/deny payments that are sent to you in a different currency than what you hold in you PayPal account.

There are other reasons this can happen also but typically it is either the result of PayPal account preferences you have set, or it's because of an error related to the email address that the payment was sent to.

Denied

Payments can be denied for any number of reasons defined by the error code. See the table below for your issue.

Error codes

The following table contains common error codes:

Error code

Reason

Description

1000

UNDEFINED

An error occurred while processing this payout request. In a few minutes, either retry the request or make a new request.

1005

PENDING_RECIPIENT_NON_HOLDING

_CURRENCY_PAYMENT_PREFERENCE

This payout is pending because the recipient has set their account preferences to review credits in this currency. The recipient has been notified. Check back later for the status of this payout.

14765

RECEIVER_UNREGISTERED

The recipient for this payout does not have an account. A link to sign up for an account was sent to the recipient. However, if the recipient does not claim this payout within 30 days, the funds are returned to your account.

3148

RECEIVER_COUNTRY_NOT_ALLOWED

PayPal canโ€™t send this payout because the recipient lives in a country where payouts are not allowed.

8330

RECEIVING_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

The recipient cannot accept this payout because it exceeds the amount they can receive at this time. Resubmit your payout request for a different amount.

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