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Is it anonymity from just the customer? or is it total blackout? Have researched this and found out that unless maybe you use another third party to receive the money then forward to you,Its almost impossible nowadays to hide from everyone,someone somewhere just has to have your details.

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ephan172, it's anonymity from publicly accessible means. (total blackout would consider making illegal/fake accounts, which is not the case here). I can secure my whois data, but can I secure my payment account? I have two use examples: ie: you sell items you'd rather not to be linked to you in any way (the same way people want discrete packaging when buying certain personal items) ie2: it's a grey area business, such as porn sites (can you completely hide your personal identity when receiving online payments?)

My customers see the name of my company on their credit card statements, not my name. Use a mail forwarding service or virtual office if you need to add a further layer of abstraction.

If you can operate under a business name,I think paypal allows that when you use a business account,then your identity is only visible to paypal who I am sure you don't mind them knowing?? check this out:third answer by a paypal employee to the op in that thread https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/My-account-settings/Keep...

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