When selecting the Paypal link from the CD order form on the site, you should be taken directly to the Paypal payment screen. There you will see '"If you have never paid through PayPal, "

Once you click on that button you will be taken to a registration page that asks for the details of the credit card you wish to use along with your name, address, the email address you wish to use (this will be your log-in name) and telephone number. If you dont wish your telephone number to be listed, simply put in a fake number, as long as it has the correct number of digits it will be accepted!

At the area asking for your postal address it will ask you if you are outside the United States and when you click on that it will alter the fields slightly to accomodate a non-US address.

Making sure you fill in all the fields, simply carry on until you reach the end, its probably a good idea to think of an eight letter password you would like to use so that you are prepared when you get to that question.

Simply submit the form when completed, and follow the instructions. What happens next is that an email is sent to the email address you have nominated, you need to respond to that as directed to confirm your email address, and your account is then activated.

There is one further step, when you submit your form, Paypal will make US$1.95 charge to the credit card you have nominated (about £1.25), and alongside that amount there will be a Paypal member number. If you can access your credit card on-line and obtain that number that will speed up the process, otherwise you need to wait for your credit card statement. You will get an email from Paypal telling you all this, and once you have your member number, you click on the link contained in that email, enter your member number, this will verify your credit card, and you can then go ahead and make payment.

Unfortunately, there is no quick way around this, we use Paypal because their security requirements are very stringent for your protection, but it also means that delays can occur in making payments. However, once you have established your account, you can use it to safely and securely make payments to anyone who has an email address, it is fast, simple and very safe.

I hope this information helps, but please do not hesitate to contact me on helen054@hotmail.com if I can be of any further assistance.