Selling without PayPal

One option that just occurred to me is a method that I have used to pay for RockAuto parts.

RockAuto used to have the option to go to a bank of your choosing and make a deposit in their account. They even gave you a deposit slip. I did this a couple of times and wondered if I could use this method myself, but never did look into it further.

I certainly wouldn’t keep money in the account but if you closed it or kept it empty would it work? Find a bank that is nation wide, open an account and then tell the buyer to deposit the funds in that account. Move the money out and maybe even close the account and then send the parts.

No idea if there are legal issues with the idea, like maybe it could be viewed as money laundering?

Maybe the account is a sub account of a main one? That way you aren’t completely opening and closing new accounts every time, more just a temp account?

Not sure how RockAuto did it, or even if they still give the option.

Just a thought.