Touble with using paypal to upgrade to premium

Don't have a credit/Visa card and i want to upgrade to premium. I'm in Aus and have a bank account.
Went and had a look around on paypal to try and figure it out. So, as I understand you can pay (without entering any card info in) by:
- Transferring funds from your bank account to your online paypal account.
- Then using the funds in the paypal account to pay for it rather than a credit card.
I figured this to be true as when i go to pay using paypal the 1st thing it says is:
"This transaction amount is greater than your available PayPal balance. To complete purchase, please add a credit or debit card." (I have not transferred anything to my paypal account yet).
So my guess is if I did it would have an option to do it that way there as well as by card, yes?
Is this true or am i an idiot?
PS: sorry for bringing this up in that other thread didn't notice it was so very old lol.
Went and had a look around on paypal to try and figure it out. So, as I understand you can pay (without entering any card info in) by:
- Transferring funds from your bank account to your online paypal account.
- Then using the funds in the paypal account to pay for it rather than a credit card.
I figured this to be true as when i go to pay using paypal the 1st thing it says is:
"This transaction amount is greater than your available PayPal balance. To complete purchase, please add a credit or debit card." (I have not transferred anything to my paypal account yet).
So my guess is if I did it would have an option to do it that way there as well as by card, yes?
Is this true or am i an idiot?
PS: sorry for bringing this up in that other thread didn't notice it was so very old lol.