Paypal payment fee's

[squishio]

Hi All

Just wondering if anyone might know of a solution for me.

I am receiving payments through paypal for small amounts (99p, 2.99 etc.) basically lots of small payments all under 10 quid.

However for each of these transactions paypal takes their fee.
I don't have any objection to this as paypal is a business and they need to make their money.

However the fee is pretty big compared to the transaction.

For a 99p payment I receive paypal are taking 24p


Does anyone know of any way to reduce these charges or avoid fees on small payments?

I wouldn't mind a couple quid taken off a £50 transaction but when it is 99p and they are taking a quarter of it then it is a bit ridiculous!


Anyone got any ideas?
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[Ant132]

When making a payment you can choose to send it as a gift as opposed to a 'payment for goods' etc. Payment as a gift doesn't charge you anything.

Alternatively, charge more
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[The Artist]

Payment as a gift, the person sending the money chooses who pays the fee. It doesn't go away and if you ask the customer to pay the fee, then that is against their rules.

Personal payment owed doesn't seem to charge a fee.

Are you using ebay? If so, then you can't get around the fees without breaking any rules unless you don't use paypal which will put people off.

You want the service, you have to pay for it.

[Hetzer]

Add the fee to the price of the item.
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[iooi]

Don't think that there is anyway round it.

It still costs them the same to process 99p as it does £99
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[yuri2085]

lol @ the charge is 'cost to process'

They generally take 4% but 4% of 99p isnt much so they are greedy. They are not too fussed if they put of people who are only making small transactions.

[K0rnIsAFAGGOT]

As said, add the fee to the price of the item.

https://www.rolbe.com/paypal.htm

[Jefr0]

Whilst on the subject of paypal, how long does it take to go from paypal to your bank account?

Do you only receive the funds once the eBayer has left feedback?
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[K0rnIsAFAGGOT]

[Jefr0]

Nice one fella. Sorry for hijacking the thread!
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