No, there's no other charges unless you have a premium, or business account. A
regular consumer account has no charge either direction. (only the 2.6% + 30
cents international fee) Free to sign up, free to use.
International fee:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/int_fees-outside
General usage:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/hlp/help_global_intl-outside#over1
Larry
Keith Berry wrote:
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > 2.6% +30 cents for currency exchange alone? I think they only charge 1.9%
> +
> > 25 cents for the actual service. Starts to look a tad expensive, no?
> > How do BidPay and Billpoint compare?
>
> >From a buyer's point of view BidPay charges you $5 for anything up to $100,
> pro-rata after that, whereas Billpoint don't add to the cost of your money
> order but give you a dollar back instead. So for amounts up to $100, BidPay
> is always $6 dearer than Billpoint. Sadly though not many sellers will take
> Billpoint whereas almost anybody will accept BidPay even if their auction
> details didn't say so at the time.
>
> I've just heard from a Russian seller that BidPay's MOs aren't acceptable to
> the financial institutions there simply because the space for the
> purchaser's details is always left blank. Here's a warning to eBay bidders
> outside the USA on Russian Federation auctions that say that credit card
> payments can be made through CCNow, the Russian retail orgnisation: Their
> website says that they can take payments ONLY from US buyers, a fact that
> the seller was unaware of until I mentioned it.
>
> Larry wrote (about PayPal):
> > >You're charged when currency has to be converted from or to US dollars.
> The
> > >charge is 2.6% + 30 cent transaction fee. That's it.
>
> Does this apply to buyers with Personal accounts? I went through the motions
> of registering with them for an international Personal account and their
> chart implied that everything is free as long as no more than $500 per month
> is paid to you. More than that and you get switched to a Business account -
> and charged accordingly.
>
> Regards,
> Keith Berry, Birmingham, UK.
>
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