PayPal Fees Not Consistent!

WoodruffsDad

I am registered as a Business Account with PayPal.

I have looked at my last 3 sales through PayPal and they have charged me 3.95%, 4.25% and 5.04% respectively.

Why these discrepancies?

RFW

Depending on your account the fees are generally 20p + x%. The x is variable depending on your account status, 3.9% down.

So as the 20p remains constant there would be a variation in total percentage depending on the selling price.

If however you're talking about selling the same priced item and getting charged different rates there's something wrong.

theonlywayisup

If some were cross boarder, then the fees are slightly higher.

WoodruffsDad

RFW wrote: »

Depending on your account the fees are generally 20p + x%. The x is variable depending on your account status, 3.9% down.

So as the 20p remains constant there would be a variation in total percentage depending on the selling price.

If however you're talking about selling the same priced item and getting charged different rates there's something wrong.

Each of the 3 items I quoted were completely different and with different prices realised.

RFW

Ok, assuming your percentage rate is 3.9%

if you sell something for £1, the fee is 24p (20p + 3.9p), which is 20% gross fees,

sell something for £10 and the fee is 59p (20p + 39p) which is 5.9% gross.

The percentage gross fee decreases in the size of the sale.

All the fees are in the Paypal pages.

TurkishDelight

RFW wrote: »

If however you're talking about selling the same priced item and getting charged different rates there's something wrong.

Oddly there has been instnaces where this has happened to us- not a conversion fee, or anything like that, but just a penny out from all the others of the same price.

Could never be bothered to chase them to find out why.

I figure it's something to do with rounding.... or something.

Sorry OP to butt in.
I'm guessing your problem must be the 20p flat fee thing though.