[Ricardo]

Is there a strategy to reduce PayPal charges on purchases around or under a dollar?

This came up with a friend of mine who's planning to sell downloads of music tracks, and I believe he was looking at a fee of something like 30 cents per download.

[e-boadmin]

Ricardo,
You'd have to contact PayPal directly, but I'm pretty sure that's not possible. You'd be better off negotiating that with a regular merchant bank.

[st_hart]

It seems that Paypal charges the higher to smaller transactions. I sent $100 to my friend and he was charged around $3. Then I sent $2 to him and he was charged around $0.4. I think you will be charged more (in percentage) for the $1 purchases.

[Ricardo]

Thanks for the information. In my friend's case, the operating charges of selling music downloads and ringtones can really affect his profits.

I suspect that the charges may be different for someone setting up a business as opposed to a basically one-time transaction?

I've noticed some of the prices dropping overall for some online music downloads, particularly in the production music genre.

[bammer]

I do believe what he said, the transaction for business purposes and one time transaction is different in cost..try to check it out..

[lobster]

really?it's sounds too bad for me..but well, if it's there policy we can change that..

[Ricardo]

When I receive amounts in Canada from about $1 to $60 or so, I'm not aware of being charged a fee. And when I transfer to a bank account, there's no fee if the amount is at least $150.

[jennyB]

I am not sure how PayPal charged the receiver for payment, but last time I was charged some money for a credit card payment my customer made. I didn't know that I will be charged for receiving credit card payment via paypal. Besides, as far as I know, paypal only allows five times of receiving credit card payment. Does it mean that I cannot have the credit card payment for the sixth time, or do I have to pay extra for that?

[Ricardo]

Originally Posted by jennyB

Besides, as far as I know, paypal only allows five times of receiving credit card payment. Does it mean that I cannot have the credit card payment for the sixth time, or do I have to pay extra for that?

That sounds very odd. In the case of a very busy site, that just wouldn't work at all.

There must be a bit of a misunderstanding?

[homebrewer]

Paypal charges me cents for transactions over other sites, whether big or small amount, they still charge me for it.