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GrumpyGoddess · ‎Nov-29-2017

Can someone tell me if the PayPal fee percentage goes up depending on the price of the product? On a staging site I created a test product with a price of 50 cents (US) and purchased it myself for testing purposes. When I went into my PayPal account to refund the test money I was amazed to see that I only had 19 cents - PayPal took 31 cents out of 50!

I would appreciate any explanation. Thanks!

PayPal_Olivia · ‎Dec-01-2017

Hi @GrumpyGoddess,

I'm sorry to hear that there is any confusion about the fees that PayPal charges. I'll be happy to clarify! PayPal charges 2.9% + $.30 for domestic payments received in the US. The reason why the fee seemed high for your $.50 test payment is because that fixed portion of $.30 represents the greater part of that small amount. To learn more about fees, please click "Fees" at the bottom of any PayPal page.

I hope this helps!

Olivia

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PayPal_Olivia · ‎Dec-01-2017

Hi @GrumpyGoddess,

I'm sorry to hear that there is any confusion about the fees that PayPal charges. I'll be happy to clarify! PayPal charges 2.9% + $.30 for domestic payments received in the US. The reason why the fee seemed high for your $.50 test payment is because that fixed portion of $.30 represents the greater part of that small amount. To learn more about fees, please click "Fees" at the bottom of any PayPal page.

I hope this helps!

Olivia

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GrumpyGoddess · ‎Dec-01-2017

Yes, that explains it. Thank you.

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