The paypal fees are spelled out in the Paypal User Agreement.
Standard rate is 2.9% plus 30 cents for usa accounts.
8.2 Domestic Payments in U.S. Dollars. This applies when both the sender and recipient are in the United States, and the payment is in U.S. Dollars.
a. Domestic Personal Payments in U.S. Dollars. Activity Payment Method Personal Payment Fee
| Sending or receiving* | Exclusively Balance or bank account | Free |
Other, including a fully or partially funded payment
by credit or debit card, or PayPal Credit. | 2.9% + $0.30 USD |
| *Sender generally determines whether the sender or recipient pays the Fee. See Section 8.1(b). |
b. Domestic Purchase Payments in U.S. Dollars.
Activity Purchase Payment Fee
| Sending (buying) | Free |
| Receiving (selling) | Standard rate: | 2.9% + $0.30 USD |
| Merchant rates*: | Monthly Sales Volume:
$0.01 - $3,000.00
$3,000.01 - $10,000.00
$10,000.01 - $100,000.00
Over $100,000.00 | Fee:
2.9% + $0.30 USD
2.5% + $0.30 USD
2.2% + $0.30 USD
1.9% + $0.30 USD |
Nonprofit rates**:
| Monthly Donation Volume:
$0.01 - $100,000.00
Over $100,000.00 | Fee:
2.2% + $0.30
1.9% + $0.30 |
*To qualify for our Merchant rates you must submit a one-time application, have qualifying monthly sales volume, and have an Account in good standing.
** Nonprofit rates are only available for registered charities with 501(c)(3) status. |
8.3 Domestic Payments in a Foreign Currency. When both the sender and recipient are in the United States, but the payment is in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, then the Fees above shall apply with the following change: The $0.30 USD fixed fee portion of the Fees above will be replaced by the fixed fee of the currency of the payment as described in Section 8.4(c) below.
8.4 International Payments. The following Fees apply when either the sender or recipient is outside the United States.
a. International Personal Payments. The Fee is based on the country of the recipient:
Activity Country Personal Payment Fee when Payment Method is exclusively Balance or bank Personal Payment Fee when another Payment Method is used to fully or partially fund the payment, including a credit or debit card, or PayPal Credit
| Sending or receiving* | Australia | 1% | 3.4% + Fixed Fee** |
| Brazil | 1% | 7.4% + Fixed Fee** |
| Canada, sending only | 0% | 2.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Canada, receiving only | 1% | 2.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| China | 0.5% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Germany | 2% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Hong Kong | 0.5% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Singapore | 0.5% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Taiwan | 0.5% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
| Elsewhere | 0.5% | 3.9% + Fixed Fee** |
* Sender generally determines whether the sender or recipient pays the Fee. See Section 8.1(b).
** See Section 8.4(c) below for detailed list of fixed fees for international payments. |
Link to user agreement https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/UserAgreement_full&fli=true&loc.... Fees.
