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Title: paypal account on website.
Post by: johnny bravo on May 30, 2013, 03:51:17 pm
does everyone have to pay fees when setting up a standard free paypal account from paypal website.     do you just pay fees when people pay in.      probably still save on fuel collecting.  is it as easy as it looks.
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: spudd on May 30, 2013, 04:12:18 pm
No fees on set up only a small percentage on payment- 54p for every £10.. Suprising how many people use pay pal now adays..

Hope this helps
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: johnny bravo on June 02, 2013, 03:28:48 pm
dosent sound too bad.      use less fuel if more people pay online
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: 8weekly on June 02, 2013, 03:31:48 pm
Just offer bank transfer. It's free and customers like it. My average price is £19. It would cost me 85p per transaction to use Paypal. Incidentally I never collect.
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: rg1 on June 02, 2013, 03:32:51 pm
Quote from: 8weekly on June 02, 2013, 03:31:48 pm
Just offer bank transfer. It's free and customers like it. My average price is £19. It would cost me 85p per transaction to use Paypal. Incidentally I never collect.

+1
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: windowswashed on June 02, 2013, 04:13:55 pm
just use a bank bill payment, no charges that way
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: PoleKing on June 02, 2013, 08:47:56 pm
I like PayPal.
£4 on a £100 payment.
Neither here nor there.

I save it up till it hits a grand then cash it in.
I like it.
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: Ste b on June 02, 2013, 08:58:28 pm
Quote from: Darren LanesWindowCleaning.com on June 02, 2013, 08:47:56 pm
I like PayPal.
£4 on a £100 payment.
Neither here nor there.

I save it up till it hits a grand then cash it in.
I like it.


But if you add it up over a year how much are you paying, several hundred? Compared to nothing for bank transfer
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: PoleKing on June 02, 2013, 09:13:55 pm
Ste-entirely agree with you.
It is more expensive.
But I don't mind. I like the app. I like getting the banner on my phone saying PayPal received.
Just my way but I don't like checking my statement for payments in from customers.
I realise its not the cheapest-just suits me.
Title: Re: paypal account on website.
Post by: Pete Thompson on June 03, 2013, 12:29:06 am
I offer paypal and online banking payment

I have considered charging an extra £1 for paypal, but instead of that I decided to put the prices of the paypal-ers up slightly more than the bank payers, so they end up paying about £1 more without realising it.

This covers the charges.  I'd say about 15% pay by paypal, the rest by online banking.

The nice thing about paypal is that the customers can use their credit cards, or their paypal balance.  One customer told me that because she uses her paypal balance to pay it and it never comes out of her bank account, she feels like she's getting it for free!

Weird, but I kind-of understand.

Collecting? that's so last-century.