PayPal Question

[Nellers]

Hey ya'll, I'm curious about something. I had a friend ask if I charge extra for people to pay using paypal.com since paypal.com takes a fee out. I don't charge my clients extra for that fee, but was curious how many do (if any) and how many don't. Do most of you use paypal.com or another form of payment?

[Lori]

Hi Nell,

I don't... I just write it off during tax time. If I did decide to, I think I would just work it into my rate as opposed to separately billing them for it.

When a client gets to the point where the paypal fees are significant, I ask for them to start sending checks though.

Lori

Hey ya'll, I'm curious about something. I had a friend ask if I charge extra for people to pay using paypal.com since paypal.com takes a fee out. I don't charge my clients extra for that fee, but was curious how many do (if any) and how many don't. Do most of you use paypal.com or another form of payment?

[Nellers]

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback. I suppose if/when a clients bill gets large enough that the fee makes a large dent I would probably opt for a check.

[Mel]

I use paypal for all my clients and no I don't charge extra. One of the benefits to having a paypal account is you draw I think 3% interest on the money in your account which is far better than any bank around here so it sort of equals out in the long run.

[Lori]

Do you gals use the paypal debit card? That's nice because you earn some cash back on all your purchases... :dance:

[Mel]

I love my paypal debit card. I use it almost exclusively for small purchases.

[Nellers]

LOL! Mel, fancy meeting you over here. hehe. I posted this at my forums too. LMAO.

Anyway, no I don't use the debit card...yet anyway.

[Mel]

Boy we've run into each other all day.... are you stalking me??? :shock: Maybe I'm stalking you. :lol:

[Nellers]

:lol: I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too :twisted:

[Mel]

ROFL!

[nmsolutions]

I don't charge extra either, I brought something on ebay once which the seller did charge for the fee. thanks

Michelle

[Anonymous]

Hi, just passing thru and noticed this thread.

If I am not mistaken its stated on Paypal that the fee is not to be charged directly or indirectly to the payer.

[Debbi]

I use paypal for some clients and I do not charge any type of fee. The fees are deductible and I think it would not sit well for most clients to be assessed a 'fee' for paying me!

Also, Lori, I use the paypal credit card all the time - 1% back is awesome! And if it's business related, all the better.

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