[k1ePRlda]

Confusing would be an understatement. I'm thinking of (trying) to sell some of my photography prints via Etsy, using Paypal as the payment option. In order to do this I would need to upgrade my personal paypal account to a premium account. Some questions:

1) If I upgrade to Premium - are their any money transfer actions where are free under a personal account, but attract a charge under Premium?

2) When accepting a credit card payment from somone with a paypal account not registered in The Netherlands, exactly what will the total charge be (e.g someone from the US)? As far as I can work out there is a transaction charge which is a % of the transaction value, then a fixed fee ontop of that, then there is a currency conversation charge (e.g for going from USD to EUR). Is there a further charge specifically for accepting a credit card payment?

I don't think they could have made their fee structure more complicated if they tried.

In short - I'll be wanting to sell my prints for around 20USD each (plus shipping charges) - but I need to figure out if paypal makes it worth doing - or will I be left with feck all after they have forced me to bend over and take it....
I'm not looking to make lots of money (more as a hobby) - but its still got to be worth my while!

[dalnecymync]

Confusing would be an understatement. I'm thinking of (trying) to sell some of my photography prints via Etsy, using Paypal as the payment option. In order to do this I would need to upgrade my personal paypal account to a premium account. Some questions:

1) If I upgrade to Premium - are their any money transfer actions where are free under a personal account, but attract a charge under Premium?

2) When accepting a credit card payment from somone with a paypal account not registered in The Netherlands, exactly what will the total charge be (e.g someone from the US)? As far as I can work out there is a transaction charge which is a % of the transaction value, then a fixed fee ontop of that, then there is a currency conversation charge (e.g for going from USD to EUR). Is there a further charge specifically for accepting a credit card payment?

I don't think they could have made their fee structure more complicated if they tried.

In short - I'll be wanting to sell my prints for around 20USD each (plus shipping charges) - but I need to figure out if paypal makes it worth doing - or will I be left with feck all after they have forced me to bend over and take it....
I'm not looking to make lots of money (more as a hobby) - but its still got to be worth my while!

It's not much different than having a standard Merchant account, but you have the added convenience of a larger install base of people who already use paypal. When I used them as a merchant account for my company, they generally charged a $.30 transaction fee, plus 2.25% of the total transaction price. Pretty standard fair, and I would assume it would scale accordingly based on your regional currency.

As for worldwide sales, I believe they charged an extra 5% per transaction. I'm sure if you gave them a call they could give you a full breakdown of what the fees would be in your country.