Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Ive just had a payment via paypal and it said in order for me to execpt it i have to upgrade to a premier account as i had accepted too many payments so far this year?! I clicked the button which said upgrade and it said "thank you for upgrading". eh?!?! as simple as that? whats the catch? does this cost me anything or ?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think they start charging transaction fees for premier accounts. 2.9% per transaction or something? Edit: yep - transaction fees. Differences shown here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees-outside&countries=EU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think they start charging transaction fees for premier accounts. 2.9% per transaction or something? what you mean mate? i was already getting charged to accept a payment, or do you mean when you pay someone?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's in the link there. Previously, you would have only been charged transaction fees for credit/debit card payments, not for Paypal balance transfers. With a premier account, you get charged for all transactions. Looks like it's 3.4%, not 2.9% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's in the link there. Previously, you would have only been charged transaction fees for credit/debit card payments, not for Paypal balance transfers. With a premier account, you get charged for all transactions. Looks like it's 3.4%, not 2.9% oh yeah didnt notice you link doh! Thats a bit of a swizz then hey?! i didnt want to upgrade!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Paypal sucks! My fee's are worse than a banks! Haven't google just started online payments to rival paypal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Paypal sucks! My fee's are worse than a banks! Haven't google just started online payments to rival paypal? yeah i think they have, might be worth a look?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Here it is, called google checkout, took me ages to find it though which seems strange considering i was using Google to search for it!?!?! is it just me?!?! "twak" http://checkout.google.com/sell/?utm_campaign=en-gb&utm_source=en-ha-emea-uk-goog_brand&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20checkout&hl=en_gb&promo=uk-ha-brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Google Checkout? Yeah - that's there, checkout.google.com, but it's for internet vendors rather than just publicpublic payments I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hang on its seems its aimed predominately at business that have their own website so people with a good checkout account can easily buy from you. Not for joe public as far as i can see?!? please correct me if im wrong mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Google Checkout? Yeah - that's there, checkout.google.com, but it's for internet vendors rather than just publicpublic payments I think. you beat me to it! sounds quite good though but only if it took of in a big way!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 P.s Paypal must be making millions out of all the 20p's and the 3.4%'s they take off the millions of users! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I read in the sun it was for Joe public, like paypal. Then again it was the sun i guess. So rediculous fees it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Oh - it'll get there, I expect. They're not pushing it too hard at the moment, but the service is pretty good and the API is dead simple to integrate with by the looks of it. But unless they do public-to-public transactions, it won't ever complete with PayPal. And remember that PayPal = EBay too, which is what drives most of the public-to-public transactions on the web. So they'll have to wait for GoogleBay (which actually wouldn't surprise me either!) until they compete with PayPal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 P.s Paypal must be making millions out of all the 20p's and the 3.4%'s they take off the millions of users! I just looked at mine. £466 in fees in the last 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 so how many accounts are there with Paypal? I mean there must be millions? so any given day, paypal could if half of its customers made a transaction be rakeing in tens of millions of pounds per day, for doing nothing?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Bugger me take a look at this: http://www.paypalsucks.com/ Scary stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Yeah - PayPal are total scum. They make the service attractive to consumers by making it cheap and easy to use, then rip off merchants big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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