Total cost for sending a payment to foreign seller

[JonnyB1978]

I live in the UK.  My Paypal account is primarily set up in USD.  I need to purchase something from Hong Kong that costs 593USD.  How many GBP will I have to deposit in my Paypal Account to cover this transaction?

Many thanks

Jon

[PayPal_Frank]

Hi JonnyB1978,

Welcome to the forum! 

At the time of this post, the PayPal currency conversion rate is 1 USD = 0.609790  GBP .  This is updated twice a day.  So this would mean that 361.61 GBP would need to be added to get $593 USD after conversion.

If you want to find the PayPal exchange rate, you can visit the "Currency Balances" section of your profile.  I have provided instructions below.

- Log into PayPal.

- Click on the "Profile" link located in the white bar just below the blue "Merchant Services" tab.  Ignore the drop down menu and click on "Profile"

- Under the Financial Information column, click on "Currrency Balances"

- On the right side of the page is our Currency Exchange section.

- Enter an amount and currency

- Click "Calculate"

- The PayPal exchange will be shown in the box below

You can also visit

 https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-currencies to get to this section directly.

I hope this helps! 😄

- Frank