Fee deducted from ebay payment

[Rimcibimci]

Hello

im wondering why a paypal fee was deducted from the sale price I received from an ebay buyer . PayPal says receiving and sending money is free and I don’t remember being charged in the past when I sold something on ebay. Thank you.

[kernowlass]

@Rimcibimci

Sorry but how do you think paypal make any money to pay their staffs wages if paypal was free???

Its only FREE if you send a friends / family payment to a mate or family member AND fund it via funds in their paypal balance or bank account, if they fund it with a card then you pay a fee.

However all SALES pay a fee per transaction of 3.4% + 20p.

That is deducted from your buyers payment before the rest is transfered to your paypal balance.

Ebays fee is invoiced on a monthly basis.

[Rimcibimci]

Sorry for asking ! 

[kernowlass]

@Rimcibimci

Your welcome.

[Brandon-P · Accepted solution]

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@Rimcibimci wrote:

Hello

im wondering why a paypal fee was deducted from the sale price I received from an ebay buyer . PayPal says receiving and sending money is free and I don’t remember being charged in the past when I sold something on ebay. Thank you.

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Hi, @Rimcibimci

Each transaction received from a sale, such as eBay, is automatically deducted to include a service fee. The fee amount is based on your total sales volume, therefore the more items sold, the less deducted.

For example, if an item sold for £20.99 on a low-volume seller's PayPal account, it would be deducted to around £20.08 after the service fee. This applies to all PayPal customers who sell Goods & Services but doesn't extend to personal payments.

The standard fee is 3.4% + 20p.