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Just adding my support in what seems to be a 4 year long quest in asking paypal to allow UK sellers to sell internationally. I'm hoping to grow my business by offering a sales page away from ebay, but many of my customer base are in different parts of the world. Whilst i appreciate i could set postage costs for the UK and state on my sales page that International buyers will have to pay a surcharge directly through paypal, i do believe this to look incredibly amatuer and it may scare away potential new buyers thinking it may be a scam. Options really do need to be integrated to apply different costs to UK, Europe & Rest Of World. ... View more

Hi,   If your site sells in GBPs, the prices also must be advertised in GBPs, as currency market constantly fluctuates and you would need a real-time feed from PayPal's exchange rate to have your prices up to date. (this could be achieved with Adaptive Payments only and involves advanced coding skills - writing your own app to handle this)   When your buyer is supposed to pay in GBP on your site and their funding sources are registered in USD, at checkout they will be given a choice to use PayPal's currency conversion or charge the funding source in GBPs and rely on the issuer's conversion.   If you are selling just one product, offering multiple buttons, each in different currency, may be a good solution.   Regards, Michael MTS ... View more