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The Oz Round Table boards => PayPal => Topic started by: col52 on July 11, 2009, 06:08:22 PM
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If you are a seller of low value items and the total (including postage) comes to $12 or less, it is cheaper to operate through a micropayments account on Paypal (though it is for business accounts, apparently).
For item totals over $12 it is dearer so you would need a "normal" account.
Here's the info:
https://www.paypal.com.au/IntegrationCenter/ic_micropayments.html (https://www.paypal.com.au/IntegrationCenter/ic_micropayments.html)
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Thanks for that Col.
So they call it a business account?
Col, do you use a micropayment account & is it complicated?
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Thanks for that Col.
So they call it a business account?
Col, do you use a micropayment account & is it complicated?
It appears so, Lilly (business account).
I haven't set one up yet but I'm looking to clear some "stuff" out and it would be cheaper to use a micro than normal. I had a quick look the other day and seems to be just like opening a regular account.
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I'm interested too Col, but you can go first ;D
Don't forget to come back & tell us how you find it.
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OK ;D
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Have you tried it out yet Col?
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Not yet Lilly, what with the computer taking a tizzy and not feeling too well. Hardly done any "real" work this last 2 weeks.
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You have to open another (dedicated) Premier account. That account email should be specified on the listings for items that will sell less than $10.
I made the following graph ages ago, and it shows what the fees are:
(click to enlarge it)
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So you've got to pre-determine the final sale price then. It's good for some sellers, say packets of seeds, things like that, but it goes back into the too hard basket for me. I might start an aucton at $5.00 but can't pre-guess what the final selling price would be.