Paypal 5% Comission

asincom · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:36 am **Posts:** 97

Hi All,
I configured my system to work with Paypal as payment method and works great after several trials. Just one only issue: I would like to charge to my customers 5% comission for Paypal use. If my customer wants to buy 20 dollars, I want Paypal charges 21 as handling fee.
I was trying to find out a way to do that on Paypal but no succes.
Any clue how to do it from A2B source code?
Thanks in advanced for your cooperation.
Regards.

stavros · **Posted:** Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:29 pm

Paypal's terms and conditions make it clear that you are not permitted to pass on the charges to the customer.

asincom · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:36 am **Posts:** 97

I have a web site where I sell many products with "buy now" buttons and Paypal allow me to charge a handling fee. This fee is also 5%. This charge is configured straight from Paypal API. I just put the code in to my web site and that's it.
A2B has a kind of agreement with Paypal to prevent extra charges?
Why I can not do it on A2B if Paypal allow it over "buy now" buttons?
Thanks Stavros for your kindly help.
Regards,

stavros · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:43 pm

asincom wrote:

A2B has a kind of agreement with Paypal to prevent extra charges?

No. I think I may have misinterpreted Paypal's user agreement. Previously I didn't notice that the 'no surcharge' clause was applicable only to Ebay sales.

jroper · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:56 pm **Posts:** 4065

Maybe someone who is a little more legally minded may be able to cast some light on this, but section 4.6 suggests that you can levy a fee for payment processing, but it must be the same or lower than other payment methods, which to my mind means that you cannot charge the entire payment fee.

Quote:

4.6 No Surcharges. You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge and is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions.

Joe

asincom · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:36 am **Posts:** 97

I think Paypal's user agreement is very clear. You can not charge a comision or merge for use Paypal as Payment method, but you can charge a "handling fee" which is not a rate, is a fix charge, lower than your other handling fee charged on diferent payment methods.
In this escenario, i.e I'm able to charge US$1 for refills from 10-20-50-100 dollars.
Now, how can I teach A2B to do that?
Thanks for your help.
Regards,

stavros · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:54 am

You can see here recent changes to v1.4 to accomplish something similar. Perhaps you can adapt it to your needs.

awoof · **Joined:** Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:52 pm **Posts:** 56

Are there other payment gateways besides "Paypal" that are reasonable or cheap?
Paypal seems to be having issues lately. Customers cannot process payments online.

cyberglobe · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:23 am **Posts:** 93

jroper wrote:

Maybe someone who is a little more legally minded may be able to cast some light on this, but section 4.6 suggests that you can levy a fee for payment processing, but it must be the same or lower than other payment methods, which to my mind means that you cannot charge the entire payment fee.

Quote:

4.6 No Surcharges. You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge and is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions.

Joe

The easiest way around this is to Charge the $21 for service and if the client wants to pay cash or creditcard (Non-Paypal) you can offer a DISCOUNT fee for those other methods.

This is perfectly legal as your price is fixed for all but you offer a discount for your "preferred" methods of payments.

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