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May. 19th, 2004 03:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreI think banks and similar services are just here to make it impossible for small timers to sell overseas. I'm in Australia.
I'd love to sell my jewellery to people everywhere. But there seems to be no method of payment that will charge me less fees than the money I make.
Cash in foreign currency - $7.50 exchange fee (this was free until a few years back).
Money Order - I believe these are something like $20 to exchange - ridiculous.
Paypal - more fees than the money I'd be making.
Don't have and don't want a credit card - although I'm not sure if it would help me anyway.
Is there ANY way to do this and not get charged up the wazoo so much that I'm actually losing money to fees rather than making a profit?
I'd love to sell my jewellery to people everywhere. But there seems to be no method of payment that will charge me less fees than the money I make.
Cash in foreign currency - $7.50 exchange fee (this was free until a few years back).
Money Order - I believe these are something like $20 to exchange - ridiculous.
Paypal - more fees than the money I'd be making.
Don't have and don't want a credit card - although I'm not sure if it would help me anyway.
Is there ANY way to do this and not get charged up the wazoo so much that I'm actually losing money to fees rather than making a profit?
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Date: 2004-05-19 07:59 am (UTC)We got a paypal account just for e-bay.
Ummm.....direct deposit into your bank account? You might have to up the price of your merch to make up for fees & stuff - although on e-bay you often add that into the price as well as shipping.
I know Western Union is about $30 - it's crap! If it's for a LOT of money then $20 or $30 isn't that much on $500 or so but when it's for a $10 thingy it's rediculous.