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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 12:21 pm (UTC)I've built a few shopping catalogues and found PayPal actually had the lowest rates. Credit cards charge too much and to process them over the internet they charge you a monthly fee--whether you sell anything or not. Mega sucky!
Perhaps tack on the percentage (I think it's .02 on the US dollar) as a handling charge. If people want your stuff, they should understand.
Your jewellry is gorgeous, btw. I don't mind the image load times --it beats all the other "refinance mortgage, enlarge your shwang, and try Cialis" spam crap I get on a daily basis. :^)