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Offline FramFramson

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A question for the online shop owners here
« on: January 10, 2014, 05:08:42 AM »
Hi folks,

Knowing how thin the margins can be for small-time manufacturers in this hobby, I had a question: If you have an online shop, do you prefer payment via PayPal or credit card?

Most minis sites accept both, and I don't mind paying with one or the other, so I figured I might as well ask. What's the least trouble for you? Which one skims off the least in service charges?


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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2014, 05:26:31 AM »
No idea about the different charges but I've got paypal for mine, but you can use a credit card via paypal to pay.

It's the easiest option for me  :)

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2014, 05:45:00 AM »
I'm (no longer) a merchant, but I have some experience with this:

In general PayPal has higher charges per transaction, but maintaining a credit card merchant account can be more trouble than it's worth if your sales volumes are low (which can often be the case if you are a one man in the garden shed side project type of operation -- pretty common in our field).



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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2014, 08:29:20 AM »


In general PayPal has higher charges per transaction, but maintaining a credit card merchant account can be more trouble than it's worth if your sales volumes are low (which can often be the case if you are a one man in the garden shed side project type of operation -- pretty common in our field).





What he said. Paypal for me. :)
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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2014, 07:38:04 PM »
Generally if a company is offering both and not credit card through paypal, the credit card is cheaper for them. The exception being American Express.
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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2014, 08:24:36 PM »
Most minis sites accept both, and I don't mind paying with one or the other, so I figured I might as well ask. What's the least trouble for you? Which one skims off the least in service charges?

Paypal was a much cheaper option for me when I was running an online store. Less complications as well.

Offline FramFramson

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2014, 05:10:25 AM »
So the answer seems to be that you don't mind the slightly higher charge by Paypal since that's less hassle to deal with? Hm.

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2014, 08:41:30 AM »
So the answer seems to be that you don't mind the slightly higher charge by Paypal since that's less hassle to deal with? Hm.

As with most things, it depends :)
If the company is running credit card payments anyway then it's no hassle to run more and making more money is always good. If not then yeah, Paypal requires less effort.

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2014, 11:13:24 AM »
I only take Paypal through the website.  I can take cards directly.

Initially I had a Worldpay account but didn't use it online as it was another thing to setup and Paypal gives me the money immediately rather than after 4 weeks.

I now use IntuitPay for credit cards directly (and chip and pin at shows) and they pay in a week but it is simpler to keep paypal as the payment method.

Very occasionally I get someone asking to pay who won't use paypal...

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2014, 03:09:14 PM »
Gosh, I hate PayPal and that keeps me from buying from most online stores. Still interesting to see that I once again manage to be the stupid idiot on the sideline...  Then again it saves me a lot of Money, I guess...  :D
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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2014, 06:29:30 PM »
As with most things, it depends :)
If the company is running credit card payments anyway then it's no hassle to run more and making more money is always good. If not then yeah, Paypal requires less effort.

I guess the real question there then is what are the rate differences for merchants? How much of a cut does PayPal take over credit cards?

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2014, 07:45:37 PM »
I guess the real question there then is what are the rate differences for merchants? How much of a cut does PayPal take over credit cards?

Different companies/banks charge different amounts, it also varies depending on the amount of business they do.

The Paypal transaction fees are easily available on their site:

Purchase payments received (monthly)    Fee per transaction
£0.00 GBP - £1,500.00 GBP                    3.4% + £0.20 GBP
£1,500.01 GBP - £6,000.00 GBP            2.9% + £0.20 GBP
£6,000.01 GBP - £15,000.00 GBP            2.4% + £0.20 GBP
£15,000.01 GBP - £55,000.00 GBP            1.9% + £0.20 GBP
above £55,000.00 GBP*                             1.4% + £0.20 GBP


I haven't dealt with card transactions for a while but when I did it was approx 1.8% + 20p per transaction apart from AMEX which was something silly like 2% + £1 per transaction (there's a reason most of the UK doesn't accept it).

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2014, 08:58:30 PM »
So the answer seems to be that you don't mind the slightly higher charge by Paypal since that's less hassle to deal with? Hm.

My bank would have been a lot more than Paypal and would have required a lot of paperwork.

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2014, 03:36:59 AM »
So the differential will also really depend on volume. Of course only the bigger sellers will even get to the second tier. It takes quite a few large orders to even hit £1,500.

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Re: A question for the online shop owners here
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2014, 07:14:27 AM »
So the differential will also really depend on volume.

And your bank or credit card payment processor. Or both  >:(

 

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