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#1 (permalink)   09-14-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? I have a personal account set up now and will start billing my client through email, not paypal. Will I still get a paypal fee when he sends the money?

#2 (permalink)   09-14-2009 Your Virtual Wizard VAF Blog Challenge Moderator Company name: Your Virtual Wizard Your Virtual Wizard Latest Blog: After the Love is Gone ? What Should a Virtual Ass... My latest Twitter: Angela Jia Kim - Transform fear into fun! http://t...   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida-Gulf Coast Posts: 2,168 Blog Entries: 5 Re: Is there Paypal fee for receiving service payments. The paypal fee is taken out when the client makes the payment to your paypal account. I'm not sure if that is what you are asking. I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by billing through email. Are you saying that your invoice will go through email with a link to your paypal account? Janine __________________ WRITE FAB RFP PROPOSALS & land THE VA job. WinningRFP unveils soon! SignUp www.WinningRFP.com

#3 (permalink)   09-14-2009 tharris158 Contributing Member Company name: Harris Virtual Services   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 53 Re: Is there Paypal fee for receiving service payments. I have only used Paypal for buying on ebay... and I never paid a fee... but am going to look into it for invoicing customers once I am up and running. I will be reading this thread to see what the answers are? Thanks for asking the question.. __________________ Tamera “Let me manage the daily tasks for you.”

#4 (permalink)   09-14-2009 D_Victoria_Virtual_Assistance Resident Member Company name: D. Victoria Virtual Assistance A Virtual Perception Podcast: Episode 70: Business Networking ~A conversation wi... My latest Twitter: @SAHMconsulting Sweet. Thanks!   Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,783 Blog Entries: 15 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? Hi Collette, Yes, whenever you receive a payment from someone via Paypal, Paypal takes a percentage from the payment you receive. This is done any time you receive money...it does not matter whether you invoice someone via the Paypal system or by sending them your own invoice. Here is a link to the PayPal Transaction Fees page: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...ide&countries= The section titled: Fees for receiving purchase payments will apply to the question you are asking. I hope this helped! __________________ Darlene Victoria Gonzalez The Voice & Vision Behind Your Business

#5 (permalink)   09-14-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? Thanks for the clarification at first I thought it was only if you billed the client using paypal. I'll have to think about it

#6 (permalink)   09-14-2009 virtual_viviante New Member Company name: Virtual_Viviante   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MD Posts: 31 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? Thank you for this information. As I continue to build my business plan I like to know all about fees and other expenses, that I had not added in my budget.

#7 (permalink)   09-14-2009 D_Victoria_Virtual_Assistance Resident Member Company name: D. Victoria Virtual Assistance A Virtual Perception Podcast: Episode 70: Business Networking ~A conversation wi... My latest Twitter: @SAHMconsulting Sweet. Thanks!   Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,783 Blog Entries: 15 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? By the way, it is highly likely that you can claim your Paypal fees (for business payments) as a business expense. Double check with your accountant, but just something else to think about. __________________ Darlene Victoria Gonzalez The Voice & Vision Behind Your Business

#8 (permalink)   09-15-2009 JKVirtualOffice Resident Member Company name: JK Virtual Office Resources Facebook Marketing Magic: Facebook Announces Video Chat in Partnership with ... My latest Twitter: Good news for social video apps: Facebook introduc...   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,309 Blog Entries: 5 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? Yes, as Darlene said you pay a fee to PayPal upon receiving a payment. For me, that happened once I had received at least $500 in payment. PayPal fees can typically be deducted as "banking fees" on your taxes (depending on your business set-up). __________________ Kimberly Facebook Marketing Magic!

#9 (permalink)   09-15-2009 ShelleyH Junior Member Company name: Sage Virtual Assistance Latest blog post: I can feel Spring, I know its there My latest Twitter: setting up ping... it wont work for my client so I...   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 389 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? I havent received paypal since I started the VA biz but when I painted and sold on ebay, I used to take payment from faux finish customers (one lady was funny because she wanted points so she insisted she pay me from her CC) I just charged the fee on top, which was a percentage. __________________ www.sageva.com Shelley Halpain,

#10 (permalink)   09-15-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Re: Is there a Paypal fee for receiving service payments? I've decided to stick with Paypal to keep things consistant. I'd rather not be giving my bank account information out for ACH payments. Thanks again for the ideas everyone.