PayPal Merchant Fees

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Last Updated: 24, March 2025

You can find details about changes to our rates and fees and when they will apply on our

Policy Updates Page. You can also view these changes by clicking ‘Legal’ at the bottom of any web-page and then selecting ‘Policy Updates’.

Domestic

A transaction occurring when both the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents of the same market.

International

A transaction occurring when the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents of different markets. Certain markets are grouped together when calculating international transaction rates. For a listing of our groupings, please access our Market/Region Grouping Table.

International transactions where both the sender and the receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as resident in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man are treated as domestic transactions for the purpose of applying fees.

Market Code Table

We may refer to two-letter market codes throughout our fee pages. For a complete listing of PayPal market codes, please access our Market Code Table.

Relevant Market/Region

Rates published below apply to PayPal accounts of residents of the following market/region:

Market/Region list

Fee Table: Market/Region list
United Kingdom (UK) Guernsey (GG) Jersey (JE)
Isle of Man (IM)

Commercial Transaction Rates

When you buy or sell goods or services, receive payments through QR Codes, make any other commercial type of transaction, or receive a payment when you “request money” using PayPal, we call that a “commercial transaction”.

Standard rate for receiving domestic transactions

Receiving international transactions

The applicable fee for receiving domestic commercial and QR Code transactions applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international commercial transactions.

Additional percentage-based fee for international commercial transactions

Additional service fee for recipients of EEA based international commercial transactions

This fee only applies to merchants who have separate agreements with PayPal. An additional service fee, following a change in applicable laws, regulations or card scheme rules relating to the sending or receipt of commercial transactions, may be applied on the amount of a commercial transaction received by merchants with a PayPal account registered in the UK market/region from a sender whose account is registered with or identified by PayPal as being in the EEA market/region.

Fee Table: Additional service fee for recipients of EEA based international commercial transactions
Payment type Fee
Commercial transactions where the recipient’s market/region is registered or identified by PayPal as the UK (including GG, JE and IM) 1.29%

Fixed fee for commercial transactions (based on currency received)

Fixed fee for QR Code transactions GBP 10.01 GBP and above (based on currency received)

Fixed fee for QR code transactions 10.00 GBP and below (based on currency received)

Receiving and Sending Donations

When you accept the User Agreement or the PayPal Fundraisers Terms and Conditions to send or receive funds (using one of the payment types listed below), we call that a “donation”. Funds sent or received through other products or services (not set out below) are not “donations” eligible for donations pricing. In such cases, the applicable transaction rates will apply and will be subject to the fees disclosed for such products or services on the applicable fees page.

Standard rate for receiving domestic donations

Fee Table: Standard rate for receiving domestic donations
Transaction Type Rate
Donation 2.9% + fixed fee
QR code Transactions – 10.01 GBP and above Commercial Transaction rates apply
QR code Transactions – 10.00 GBP and below Commercial Transaction rates apply
PayPal Fundraisers (Listed) Commercial Transaction rates apply
PayPal Fundraisers (Unlisted) No fee

Receiving international donations

The applicable fee for receiving domestic donations applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international donations.

Additional percentage-based fee for international donations

Fixed fee for donations (based on currency received)

Standard rate for sending domestic donations

Fee Table: Standard rate for sending domestic donations
Payment Type Rate
PayPal Fundraisers (Unlisted Fundraisers) Sending and Receiving Money Rates (i.e., sending domestic personal transactions rates)
All Other Donations No Fee

Standard rate for sending international donations

The applicable fee for sending domestic donations applies plus the applicable additional percentage-based fee for international donations (international fee).

Fee Table: Standard rate for sending international donations
Payment Type Rate
PayPal Fundraisers (Unlisted Fundraisers) Sending and Receiving Money Rates (i.e., sending international personal transactions rates)
All Other Donations No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved)

Charity Transaction Rates

Charity transaction rates are subject to application and pre-approval by PayPal. Once approved by PayPal, these rates will apply to all commercial transaction payments and donations received in your PayPal account. Any reference to “fixed fee” means the fixed fee for charity transactions.

Receiving domestic charity transactions

Receiving international charity transactions

The fee for receiving domestic charity transactions applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international transactions.

Fixed fee for charity transactions (based on currency received)

Alternative Payment Method Rates

We may allow your customers to choose any of the alternative payment methods (APM) listed in our APM agreement at checkout to pay you for purchases.

For a complete listing of the APMs we support, please see Annex 1 of your market’s APM agreement. You must accept the terms of your market’s APM agreement before receiving APM payments.

Our Commercial Transaction Rates apply when you receive APM funded payments. Additionally, if you are using the New Checkout Solution, a reduced rate may apply.

Receiving domestic transactions

Fixed fee for APM transactions (based on currency received)

PayPal Online Card Payment Services

Use of applicable Services is subject to eligibility, application, and approval by PayPal and your acceptance of the terms of the PayPal Online Card Payment Services Agreement. These rates will apply to all commercial transaction payments received using PayPal Online Card Payment Services.

Capitalized terms in this section are defined in the PayPal Online Card Services Agreement.

Receiving domestic transactions using PayPal Online Card Payment Services

Fee Table: Receiving domestic transactions using PayPal Online Card Payment Services
Payment type Rate

Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments - Blended Pricing Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay (CUP), Diners and Discover card types
1.2% + fixed fee

Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments - Interchange Plus Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay (CUP), Diners and Discover card types
Interchange Fee + 1.2% + fixed fee

Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments

  • American Express card type
3.5%
Website Payments Pro - Standard PayPal Payment using Express Checkout 2.9% + fixed fee

Website Payments Pro - Blended Pricing Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard or Maestro card types
3.4% + fixed fee

Website Payments Pro - Interchange Plus Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard or Maestro card types
Interchange Fee + 2.9% + fixed fee
Virtual Terminal - Standard PayPal Payment using Express Checkout: 2.9% + fixed fee

Virtual Terminal - Blended Pricing Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard or Maestro card types
1.2% + fixed fee

Virtual Terminal - Interchange Plus Fee Structure:

  • Visa, MasterCard or Maestro card types
Interchange Fee + 1.2% + fixed fee
Other Payments Commercial Transaction rates apply
Interchange fee rates: Approximately ranges from 0.2% to 2%. See the PayPal Online Card Payment Services Agreement for information about the Interchange Plus Fee Structure and Blended Pricing Fee Structure and your choices.

For Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments users only: you may opt to be charged under the Interchange Plus Plus Fee Structure. Please contact us for further information. The additional terms outlined in the PayPal Online Card Payment Services Agreement apply.

Receiving international transactions using PayPal Online Card Payment Services

The fee for receiving domestic transactions using PayPal Online Card Payment Services applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international transactions. The additional fee does not apply to interchange-based fees under the Interchange Plus or Interchange Plus Plus Fee Structure, American Express card type transactions, and APM (as applicable).

Fixed fee for PayPal Online Card Payment Services transactions (based on currency received)

Fixed fee for Website Payments Pro transactions (based on currency received)

Other fees for using PayPal Online Card Payment Services

Fee Table: Other fees for using PayPal Online Card Payment Services
Activity Description Rate
Additional Risk Factors If PayPal determines that your Account receives, or is likely to receive a disproportionately higher number of customer complaints, Reversals, Chargebacks, Claims, or other indicators of a serious level of risk, PayPal may increase the percentage components of your Transaction Fees after giving you 30 days prior notice of the increase. Up to 5% per transaction
Advanced Fraud Tool Optional service for Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments 0.06 GBP per transaction
Card Account Verification Transactions For each account verification request (for all Direct Payment API or Virtual Terminal card account verification transactions (Visa and MasterCard only). For the avoidance of doubt, this does not include Uncaptured Authorization Transactions. 0.20 GBP
Chargeback Protection Tool Optional service for Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments 0.59% per transaction
Failure to implement Express Checkout If you do not implement Express Checkout as required, the percentage components of your Transaction Fees may increase after giving you 30 days prior notice. (Website Payments Pro & Virtual Terminal) 0.5% per transaction
Monthly Fees Website Payments Pro (including Express Checkout, Direct Payments API and Virtual Terminal) 20.00 GBP
Virtual Terminal Only 20.00 GBP
Recurring Payment Tool Optional Service for Website Payments Pro & Virtual Terminal 20.00 GBP per month
Uncaptured Authorization Transactions For each successful but uncaptured authorization transaction via Direct Payment API or Virtual Terminal 0.20 GBP

Zettle by PayPal Fees

Use of Zettle by PayPal is subject to eligibility, application, approval by PayPal and your acceptance of the Zettle by PayPal Agreement. These fees will apply to the following payment types received using Zettle by PayPal.

Standard fee for receiving transactions using Zettle by PayPal

Fee Table: Standard fee for receiving transactions using Zettle by PayPal
Payment Type Fee
Card Present Transactions 1.75%
Manual Card Entry Transactions 3.4% + 0.20 GBP
Payment Links 2.5%

PayPal Payouts

PayPal Payouts (which includes the service formerly known as Mass Pay) allows you to easily send payments to multiple recipients at once. We charge you a fee for each payment you send using PayPal Payouts. The fee is based on the type of payment and currency in which it is sent.

Sending PayPal Payouts

Fee Table: Sending PayPal Payouts
Transaction Rate
Domestic PayPal Payouts 2% of total transaction amount (not to exceed the domestic maximum fee cap below)
Other International PayPal Payouts 2% of total transaction amount (not to exceed the international maximum fee cap below)

Maximum fee cap for PayPal Payouts

Based on payment currency:

Micropayments

Subject to application and pre-approval by PayPal, you may upgrade an existing account to receive the Micropayment rate. Micropayment rates can be ideal as an alternative to standard commercial transaction rates for business that process payments under 5.00 GBP. If you upgrade to the Micropayment rate, this rate will apply to all commercial transaction payments received into your PayPal account. Please contact us to apply for the Micropayment rate.

Receiving micropayments

Fee Table: Receiving micropayments
Transaction Rate
Domestic micropayments 5% + micropayments fixed fee
Other International micropayments 6% + micropayments fixed fee

Micropayments fixed fee

Based on payment currency:

Chargeback Fees

For transactions that are not processed either through a buyer’s PayPal account or through a guest checkout, we assess a settlement fee to sellers for credit and debit card transaction chargebacks (a chargeback may occur when a buyer rejects or reverses a charge on his or her card through the card issuer).

The chargeback fee is based on the currency received as follows:

Chargeback fees

Dispute Fees

We may charge a Dispute Fee when a buyer files a dispute claim or chargeback for a transaction that was processed through the buyer’s PayPal account or a PayPal checkout solution. Please see the User Agreement for more information about Standard and High Volume Dispute fees.

Dispute fees will be applied in the currency of the original transaction.

Standard Dispute Fees

High Volume Dispute Fees

Currency Conversions

For information about how we convert currency, please see the user agreement.

Please access the Currency Converter tool below to indicate the applicable rate that may apply to your transaction. Any rates shown are subject to change based on time and date of the completed transaction.

Currency Converter Tool

Converting balance for a business account and transactions for which a receiver has agreed to bear the currency conversion

Fee Table: Converting balance for a business account and transactions for which a receiver has agreed to bear the currency conversion
Rate
3% above the base exchange rate

eCheque Fees

Sometimes the sender of a payment you receive may use an eCheque as a means of funding that payment from their bank account, in order to send it from their PayPal account. Please see the user agreement for more information about eCheques. When you receive an eCheque funded payment we apply the fee you agreed to pay to receive the payment up to a monetary cap indicated below (based on the currency received):

Receiving eCheque fees

Fee Table: Receiving eCheque fees
Payment Type Rate
Per each payment transaction Commercial Transaction Rates

Maximum fee cap for eCheques

Fee Table: Maximum fee cap for eCheques
Currency Maximum fee cap
Australian dollar 50.00 AUD
Brazilian real 75.00 BRL
Canadian dollar 45.00 CAD
Czech koruna 850.00 CZK
Danish krone 250.00 DKK
Euro 35.00 EUR
Hong Kong dollar 330.00 HKD
Hungarian forint 9,250.00 HUF
Israeli new shekel 160.00 ILS
Japanese yen 4,000.00 JPY
Malaysian ringgit 150.00 MYR
Mexican peso 540.00 MXN
New Taiwan dollar 1,350.00 TWD
New Zealand dollar 60.00 NZD
Norwegian krone 270.00 NOK
Philippine peso 1,900.00 PHP
Polish zloty 140.00 PLN
Russian ruble 1,400.00 RUB
Singapore dollar 60.00 SGD
Swedish krona 320.00 SEK
Swiss franc 50.00 CHF
Thai baht 1,400.00 THB
UK pounds sterling 30.00 GBP
US dollar 45.00 USD

Withdrawals Out of PayPal

You can typically withdraw money out of PayPal by standard withdrawals/transfers to your linked bank account or eligible cards. Withdrawal to a bank account or a card may not be possible in all markets. A currency conversion (and currency conversion fees) may also apply.

Withdrawing a balance from a business PayPal account

Fee Table: Withdrawing a balance from a business PayPal account
Withdrawal/Transfer to Market Rate
Bank account All (where available) No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved)
US bank account All (where available) 3.00% (when no currency conversion is involved)
Cards UK, JE, GG, & IM No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved)

Other Merchant Fees

Included below are fees associated with events, requests, or actions that may happen when you use your account.

Other Fees

Fee Table: Other Fees
Activity Description Rate
Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfer out of PayPal This fee is charged when a withdrawal/transfer out of PayPal is attempted by a user and it fails because incorrect bank account information or delivery information is provided. See Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfer out of PayPal Table below.
Commercial Transaction Refunds Full Refunds
  • If you refund a Commercial Transaction payment, there are no fees to make the refund, but the fees you originally paid to receive the payment are not returned to you.
Partial Refunds
  • If you refund a Commercial Transaction payment, there are no fees to make the refund, but the fees you originally paid to receive the payment are not returned to you.
Credit Card and Debit Card Confirmation(s) Some users, in order to increase their sending limit or as PayPal may determine, may be charged a Credit Card and Debit Card Link and Confirmation fee. This amount will be refunded when you successfully complete the credit card or debit card verification process. See Credit Card and Debit Card Link and Confirmation Table below.
Inactive PayPal Account The inactivity fee will be the lesser of the fee listed below or the remaining balance in your account. See Inactive PayPal Account Fee Table below.
PayPal Business Payments This is a payment between UK users (i) made through a third party’s product or service and funded exclusively using either (or both) balance or eCheque and (ii) for which the PayPal Business Payment fee applies. The PayPal Business Payment fee is paid by the recipient, unless it is disclosed to the sender before payment is sent that the sender must pay this fee.

2.00 GBP per transaction in GBP

0.50 USD per transaction in USD

Records Request This fee will apply for requests of information relating to why we had reasonable justification to refuse your payment order. We will not charge you for records requested in connection with your good-faith assertion of an error in your PayPal account. 10.00 GBP or 12.00 EUR (per item)

UK Business Debit Card – Cash withdrawal fee

Use of the UK Business Debit Card is subject to eligibility, application, approval by PayPal and your acceptance of the terms of the UK PayPal Business Debit Mastercard Cardholder Agreement.

The fee applies to cash withdrawals at an ATM (inside and outside the UK). The ATM provider may charge additional fees. 1.00 GBP (per transaction)

Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfers out of PayPal Table

Fee Table: Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfer out of PayPal Table
Market/Region Fee
UK users 0.50 GBP
Users registered in the Eurozone 3.00 EUR

Credit Card and Debit Card Link and Confirmation Table

Inactive PayPal Account Table

Fee Table: Inactive PayPal Account Table
Currency Fee
Czech koruna 270.00 CZK
Danish krone 75.00 DKK
Euro 10.00 EUR
Hungarian forint 3,600.00 HUF
Norwegian krone 105.00 NOK
Polish zloty 45.00 PLN
Swedish krona 100.00 SEK
Swiss franc 10.00 CHF
UK pounds sterling 9.00 GBP