PayPal Fee Calculator

Calculate your PayPal Merchant Fees in the UK

Do you know how much you’re paying in PayPal fees when you sell online? Get this simple PayPal merchant fee calculator to see what those sales really cost you.

PayPal Merchant Fee Calculator (UK)

How to use the calculator - 3 easy steps

1. Click on the link below to get your own copy of our smart PayPal business fee calculator in Google Spreadsheet.
2. Choose the PayPal fees calculator you need, depending on whether you’re selling to domestic or international customers.
3. Type in the price you want to sell your product for and the calculator displays the fees PayPal will charge you.

PayPal Business Fees

When you use PayPal to process a payment for a sale made online or in person, you’ll pay a fee. PayPal merchant fees can be confusing, as they vary according to the type of sale, the currency, and where you and your customer’s PayPal accounts are registered. There may be several different fees for a single transaction – and understanding them all is crucial if you want to protect your profit margins.

Use our easy Paypal good and services fee calculator to check out the costs of using PayPal and make sure there are no surprises.

Country of the sender

PayPal Fees

Canada & US

  • 2%
  • currency conversion fee

Europe zone I & Northern Europe

  • 0,50%
  • currency conversion fee

Europe zone II

  • 2%
  • currency conversion fee

Rest of the world

  • 2%
  • currency conversion fee

PayPal international fees explained

Get our Paypal international fee calculator, to see the costs of selling abroad

It’s especially important to understand PayPal merchant fees when you’re selling to customers based abroad. There are several different fees you need to know about, which may be a surprise if you’re not expecting them. Here’s what you need to know.

Take a look at the fixed fees which are set according to the currency the payment is being made in, in this handy table.

Charity fees may be different.

It’s good to know that you can avoid some of the costs of selling overseas by using a smart multi-currency account from Wise for Business. Receive payments for free from customers in the US, UK, euro area, Australia and New Zealand, and switch your money back to British pounds using the mid-market exchange rate with no markup.

PayPal merchant fees for domestic transactions

If you’re receiving domestic payments, get this handy PayPal seller fee calculator

If you take a payment from a customer who has a UK registered PayPal account, you’ll need to check out PayPal’s domestic charges. Domestic sales made online attract the following fees:

  • 2.9% of the transaction value if the recipient is based in the UK
  • 3.4% of the transaction amount if the recipient lives in: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Latvia, San Marino, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia, Malta

+ fixed fee which is based on the received currency.

Country of seller’s address

PayPal Fees

Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey & United Kingdom (UK)

  • 2,9%
  • a fixed fee according to the received currency

Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Latvia, San Marino, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia, Malta

  • 3,40%
  • a fixed fee according to the received currency

Check out the simple PayPal transaction fees calculator, to make the math easy.

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