Hmm, yeah, this sucks. I'm in the process of setting up a Google Checkout account.
Ian. On 14 Jul 2006, at 06:46, Matthew Toseland wrote: > My paypal account (on which I receive payments from Freenet Project > Inc) > says I can only receive ?250.00 per month, and if I want to receive > more > I will have to upgrade to a Premier account. It also says I have > ?250.00 > remaining this month (despite the fact that I have received more than > twice that). > > I believe at the moment we pay: > 2.9% + 30c/transaction for receiving on ian at freenetproject.org > (3.9% for non-US payees) > 2.5% currency conversion (at my end) > = 5.4% - 6.4% + 30c/trans > (A lot of our users are non-US; I suspect a lot of our funders are > too). > > 30c/trans = 6% of $5, 3% of $10, 1.5% of $20 > > If they force me to get a Premier account, (the limits have been > around > for at least 2 months, so they may not), then that would go up to: > 2.9% + 30c/transaction for receiving on ian at freenetproject.org > (3.9% for non-US payees) > 3.9% + 20p/transaction for receiving on my end > 2.5% currency conversion (at my end) > = 9.3% to 10.3% + 30c/trans > > Now, lets take the 30c/trans into account as well (the 30p/trans is > irrelevant, but the 30c/trans isn't): > $5, non-US: 16.3% (12.4% if I can stay at Personal) > $5, US: 15.3% (11.4%) > $10, non-US: 13.3% (9.4%) > $10, US: 12.3% (8.4%) > $20, non-US: 11.8% (7.9%) > $20, US: 10.8% (6.9%) > > Either way, intra-national wire transfers are free, and relatively > easy; > should we have a page with bank details on the website? I believe you > have a US account for FPI; I am willing to receive onto my account, > but > if we are advertising it you should probably open a dedicated > account in > your name to avoid confusion and because I may not always be > working for > FPI! > > It's a shame nobody uses egold; it's actually cheaper for us, but > it's a > lot more hassle to use for the sender. We should probably get a Google > Checkout account; good brand awareness, low fees and less hassle than > Amazon Honour System, although both the sender and the receiver > must be > in the US, so we could only use it for the FPI end, and it might be > contrary to paypal's Terms and Conditions to use paypal to move the > resulting $. > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. contact | ian at revver.com - 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http:// locut.us/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20060714/19eaaf4a/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 188 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20060714/19eaaf4a/attachment.pgp>
