ddenev Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hi, I'm approaching the purchase of WHMCS in a week. I have a question - there are two options for buying WHMCS - PayPal and Credit Card. Could you tell me what are the transaction fees (if any) for both? Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CSNM-Carl Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Odd request! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 impactgc Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 the fees are paid for by the seller not the buyer.. Assuming he is thinking he has to pay those fees. Really odd! LOL Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PPH Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Odd request! I think they are asking if there are any transaction fees added to the purchase price? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 impactgc Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Legally I don't think you can pass that charge on to the customers anyway. You pay the price you see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Cody Salter Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 WHMCS would pay the transaction fees, you don't get charged to send money, you get charged to recieve it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ddenev Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Some payment gateways charge fees on the buyer when he is transferring money to the seller. Since I don't know who will process my credit card, it is normal to ask if there will be any fees. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 impactgc Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 what payment gateway charges a fee to the buyer? This isn't a transfer of money - you are purchasing.. In the eyes of payment gateways - there is a different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Neil Hennigan Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Payment gateways absolutely never charge a buyer. Could you imagine such a thing happening.. consumers worldwide would be in an uproar! Right - you're not sending money, you're buying something. I agree; odd request. Neil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Retired Forum Member WHMCS Joe Posted September 27, 2007 Retired Forum Member Share Posted September 27, 2007 I have a question - there are two options for buying WHMCS - PayPal and Credit Card. Could you tell me what are the transaction fees (if any) for both? Thank you.No, we do not add any transaction fees on either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ddenev Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Thank you all for your replies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 othellotech Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Legally I don't think you can pass that charge on to the customers anyway. Yes you can, and its very common in some industres to add additional fees onto a clients purchase if they're paying by c/card which both covers the merchans additional costs, and penalises the client. For example you can pay for your taxi by c/card, but with a 5% handling fee on top of the journey cost and a £2.50 admin fee. You can book your holiday car rental by c/card, and if you read the smallprint there will be anything upto 8% loaded into the price for the "pleasure" of using a card - paying by cash gets that discounted. Many high-street chains add 2.5% onto the final price if paying by a credit-card (nothing if paying by a debit card) to help cover their additional costs. So from the OP not an unreasonable question, and has already been answered by WHMCS - no there are no processing fees added onto the price you pay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xperience Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Legally I don't think you can pass that charge on to the customers anyway. You pay the price you see. Legally, you can do what you like! Many retailers charge extra for using certain payment methods - I don't agree with it but it happens . . . a lot! Edit - just read Rob's post above - much more sensible than mine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 impactgc Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Ok some correct- it isn't illegal to charge the fee- starting after Jan 2003 it was allowed - before I believe it was -- But the fee needs to be out in the open and the customer needs to know what the fee is for. Thanks, Adam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 othellotech Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Ok some correct- it isn't illegal to charge the fee- starting after Jan 2003 it was allowed - before I believe it was -- But the fee needs to be out in the open and the customer needs to know what the fee is for. Its *always* been legal to charge a fee and/or make the purchase level a set minimum. The 2002/2003 changes meant you had to provide details of the fees charged, at the same time, simply because the banks wanted to phase out cheques, they stopped you being able to charge a fee for debit-cards. With booming economies and consumer debt quite low vs GDP they also started to allow for cash incentives (prior to that the card issuing banks were on very dodgy legal grounds with their "airmiles" and "points" systems as you weren't allowed to "pay" people to get into debt. Supermarkets setup their own card processing companies, in order to charge themselves a fee for handling the transactions, in order to claim back the banking fees etc off their tax ... The whole plastic money system is just a way of ripping off the merchant and the consumer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm approaching the purchase of WHMCS in a week. I have a question - there are two options for buying WHMCS - PayPal and Credit Card. Could you tell me what are the transaction fees (if any) for both? Thank you.
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