Accessories PSA: PayPal F&F no longer free for Business accounts

[Senor_Barney]

Looks like as of July 1, 2022 PayPal is charging fees on F&F transactions.... if sending money to users with a Business account. Many, including myself, did not seen this news.

Given how popular sending funds via PayPal F&F is on the Hide, everyone should confirm / disclose in their PX listing if they are using Business or Personal accounts so there is no confusion.

PayPal is ending fee-free Friends & Family payments for business accounts

Business owners will now need to use a personal account.

www.theverge.com

 

[SniperBro]

Is it charging the sender or the receiver? Seems like that's on the business account holder's end to factor in total cost of the transaction if a fee is being charged. I have not encountered this when sending F&F to a business account, so I'm guessing it's on their end...

 

[Senor_Barney]

Is it charging the sender or the receiver? Seems like that's on the business account holder's end to factor in total cost of the transaction if a fee is being charged. I have not encountered this when sending F&F to a business account, so I'm guessing it's on their end...

To clarify...Yes, it is on the Seller side.

I tried to send funds to someone last night that I've done a transaction with in the past via F&F. However, this time I no longer had the option to select "Friends & Family". It defaulted to "Goods and Services" and I could not switch it. When I contacted the person about it they confirmed their PayPal account is a Business account. In this case, Sellers that are providing a PayPal address that is a Business account should factor that into their listing price on PX because they will be charged Fees even if the Buyer pays via F&F.

I can see a S*** hit the fan and finger pointing from (some) Sellers that were not aware of this change.

 

[Sincerd]

I just found out. Just another reason not to give money to those assholes. Venmo is fked too. Zelle it is.