Comments on: Seller Can Cover PayPal Fee (Not Mass Pay)

By: Valentin

Valentin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:54 +0000

Yes, it really works. Once when I received funds for a domain I sold. I was really surprised to see that no fees was taken. And yes, the person used “Payment owned” option. I think you should see it in the transactions list like Payment owned and not Payment From or Payment To.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:03 +0000

John… I posted a few “masspay” file generator links in the first comment. Check it out.

By: Tim Davids

Tim Davids — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:21 +0000

I never liked the term “mass pay” it sounds like your sending ALL your money

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:29:31 +0000

Mass pay only works if funds are in an account. I can only think of one end buyer sale where the purchaser had funds in his PayPal account.

Even then, when I mention mass pay it’s like speaking a foreign language.

And why would you pay the full fee? Well, that’s something that is negotiated during a sale. Just like Escrow.com gives the option, PayPal should too.

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:26:59 +0000

Makes sense…I’m sure they can tell if you do it too often.

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:26:14 +0000

“Unless you do a blog post about it”

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:54 +0000

With personal accounts you used to be able to get money and pay no fees. Sure, it’s probably still that way too. But this is clearly a regular biz transaction and the person making the payment is being given the option to pay the fee.

I’d say it’s a great idea, though most people clearly won’t do it. Even if I DID want to pay the fee, which often times I would, why would I pay the FULL fee, when I can use MassPay and pay at most $1? MassPay is not hard at all.

I’d suggest you create a simple MassPay text file that people can download. Prefill in the amount etc. if it’s set. Otherwise the people can download it, change the amount and use it. Granted some people still can’t handle this, but I helped a domainer do this to collect his $1 finder fees.

There used to be a site that generated the MassPay file for you. Last I checked it was gone, but maybe someone knows of a site? Making a simple plugin or script that can generate them on the fly for a web site would be a great idea, if it has not already been done. Hint, hint programmers…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:35:29 +0000

I believe you’re only allowed to do this for personal payments, which may carry a lower fee, too. So if you get a bunch of these you might find PayPal scrutinizing your account.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:33:31 +0000

This is actually for “personal” payments between friends. They wave the fees. From my understanding you do it too much and you’ll lose your paypal account. If you accept them I don’t see how they would ever figure out that’s it’s a commercial payment and not a personal payment. Unless you do a blog post about it.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:38:35 +0000

I have not used this method... but thanks you to, I am going to give it a try! I honestly didn't even realize it was an option. It is frustrating that the majority of people have no idea how to initiate a "mass payment" - Here's a couple of tools that you can offer your buyers to help them send you a mass payment - Paypal Masspay Generator, MassPay File Generator. It's a bit hard to argue that you can't figure it out with sites that pretty much do it for you! - Jennifer.cc