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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
83 posts
I'd love to be able to pay for hosting via PayPal instead of a credit card.

I'm Canadian and as such I'm often on the losing end of exchange rates & fees when paying in USD. These are incurred each time I use a credit card which must convert the USD to CAD.

With PayPal I keep a USD balance; no conversion, no fees, no bad exchange rates if the Canadian dollar is tanking on the day of the charge.

Something to consider. Thanks!

P.S. If this is already available and I'm just missing it please point me to it :)

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 01/10/17 02:00:26PM
brian
@brian
8 years ago
10,148 posts
Unfortunately PayPal is not flexible enough for us to use with our Hosting. However, you can get a PayPal debit card which can be used with our hosting.

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks!


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Brian Johnson
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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
83 posts
Thanks for your response, Brian.

I looked up the PayPal debit card and found:

Quote: Availability. The PayPal Debit Card is no longer available to PayPal Account holders in Canada. This Agreement applies to current PayPal Debit Card (“Debit Card”) holders

Dang! :)
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,746 posts
Paypal for me is even worse, Paypal Japan wont let you put money into paypal other than purchases via a credit card or people sending you money. So if you have none in there, and want to send to someone, you can't.

Paypal is not ideal, we'd love it if there was a better solution.
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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
83 posts
In Canada, a PayPal account can be backed up by a bank account and/or credit card so there's never a problem sending money if you have those.

The real beauty of PayPal for me is that I typically receive funds in USD (site donations for example). These funds remain in USD and are available for payments made in USD.

I hate paying "foreign transaction fees" charged by my credit card, especially on regular monthly purchases.

Ah well, the joys of international commerce :)