Vent: Took me 3 years to realize I was being double-fee'd on PayPal | Tiny Fee Chats - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals

Lee Smith · 2026-06-25T20:50:03.013613+00:00

I was sending invoices through PayPal while also paying Fiverr's 20% cut and it wasn't until I noticed a random $3.49 fee last month that I connected the dots on how much I was losing.

oliviabutler4mo ago

Two grand sounds like a choice, not a mistake.

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mason.drew4mo ago

Buddy of mine lost over two grand before he caught the same thing.

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sanchez.ivan4mo ago

Read a post on another forum where a freelancer got hit with PayPal's currency conversion fee on top of Fiverr's cut. They were invoicing in USD but their PayPal was set to local currency, so PayPal was converting the money and taking another 2.5% every time. Small fees like that add up fast when you are sending invoices every week. You checked your PayPal settings to see if that was happening too?

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