Pricing Update · 3 min read
PayPal from Outside the US — Your Updated Fee
· DolarPeso Team
What changed
PayPal charges processors a 1.5% cross-border fee on payments from accounts registered outside the United States. Starting September 2026, DolarPeso passes that cost through directly for non-US PayPal accounts rather than absorbing it.
If your PayPal account is registered in the US, nothing changes. Same fee, same process.
The two PayPal rates
| You send | US account | Non-US account |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | $4.00 | $4.75 |
| $100 | $6.50 | $8.00 |
| $200 | $11.50 | $14.50 |
| $500 | $26.50 | $34.00 |
Formula: US account — 5.0% + $1.50. Non-US account — 6.5% + $1.50.
What stays the same
- Friends & Family only. Always send as F&F — if PayPal applies its own G&S receiver fee on top, that is between you and PayPal.
- Minimum order: $175 USD. Applies regardless of account origin.
- Your peso payout does not change. Fees come out of the service charge, not your COP.
- Your exchange rate does not change. Same real-time rate for both account types.
How do we know which rate applies?
When you place an order via Telegram or chat, the operator will ask whether your PayPal account is registered in the US or elsewhere. The quoted fee adjusts before you confirm.
Why this change?
The cross-border surcharge is a real cost that PayPal charges on their end. Previously DolarPeso absorbed it. As volumes from non-US accounts grew — particularly from European and Canadian PayPal accounts — absorbing an unrecovered 1.5% on every transaction stopped being sustainable. The pass-through keeps the service running at the rates it can support.
US PayPal rates remain unchanged. If your PayPal account is in the US, this update does not affect you at all.