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Do you have to pay a fee to add 'paypal' to your website?

If I want to sell things on a site or receive donations is it right I have to pay a fee? I'm not sure about this but was told to set up paypal to sell my friends Cd's. ?? It says on the site about USD's but i'm English

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yes there is a charge when you get paid it's at 3.4% +20p it free for the person paying

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• PayPal
  
  With 72 million accounts worldwide and payment volume which is
  growing at a rate of 44 percent each year, PayPal by far is the
  most popular third party processor on the Internet.
  
  PayPal is a simple and affordable payment solution for those
  online merchants who are unable to or don't want to go through
  the complex process of setting up a bank merchant account.
  
  At present, PayPal has four unique solutions for merchants.
  
  PayPal Website Payments Standard: This solution allows you to
  accept credit cards on your website. However, the transaction is
  processed on the PayPal secure server. The customer can choose to
  pay either by credit card or PayPal. If you don't have shopping
  cart as yet, you may get one from PayPal; or you can integrate
  PayPal solution to your existing shopping cart.
  
  Cost: No monthly fee. No setup fees. No cancellation fees.
  Transaction Fees are 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30 US$.
  
  PayPal Website Payments Pro: This solution is virtually same as
  having your own merchant account. If a customer pays by a credit
  card, PayPal works as a payment gateway for you. The customer
  does not leave your website at anytime if she pays you by a
  credit card.
  
  Cost: $20.00 US$ monthly fee. No setup fees. No cancellation
  fees. Transaction Fees are 2.2% to 2.9% + $0.30 US$.
  
  PayPal Email Payments: This is the payment system PayPal started
  with. You send invoice to your customers by email and get paid on
  PayPal.
  
  Cost: No monthly fee. No setup fees. No cancellation fees.
  Transaction Fees are 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30 US$.
  
  PayPal as an Additional Payment Option: If you already have a
  merchant account and you would like to add PayPal to your
  existing payment solutions, you can use this option.
  
  If you are planning to sell products through eBay, you definitely
  should have PayPal option. According to eBay, three out of four
  eBay customers choose to pay by PayPal.
  
  Hope this helps!

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• The fees for "Google Checkout" are similar to those for Paypal. 3.4% + 20p - some of paypal's higher end business facilities have a £20 per month fee
  
  Both support the creation of "Buy now" buttons that do not need special website capabilities (only the support for inserting the generated code into the page).
  http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd…
  
  Google Checkout has the additional option of adding a free shopping cart (for multiple items), if you want a cart (free) to use with paypal, Mals-e may be worth a try - http://www.mals-e.com/ - also usable in "standard" web space, such as ISP homepage servers.
• To add a PayPal button to your site is free.
  To have PayPal integrated into your site is not free and comes in a software that you buy.
• no - the only fees you pay are when you receive money thru paypal - ( 3-6%)
  also no charge for transferring money back and forth between your bank acct and your paypal acct

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• Paypal charges you per transaction. So for every pound that is paid to you they take a percentage rather than charge you a standing fee.
• NO,
  The setup is totally free at Paypal.
  It only charges when transaction happens.