What will PayPal, Stripe or Shopify take?
Put in a payment to see what each of nine providers keeps at its Australian rate, what reaches your account, and the price that leaves you the whole amount once the fee is taken.
Under it, price a month for your store: your plan, your card mix, your apps.
$100 on an Australian card, cheapest first: fees from $1.75 to $3.20.
| Payments by | Fee | You receive | To keep $100, charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| eway Online Payments 1.5% + 25c | Fee $1.75 | You receive $98.25 | To keep $100, charge $101.78 |
| PayPal card payments 1.5% + 30c, with PayPal's approval | Fee $1.80 | You receive $98.20 | To keep $100, charge $101.83 |
| Pin Payments 1.6% + 30c | Fee $1.90 | You receive $98.10 | To keep $100, charge $101.94 |
| Airwallex 1.65% + 30c | Fee $1.95 | You receive $98.05 | To keep $100, charge $101.99 |
| Stripe 1.65% + 30c | Fee $1.95 | You receive $98.05 | To keep $100, charge $101.99 |
| Shopify Payments 1.7% + 30c on Basic | Fee $2.00 | You receive $98.00 | To keep $100, charge $102.04 |
| WooPayments 1.75% + 30c | Fee $2.05 | You receive $97.95 | To keep $100, charge $102.09 |
| Square Online 2.2% | Fee $2.20 | You receive $97.80 | To keep $100, charge $102.25 |
| PayPal Checkout 2.9% + 30c | Fee $3.20 | You receive $96.80 | To keep $100, charge $103.30 |
You can't add these fees on top as a surcharge any more: eftpos, Mastercard, Visa, American Express and PayPal have all banned it since early October 2026. The last column is what is still allowed, a price with the fee already in it, the same for every customer however they pay. What the ban changed.
Each provider's standard online rate in Australia, read on its own pricing page on 11 October 2026 and worked to the cent. Shopify Payments is priced on the Basic plan. On Shopify, paying through anyone else also costs Shopify's own fee, 2% of the order on Basic, which the month below adds. For PayPal, overseas means a buyer outside Australia. Currency conversion, disputes and refunds are not counted.
What a month costs your store.
Your platform and plan, how you take payments, how many orders and how big, how many customers pay with Amex or an overseas card, and what your apps cost. The bill updates as you type, and underneath, every provider your platform allows is priced on the same month.
Shopify Basic · Shopify Payments
$486a month
$5,837 a year. Payments take 2.31% of sales; everything on this bill, 3.04%.
| Shopify Basic, billed monthly | $56 |
|---|---|
| Card fees to Shopify Payments | $370 |
| Apps and plugins | $60 |
| Total | $486 |
Plan prices are before GST: Shopify adds 10% to them unless your business is GST-registered and its ABN sits on the account. Card rates are as each provider publishes them. On Shopify the only providers allowed beside Shopify Payments are PayPal and eway, and both pay Shopify's extra fee.
The same store, every way to take payments.
200 orders a month at $80, on Shopify Basic, cheapest first.
| Payments by | Card fees | Shopify's extra fee | Payments a month | Share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shopify Payments (selected) | Card fees $370 | Shopify's extra fee $0 | Payments a month $370 | Share of sales 2.31% |
| eway Online Payments | Card fees $322 | Shopify's extra fee $320 | Payments a month $642 | Share of sales 4.01% |
| PayPal Checkout | Card fees $540 | Shopify's extra fee $320 | Payments a month $860 | Share of sales 5.38% |
Platform and card fees only, at the rates published on 11 October 2026. Not counted: chargebacks, currency conversion, refunds and sales in person.
Plain sums, published rates.
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Rates from each provider's own page.
Every percentage, fixed fee and plan price comes from Shopify's or the provider's Australian pricing page, read on 11 October 2026 and read again each quarter.
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Your card mix, not the advertised rate.
A card issued overseas costs about twice an Australian one, and Amex costs more on Shopify Payments. For a small store the mix matters more than the rate on the pricing page.
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The fee a platform adds.
A Shopify store paying through PayPal or eway also pays Shopify's own fee on every order, from 2% on Basic down to 0.2% on Plus. The month adds it.
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The price that covers the fee.
With surcharges banned, a fee comes out of your margin unless the price carries it. The last column of the payment table is that price: the amount plus the fixed fee, divided by one minus the rate.
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Nothing you type leaves your browser.
The sums run on your device. There is no sign-up, and nothing you enter is sent to us or kept.
Ask away.
Seven things people ask about payment fees and this calculator. Still one missing? Ask us.
How much is the PayPal fee for $1,000?
$29.30 through PayPal Checkout in Australia, at 2.9% plus 30 cents for a sale, so $970.70 reaches you. A buyer outside Australia costs $39.30 at 3.9% plus 30 cents, and a payment in another currency adds PayPal's conversion fee on top. To be left with the whole $1,000 after the fee, the sale has to be $1,030.18.
How much should I charge to cover the PayPal fee?
$103.30 to keep $100 after PayPal Checkout's 2.9% plus 30 cents: add the 30 cents to what you want to keep, then divide by 0.971, the share the 2.9% leaves. Through PayPal's own card processing, 1.5% plus 30 cents once PayPal approves it, the price is $101.83, and the calculator does the sum for all nine providers. Since October 2026 that has to be your price for everyone, not a fee added when someone pays by PayPal or card.
How are payment processing fees calculated?
As a percentage of the payment plus a fixed fee: Stripe takes 1.65% of an $80 sale, $1.32, plus 30 cents, so $1.62. The fixed part is why small sales cost more as a share, since 30 cents is 0.375% of $80 but 3% of $10. Every provider charges a higher percentage on a card issued overseas, and Shopify Payments also charges more for American Express.
Can I add the card fee to the customer's bill?
Not as a surcharge: eftpos, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, UnionPay, JCB and PayPal have all banned surcharges since early October 2026, online and in shops. You can still build the fee into your prices, which is what the calculator's last column works out, and our payment fees guide covers what else the ban changed.
Do the calculator's rates include GST?
Five of the nine include it, because the calculator shows each rate as published: Stripe, Shopify Payments, eway, Airwallex and Pin Payments say their fees include GST. WooPayments adds GST to its fee for a store with no GST registration, and Square and PayPal do not say either way. Shopify's plan prices in the month exclude GST, which Shopify charges on top unless you have given it a GST-registered ABN.
What does the calculator leave out?
Disputes, currency conversion, refunds and sales in person. A chargeback costs $15 to $44 depending on the provider, converting a currency adds about 2% at Shopify and Stripe, and a refund returns none of the fee. Providers that need a bank's approval, such as Westpac and NAB, and buy now, pay later services such as Afterpay are left out too; the payment fees guide prices them.
Is what I type stored anywhere?
No. The calculator runs in your browser, so the amounts you put in are never sent to us or kept, and there is no account to make or email to give. Our analytics count that the calculator was used and which part, one payment or a month, but never what was typed. Close the tab and it is gone.
Sources
Every rate in the calculator was read on the provider's own page on 11 October 2026; Shopify's were checked again on 12 October.
- 01 Shopify pricing, Australia Shopify · plan prices, Shopify Payments rates, third-party fees
- 02 Shopify Plus pricing, Australia Shopify · Plus terms and the third-party fee
- 03 Stripe pricing, Australia Stripe · domestic and international cards
- 04 PayPal business fees, Australia PayPal · commercial and international rates
- 05 Square pricing, Australia Square · online card rates
- 06 eway Online Payments eway · the flat online rate
- 07 WooPayments fees WooCommerce · Australian card rates
- 08 Airwallex fee schedule Airwallex · online card payments
- 09 Pin Payments pricing Pin Payments · card rates, Australian and overseas
- 10 Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging, FAQ Reserve Bank of Australia · the surcharge ban
- Payment fees. Fourteen ways to be paid side by side, banks and buy now, pay later included, and the surcharge ban.
- Shopify fees. Plans, card rates, the third-party fee and the app bill, with one real store's month.
- Shopify store costs. Building a store: the market's bands, and a real build itemised.
- Website cost estimator. A price range for your site or store, read from your own description.