Bypass 3% Fees ?

Topic summary

A user encountered an advertisement suggesting that directing Shopify payouts to a PayPal account instead of a bank account might eliminate the 3% transaction fee. They are seeking clarification on whether this claim is accurate or if they misunderstood the offer.

Key Question:

  • Can routing payouts through PayPal bypass Shopify’s 3% transaction fee?

Status: The inquiry remains unanswered, with no confirmation about the validity of this fee-avoidance method.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

While clicking around, I saw an advertisement that said something to the effect that if I have my payouts go to my PayPal account instead of my bank account, I will not be charged the 3% Shopify transaction fee. Is that correct? Or did I read that wrong?