A Canadian company selling exclusively to the US market wants to avoid international credit card fees on US orders. They currently lack an EIN or SSN and are asking whether setting their store currency to USD would eliminate these fees.
Proposed Solution:
Status:
The question remains partially unresolved—while an alternative payment processor option was provided, the original question about whether Shopify Payments Canada with USD currency settings would avoid international fees was not directly addressed.
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Check out this article and solution. With Stripe and this solution, you can accept payments in multiple currencies with many payment methods. For Stripe CA accounts, Stripe only adds a 0.8% surcharge for international card payments.