Receiving Payments in USD instead of EUR on a German Company owned Shopify Account, US Bank Account

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Topic summary

A German-based Shopify store owner serves exclusively US customers but faces automatic EUR conversion of all incoming payments. They want to receive and hold payments directly in USD to avoid conversion fees and maintain their business operations entirely in dollars.

Key Questions:

  • How to configure Shopify to add payments directly to their balance in USD instead of EUR
  • Whether others have encountered similar cross-border currency situations

Primary Goal:
Eliminate the EUR conversion process entirely and operate the business solely in USD, despite the German company registration.

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Hi everyone!

I’m running my Shopify store from Germany and all of my customers are based in the US. Currently, all payments I receive are automatically converted to Euros (€) before being added to my Shopify balance. This conversion is a bit of a hassle, and I’m wondering if there’s a way to keep the payments in USD ($) instead. It would save on conversion fees, but also, I don’t want Euros (€), I want to receive and hold USD ($) only in my business.

Has anyone faced a similar situation or does anyone know how to set up Shopify to add the payments in dollars directly to my balance? Tricks? Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!