@AlesandroOrtiz@infosec.exchange
Post #4383773
2026-08-04 21:25 UTC
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk From a merchant's perspective, it's quite bad too, whether they use Adaptive Pricing or not.
Merchants can set fixed local currency price or use Adaptive Pricing.
If you saw the conversion rate and fee disclosure on the checkout page, then it's Adaptive Pricing. Stripe adds 2-4% fees to customers: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/currencies/localize-prices/adaptive-pricing?payment-ui=stripe-hosted#pricing
Merchants still must pay 1.5% fee for non-US cards, with or without local/adaptive pricing. (AFAIK this also applies to non-US Stripe merchant accounts.)
Merchants also pay 1% for currency conversion when not using Adaptive Pricing. (With Adaptive Pricing, cost is passed on to customers.)
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@AlesandroOrtiz@infosec.exchange 2026-08-04 21:35
@benjojo@benjojo.co.uk I actually did not realize that Adaptive Pricing fees for customers were so high until now. It does increase conversion rates, but now I feel bad that I'm passing on extra costs to customers. I previously thought it was shifting the same conversion fees that merchants used to pay over to the customer.