Currency & Charges
Prices in your currency, the charge in dollars
Prices convert into 20 currencies so you can weigh the cost quickly — and your card is charged in USD. Both halves count, so here is the whole picture.
Quick Version
Four points worth knowing before you buy
None of this is unusual for a cross-border purchase. What is unusual is a host spelling it out.
Display converts, the charge doesn't
Every price here converts into your local currency at the day's rate, so you can size it up at a glance. The charge itself always leaves in USD.
Your bank sets the final rate
The charge arrives at your bank in dollars, so the conversion happens at whatever rate they are running that particular day. That is why the sum debited can come out a little above or a little below the figure you saw on screen.
Your card may bolt on a fee
A great many cards add a foreign transaction fee, roughly 2 to 3 per cent, whenever a charge falls outside your home currency. The fee is your bank's. Not one penny of it ever comes to us.
Renewals hold the same dollar figure
Renewal comes at the same USD amount you signed up on. The dollar figure never climbs, though what it costs in your own money moves with the rate.
Step by Step
From the figure on screen through to the charge on your card
- 1
We detect where you're browsing from
First time you arrive, we look at the country your connection reports and set the currency to match, which means prices read sensibly from the outset. Change to a different one whenever you feel like it.
- 2
Rates update once a day
A public feed supplies the exchange rates, updated once every day. What you see converted is a dependable indication, not a locked quote. Rates move, sometimes between the tab you open and the payment you make.
- 3
Checkout bills in dollars
Both your invoice and your card charge come in USD. Your bank then converts at its own rate, and may add a fee on top of that.
Display Currencies
Every currency we can display
Not listed? Prices fall back to USD — the amount your card is charged regardless.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- PKR
- INR
- CAD
- AUD
- AED
- SAR
- PHP
- NGN
- ZAR
- BRL
- MXN
- JPY
- CNY
- SGD
- MYR
- IDR
- TRY
Frequent Questions
Billing and currency, straightened out
Why show my own currency when the charge is in dollars?
Because a price you can read at a glance genuinely helps, and claiming we bill in your money would be untrue. Our billing runs on USD, so dollars is what reaches your card. Rather than leave everyone doing mental arithmetic, we convert for display and say plainly — in the footer of every page, and here — that the charge is in dollars. A compromise, declared out loud rather than buried.
Does my statement come out matching the on-screen figure?
Close, though rarely exact to the penny — and that difference is better understood before you pay, not after the charge lands. Two things push it about. First, your bank converts at its own rate on the day the charge lands, and that will not sit exactly on the daily rate we show. Second, many cards apply a foreign transaction fee of roughly 2 to 3 per cent to a purchase made in another currency. Both of those are your bank's doing. Want the exact number up front? Check your card's foreign transaction terms alongside its current rate.
Will you ever invoice in local currencies?
We would like to, and right now it simply does not exist. Doing the job properly means far more than converting a total at checkout. It means genuine per-currency prices, invoices raised in that currency, renewals that stay locked to it. Building half of that would produce exactly the mismatch this page was written to prevent. Until the full job is possible, dollars plus a straight explanation wins.
How many currencies can prices display in?
Prices show in 20 currencies, with a sensible default chosen from your location. If yours is missing, prices appear in USD — the exact amount hitting your card either way, so nothing is lost.
What if my card refuses a dollar charge?
Almost any card issued these days clears an international dollar charge without special setup. Should yours be locked to domestic transactions only, the decline originates with your bank and not with us, so a phone call to them is worth making when a payment fails for no obvious reason. What we accept is listed on our payment methods page.
Is tax included in the prices?
Figures on the page leave out any local sales tax, VAT or GST you may owe. Whether tax applies depends on where you sit and on whether the purchase is a business one. When it does apply to your order, it shows at checkout before you pay. Nothing gets bolted on afterwards.
What currency does a refund arrive in?
Refunds come back in USD, the currency of the original charge, to the card that paid. Your bank converts a second time on the way back, and rates move, so the sum landing in your account may differ a little from the sum that left. The dollar amount refunded matches the dollar amount paid.
The number at checkout is the number you pay.
The dollar amount at checkout is the dollar amount leaving your account — on day one and at every renewal after it.
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