Currency & Charges
Prices in your currency, payment 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 things worth knowing up front
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
Since the charge reaches them in dollars, your bank converts at whatever rate it is running that day — which is why the amount debited can land slightly either side of the figure on screen.
Your card may bolt on a fee
Plenty of cards apply a foreign transaction fee of around 2 to 3 per cent on charges outside your home currency. That fee belongs to your bank; not a penny of it reaches 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 price on screen to the charge on your card
- 1
We detect where you're browsing from
On your first visit we read the country your connection reports and set the matching currency, so prices make sense straight away. Switch to any other one whenever you like.
- 2
Rates update once a day
Exchange rates arrive from a public feed and refresh daily. Read a converted price as a reliable guide rather than a quote — rates can move between browsing and paying.
- 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 display my currency if the bill 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.
Will my statement match the figure on the page?
Close, though not always to the penny — better to know that before you buy than after. Two things nudge it. Your bank converts at its own rate on the day of the charge, which will not line up exactly with the daily rate we display. And many cards levy a foreign transaction fee of about 2 to 3 per cent on a purchase in another currency. Both belong to your bank. For an exact figure up front, check your card's foreign transaction terms and its current rate.
Will you ever invoice in local currencies?
We want to, and today it does not exist. Doing it properly takes more than converting at checkout: real per-currency prices, invoices raised in that currency, and renewals that stay fixed in it. A half-built version would create the very mismatch this page exists to avoid. Until the whole job is doable, dollars with 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?
Nearly every card issued today clears international dollar charges with no special setup. If yours is locked to domestic transactions, the decline comes from your bank rather than from us — worth a call to them if a payment fails for no obvious reason. Our payment methods page lists exactly what we take.
Is tax included in the prices?
The figures shown exclude any local sales tax, VAT or GST you might owe. Whether tax applies turns on where you are and whether you are buying as a business. Where it does apply to your order, it appears at checkout before you pay — never 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.
What you see at checkout is what 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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