[MorbidToaster]

So I've done plenty of international business via PayPal, but nothing quite to the point I'm considering at this moment. 
 
I'm mainly wondering what the best way to receive a payment would be (~$3,000) and which would overall give the buyer the least amount of fees.
 
Is anyone in Europe familiar with the kind of fees you'd incur with a direct wire transfer? This is my preferred way to get payment in this situation but the buyer in concerned that overall PayPal would be cheaper. 

 

[Currawong]

The only European-based service I know of is Moneybookers/Skrill. I haven't checked their fees lately might they might be worth a look.

 

[Mad Dude]

I'd strongly recommend to go with a wire transfer and not with PayPal. The exact fees will depend on the bank, you could probably give them a call to find out how much it would be. In any case, the fees will most like be lower and, more importantly, a bank will give you a better currency exchange rate than PayPal (assuming you're going to convert Euros to USD). PayPal always offers poor exchange rates and especially with larger sums this can hurt.

 

[oqvist]

Western Union I have seen here. But regular bank transfer is the way to go. If it´s within EU it´s practically free but for those sums US to Europe with the static fees I got with my bank it´s way cheaper then paypal. So check with your bank all banks over here offer international payments.

 

[MorbidToaster]

From what it sounds like the fees will ultimately be lower than PayPal (roughly 2.35% as opposed to PayPal's 2.9% for a situation like this) and it's safer for me. So that's probably the way we'll go.