Fees

Per-Transaction Fees

Percentage

PayFast does not charge any setup or monthly costs. Sending funds is free, and receiving funds is free for Personal account holders, with Premier and Business account holders paying per transaction fees as follows:

PayFast Fee
Setup Fee Free
Monthly Fee Free
Send Funds Free
Receive Funds
- Credit Card 4.90% + R2.00  
- Instant EFT 2.00% (min R2.00)
- Ukash 7.00% (min R2.00)
- PayFast Voucher 2.00% (min R2.00)
Payouts R 8.77
Selling Tools (PDT, ITN etc.) Free
All fees are Ex VAT

Volume Discounts

We give discounts on the fees above based on monthly transaction volume.

The month after which your volume surpasses a given bracket, you may apply to PayFast for a reduction in your fees as follows:

eg. If you do R 120,000 in volume, your Instant EFT fee would be 1.80%.

Bracket Discount
R 1 »
R 100,000
Base
R 100,000 »
R 250,000
- 0.20%
R 250 000
and above
- 0.40%