AliExpress™ can charge you either in a selection of local currencies or in US Dollars.
Today, I tested their conversion rate against my Tandem cashback credit card.
Continue reading Comparing AliExpress and Credit Card Exchange Rates.
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PayPal™ I notice, now offer either to make a currency conversion themselves or to pass the conversion to your registered credit card.
On the of this month I paid $64 through PayPal. I chose to have the conversion made by my credit card and the exchange rates were as follows:
| £ / $ Exchange Rate. | $ / £ Exchange Rate. | |
|---|---|---|
| PayPal™ | 1 / 1.2447 | 1 / 0.8034 |
| Credit Card | 1 / 1.2869 | 1 / 0.7770 |
Continue reading Comparing PayPal and Credit Card Exchange Rates.
Some recent prices paid for new gTLDs:
| .tech | – | $6,760,000 |
| .reality | – | $5,588,888 |
| .salon | – | $5,100,575 |
| .buy | – | $4,588,888 |
| .vip | – | $3,000,888 |
| .spot | – | $2,200,000 |
The UK government 'owns' two blocks of IPv4 space: 51.0.0.0/8 (belonging to the DWP) and 25.0.0.0/8 (belonging to the MOD). Based on the price recently paid by Microsoft ($11.25 per IP) for a block of addresses, these are worth $377,511,520.
Investors get around 0% on their money, borrowers can't get a loan. Either should try Peer to Peer (P2P) lending as a solution.
The main players in the UK market are:
- Zopa — Loans for individuals.
- RateSetter — Loans for business & individuals.
- Lending Works — Loans for individuals.
- Funding Circle — Loans for business.
Continue reading Peer to Peer Lending Anyone?.
