<p>It varies from exchange to exchange because people running exchange are different with different thinking. Me and my brother runs a website where we sell coins in exchange of USD(we are not a exchange anyway just small dealer) we do charge some fees but the difference here is my brother will charge a customer upto 20% higher than actual rate on the other hand(u have different fingers) I charge only that amount which is reasonable.</p>

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Khan Shahrukh
<p>Why are there such huge differences between the commissions applied by sites like Bitstamp.org (0.5-1%) and other sites (I have seen 5-10% fees)?</p>

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Why are there such huge differences between commissions on different exchanges?
Sean Black
# Why are there such huge differences between commissions on different exchanges?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-17)

Why are there such huge differences between the commissions applied by sites like Bitstamp.org (0.5-1%) and other sites (I have seen 5-10% fees)?

**Tags:** exchanges, exchange-fees


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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-14. Score: 1

It varies from exchange to exchange because people running exchange are different with different thinking. Me and my brother runs a website where we sell coins in exchange of USD(we are not a exchange anyway just small dealer) we do charge some fees but the difference here is my brother will charge a customer upto 20% higher than actual rate on the other hand(u have different fingers) I charge only that amount which is reasonable.


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