Currency & Charges
Read the price in your money, pay in dollars
Price tags convert into 20 currencies so you can weigh up the cost on sight — and your card is charged in USD. Both halves matter, so here is the whole story.
The Short Answer
Four things to know before you buy
None of this is odd for a cross-border purchase. What is odd is a host spelling it out.
The price tag converts, the till doesn't
Every price on the site is converted to your local currency at that day's rate so you can weigh it up on sight. The charge itself always leaves in USD.
The final rate is your bank's
Since the charge lands in dollars, your bank converts it at whatever rate it uses that day — which is why the sum debited can sit a shade either side of the figure you read.
Your card may add a fee
Plenty of cards tack on a foreign transaction fee of roughly 2 to 3 per cent for charges outside your home currency. That money goes to your bank; it never reaches us.
Renewal is the same dollar figure
You renew at the exact USD amount you signed up at. The dollar number never climbs, though what it costs in your own money moves with the rate.
Step by Step
From the price tag to the charge on your card
- 1
We read where you're browsing from
On your first visit we take the country your connection reports and set the matching currency, so the price tags read properly straight away. Switch to any other currency whenever you like.
- 2
Rates refresh once a day
Exchange rates come from a public feed, pulled daily. A converted price is a reliable guide rather than a quote — the rate can move between the moment you look and the moment you pay.
- 3
The till rings up in dollars
Your invoice and your card charge are both in USD. Your bank takes it from there at its own rate, and may add a fee of its own.
On the Price Tags
Every currency we can show
Yours not here? Price tags show USD — the amount your card is charged either way.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- PKR
- INR
- CAD
- AUD
- AED
- SAR
- PHP
- NGN
- ZAR
- BRL
- MXN
- JPY
- CNY
- SGD
- MYR
- IDR
- TRY
Asked Often
Currency and billing, answered
Why show my currency if you bill in dollars?
Because a price you can read at a glance is genuinely useful, and claiming we bill in your money would not be true. Our billing runs on USD, so dollars is what reaches your card. Rather than make everyone do the sums in their head, we convert for display and say plainly — in the footer of every page, and here — that the charge is in dollars. It is a compromise, told straight instead of buried.
Will my statement match the price on the page?
Close, though not always to the penny, and it is better to know that before you buy than after. Two things move it. Your bank converts at its own rate on the day of the charge, which will not be identical to the daily rate we display. And many cards add a foreign transaction fee of about 2 to 3 per cent on charges in another currency. Both are your bank's doing. For the exact figure in advance, look up your card's foreign transaction terms and its current rate.
Are local-currency invoices coming?
We would like to offer them, and they are not there today. Doing it properly means more than a conversion at the till: real prices set per currency, invoices issued in that currency, and renewals that hold steady in it. A half-built version would create the very mismatch this page exists to head off. Until we can do the whole job, dollars with a clear explanation is the better answer.
How many currencies can I view prices in?
Prices display in 20 currencies, and we pick a sensible default from where you are. If yours is missing, price tags show USD — the exact amount that reaches your card anyway, so nothing is lost.
What if my card can't handle a dollar charge?
Nearly every card issued now takes international dollar charges with no special arrangement. 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 can take.
Do the prices include tax?
The figures on the price tags exclude any local sales tax, VAT or GST you may owe. Whether tax is added comes down to where you are and whether you are buying as a business. If it applies to your order, it appears at checkout before you pay — never bolted on afterwards.
Which currency does a refund come back in?
Refunds go back in USD, the currency of the original charge, to the card that paid. Your bank converts a second time on the way home, and rates move, so the sum landing in your account may differ a little from the sum that left it. The dollar amount returned matches the dollar amount you paid.
What it says is what you pay.
The dollar figure at checkout is the dollar figure that leaves your account — on day one and at every renewal after.
Browse Hosting Plans