So I’m looking at my Paypal account and realize I won’t be moving any money anytime soon. The dollar’s down, has been for quite some time, and that means us non-US people make less for the same work. Blogging is usually paid per post and when a fluctuating currency is used you can find yourself doing the same work for less money, without you adjusting your prices. Meanwhile, nothing much have changed for your American employer which means they won’t like it if you up your rates.
I lost equivalent of a grand (perhaps more when you read this, or less, depending on how the dollar moves compared to the Swedish crown) recently, just due to the dollar being down. That sucks.
The blogosphere is paying in dollars, but being a non-American blogger suddenly pays less. Will that change?
Originally posted on June 11, 2007 @ 4:45 am
You’re right, Thord. There are now two dollars to the GB pound.
As we’re paid in dollars, we only get half of every amount we get.
Down with the Federal Reserve. ;-)
It is annoying indeed. I’m in luck though, a miscalculating of my country’s government’s part just upped it. Yay! :)
Nah .. not worth responding – after losing two 90% written comments – to your meta-refresh after 100 seconds.
Maybe CDN$ will be the new standard? It was worth more than the USD$ 30 or so years ago.
Why do you guys do that? for the page views?