Most of the work I do get's paid for through PayPal, which really amount to a significant amount of money going to PayPal. HOWEVER, recently a deposit of over $3,000 in my account showed no paypal fees attached to the deposit. I have never seen this happen before, even in my past history with this merchant, though I haven't got this much money from them before. However, today a deposit of around $500 into my account (from a different merchant) once again showed the regular fees. Has anybody seen this before? I thought all deposits in your account were subject to paypal fees? Is that right?
If you got the money via an affiliate program who sends you the money via Mass Pay then there is no fees to the receiver. The sender pays a flat fee. I only receive money via my affiliate, Plimus.com and I am never charged a fee. See https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_batch-payment-benefits-outside