This canny is outdated. I learned later that the extra amount is an exact 20% to offset the transaction fees. The numbers are set such that an exact USD amount payed in by a buyer ($10) becomes an exact 50% paid out to the seller ($5). And CE sellers are encouraged to stick to prices that align with credit pack values.

Now of course this doesn’t excuse the pricing of vrchat’s own items, but that’s a discussion for another canny.

Earlier, I mentioned a request from Canny to correct the pricing structure where the price increases with the number of credits purchased per transaction (https://feedback.vrchat.com/feature-requests/p/the-more-credits-you-receive-at-once-the-higher-the-price).

I believe this is due to the poor math skills of the VRChat pricing team, so I think standardizing the price to a zero at the end would be excellent and easy to understand for both the management and users.

I completely agree.

This solution to the problem seems simple until you take into account that not everyone uses the same currency. 500 credits would supposedly equal 5 USD, but then it'd still be disproportionate for everyone else. It'll always be a problem no matter how much you change the exchange rate.

This is why I proposed displaying a conversion to your personal currency next to your wallet balance and individual purchases as it would apply to everyone. It's also much less predatory to openly disclose how much real-world money you're throwing around, as credits are typically used to obfuscate the responsibility of managing your funds, so it's a win-win that way.

i think requiring actual prices next to the credits in-game would be better so users have an actual monetary value assigned when buying something would also greatly help