I still don't understand why a percent based fee needs to float based on exchange changes. X% of the whole is going to automatically adjust regardless of what unit you measure it in. With hedging I can see the issue, but if hedging is off then shouldn't $Y result in X% and that be the end of the complexity? Like if bitcoins go down 20% then 5% of the whole in any currency is still going to be 5%.
The percent commission changes based on the price of the sale. Higher priced items are charged a lower percent. So, as the exchange rate changes, the bitcoin price of items not pegged to bitcoin changes, and so therefore the commission on them changes. It's inescapable unless we created a different commission schedule for every currency. Instead we just use one and base it on bitcoins.
I am currently under the impression that if I have hedging off and I set my pre-commission pricing to $600 then I will get the amount of bitcoins that was worth $600 at the time of the sale. If this holds true then I can manage fine with only a few changes to my workflow.
This is correct.
Also, if you want to make sure you always get the same dollar value expected for your orders, use pre-commission pricing, escrow hedging, and peg to the US dollar.
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