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The send-money comparison on exchange.et ranks the main ways to send money to Ethiopia by the approximate Birr a recipient receives for a ~USD 1,000 transfer. This page explains exactly how that comparison is computed, so the numbers are transparent and reproducible.
This page is available in English and Amharic.
Four levers decide who delivers the most Birr: (1) exchange-rate markup versus the mid-market rate, (2) the fee, (3) speed, and (4) delivery options in Ethiopia. The "most Birr" figure is computed from a provider's indicative fee and rate markup applied against the app's own reference rate, never from memory or search snippets.
The ≈ ETB cell shows the arithmetic, not just the result: the amount sent minus the indicative fee, multiplied by the reference rate adjusted by the indicative rate markup. Both the fee and the markup are exchange.et estimates compiled from provider-published pricing, never live quotes, and the reference rate is the bank quote described above with its capture date. Where a provider publishes no usable fee or rate, the row shows no Birr figure at all and names the missing input: we never estimate one. A row marked "coming soon" shows its calculation but is never named best, fastest, or cheapest, because it cannot be used yet.
Every ≈ ETB figure in the table is computed against a single reference rate: the best eligible USD/ETB bank buy rate from exchange.et's own live rate feed. It is selected by the same unified eligibility path as the homepage hero and Best Rate Finder, a commercial bank with a fresh effective date, never a quarantined, crossed, scheduled, or stale-capture row. When the live feed is unreachable, the page falls back to an indicative constant and clearly labels the figures as indicative.
Provider fees and markups are indicative estimates compiled from provider-published pricing, not live quotes. The provider compilation date records an update to those estimates. The bank reference capture time records collection of the selected bank rate only; a new bank capture does not verify provider fees, availability, delivery times, or a final recipient amount. Confirm all of these directly with the provider before sending.
A "best / fastest / cheapest" winner is only named when every ranked provider is actually listed. When a ranked provider is missing, for example a provider still shown as "coming soon", the comparison is incomplete, no winner is named, and a notice explains that the rows should be compared directly.
Some rows can never win a badge. Unregulated providers such as crypto P2P are informational only and are never marked best rate, fastest, or cheapest. "Coming soon" rows that a visitor cannot yet use are never crowned. And sponsorship is presentation-only: affiliate or paid placement never moves a provider up the ranking.
Live rates are currently unreachable, so the comparison is using an indicative reference of ≈ ETB 160. Verify live before sending.
The comparison is currently incomplete: some ranked providers are not listed, so no "best / fastest / cheapest" winner is named.