Pricing structures
12 guides written so a business owner can act on them, not so a processor looks good.
Rate Creep: The Industry's Quietest Revenue Model
Five basis points a quarter. Nobody notices. That is the design.
3 min read Pricing structures"Free Terminal" Offers: What They Actually Cost
The hardware is free. The account it comes attached to is not.
3 min read Pricing structuresBasis Points: The Unit Your Processor Thinks In
One hundredth of a percent. Small enough to sound harmless, large enough to matter.
3 min read Pricing structuresWhat Should You Pay at $10K, $50K, $250K and $1M a Month?
Growth should reduce your rate. If it has not, nobody re-priced you.
3 min read Pricing structuresSeasonal Businesses: Structuring Payments Around Your Year
Nine good weeks and forty-three quiet ones needs different arithmetic.
3 min read Pricing structuresHigh-Ticket Merchants: When Percentage Pricing Fails
On a $40,000 invoice, 2.9% is $1,160. There are better rails.
3 min read Pricing structuresSmall Tickets: Why the Per-Item Fee Beats the Rate
On a $4 coffee, ten cents is 2.5% before anyone mentions a rate.
3 min read Pricing structuresWhen Should You Move to Interchange-Plus Pricing?
There is a crossover point, and your average ticket decides where it sits.
3 min read Pricing structuresHow to Negotiate Credit Card Processing Rates
You have more leverage than you think, and it expires the moment you sign a term.
3 min read Pricing structuresCost-Plus vs Blended Pricing: Which Suits Your Business?
Simplicity has a price. Below a certain volume it is worth paying.
3 min read Pricing structuresTiered Pricing: The Structure Built to Be Unauditable
The only pricing model where the party billing you also writes the definitions.
3 min read Pricing structuresInterchange Explained: Where Most of Your Fee Actually Goes
Roughly 70-80% of what you pay goes somewhere your processor never touches.
3 min readEvery fee named in 4 hours. Or call now and we quote you on the spot.
Everyone else in this industry says twenty-four hours. We say four — and if that is still too slow, pick up the phone and get your numbers while you are on the call. No contract, nothing to cancel, no pressure.