Credit Card Fee Calculator: What You Really Pay Per Sale Most merchants don’t know their actual cost of accepting cards. Your payment processor’s advertised rate is only part of the...
Merchant Statement Analysis: How to Read and Audit Your Processing Statement Your monthly merchant processing statement contains the truth about what you’re paying, but most merchants can’t read it. Processors use...
Payment Processing Cost Calculator: Compare Processor Fees Side by Side Payment processing costs vary dramatically depending on which processor you use, how you’re billed (flat-rate vs interchange-plus), your monthly volume,...
Interchange Fee Calculator: Estimate Your True Processing Costs Interchange fees are the largest component of your payment processing cost and they vary dramatically by card type, merchant category,...
Payment Processor RFP Template: What to Ask Before You Sign Most merchants evaluate payment processors by comparing rate sheets. Sophisticated buyers use a Request for Proposal (RFP), a structured questionnaire...
Payment Processing ROI: Building the Business Case for Better Payment Infrastructure “We should look at our payment processor” rarely gets budget attention until something breaks. But payment infrastructure decisions have measurable,...
Stripe Fees Too High? How to Calculate When Flat-Rate No Longer Makes Sense Stripe is a good payment processor, particularly for new businesses and developers. But flat-rate pricing, any flat-rate pricing, including Stripe’s,...