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by Lazare 3305 days ago
> Stripe is closer to 2% but if you shop around, you'll find somebody who'll offer you 0.8-0.9%, give you free terminals and no monthly contract fees. Edit for those asking: Worldpay and Handepay are the best rates I've seen recently.

Worldpay starts around 2.75% + £0.20 per transaction; I'm sure you can negotiate them down, but not THAT low. Not if you're asking them to provide the merchant account AND process online/card not present payments. You're not getting a merchant account + payment gateway for less than a 1% fee. Not without stupidly massive volume, anyhow.

The reality is Stripe's rates are actually competitive; they're not wildly expensive, and they're not even the most expensive.

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> but not THAT low

Honestly, I have two clients with Wordpay at ~0.85%, no contract fees. Volume isn't crazy either. I can't tell you if they caught WP at a particularly giddy phase but I guess they're trying to compete again. They've been around for 28 years and these whippersnappers like Stripe must be starting to hurt their bottom line.