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by freewilly1040 2049 days ago
Charging one rate for all payments sounds nice. But not all payments cost the same for Stripe. One rate for all customers means that you are breaking even / losing money on some transactions and making money on others. In other words, you're asking some of your customers to subsidize others, because.... it makes the product simpler to sell. Why would anyone agree to the wrong side of that bargain as a customer?
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Because it makes the product easier to buy? In the past I could buy stripe and know exactly what my costs were going to be. Looking at the pricing page now it’s a fucking swamp.

If I add all their percentages up I’m paying 10% per transaction.