Rippling pricing, as of November 2026, starts at $8 per employee per month plus a monthly base fee, and that is the only dollar figure Rippling prints on its own pricing page. The base fee amount, the price of each product, and any contract terms are not shown, because Rippling sells by custom quote. I […]
Stripe charges a flat 2.9% plus 30 cents on online cards on every account, while Square charges 3.3% plus 30 cents on its Free plan and 2.9% plus 30 cents on Plus ($49 a month) and Premium ($149 a month). In person the order flips above $100: Square’s Free plan is 2.6% plus 15 cents […]
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Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As of October 2026, a US Shopify store on Basic pays $39 a month plus 2.9% + 30 cents on standard online card sales through Shopify Payments, Grow pays $105 plus 2.7% + 30 cents, […]
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Square’s published online card rate is 3.3% plus 30 cents on its Free plan and 2.9% plus 30 cents on Plus and Premium, so a $2,000 online order costs $66.30 on Free and $58.30 on the paid plans, and you keep $1,933.70 or $1,941.70 (as of October 2026). In person, the Free plan’s 2.6% plus […]
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QuickBooks payroll pricing, as of November 2026, starts at a $50 monthly base plus $7 per employee for Workforce Payroll, rises to $88 plus $13 per employee for Workforce Premium, and tops out at $134 plus $17 per employee for Workforce Elite. For a store with 3 employees on the cheapest plan that is $852 […]
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Mastercard told investors on Oct. 29 that one-time card numbers for AI shopping agents are a temporary bridge and tokenized payments are the destination. If your store takes orders that an AI agent places for a buyer, the card credential in that checkout is going to change, and your payment processor decides how fast. CEO […]
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Washington voters decide Tuesday whether to repeal a 9.9% income tax on household income above $1 million, set to start in 2028. If your store runs through an LLC or S corporation, its profit flows onto your personal return, and that is how it reaches this tax. For the store owners we teach at Ecommerce […]
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Your chargeback ratio is the number of chargebacks divided by the number of transactions, multiplied by 100. As of November 2026, the lines that matter for a store are 1.5% on Visa (the excessive level in Visa’s VAMP program, with at least 1,500 disputes and fraud reports in the month) and 1.5% on Mastercard (the […]
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Disclosure: some links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Does Square have chargeback protection? As of November 2026, I could not find a current Square chargeback protection program on the Square pages I loaded. A post on Square’s community forum from 2019 says Square […]
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