Just because the interest structure is different doesn't make it any less of a loan.
If you don't need the money, and don't even have a visible source of revenue or business plan, throwing away $2k USD + 5% revenue on the chance you might need credit someday is not the wisest of decisions.
Re:Stripe gave us a $20k advance
by gcatalfamo on Thursday November 08, 2018 @07:37PM
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Dude, it’s a loan.
Edit to add: It's not a loan, they aren't accruing interest and the cost is fixed. This would be a weird type of deal if not for the 5% revenue fixed at paying back the advance and fixed cost. If not for that, they would essentially be getting a better and better loan the furter they waited it out, as the effective annual rate goes down as time passes. It's still true that the deal is better the longer you take to pay it back though, but the revenue payback means that you have incentive to pay it back fast, because that means you are making money. It's an interesting deal.