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Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by caleb1666 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:02PM (#22890745)
No, you're not. I was very happy with Stripe for a few years. As my business grew and I looked at where I could cut costs, I asked around and Braintree's model was going to save me 1% per transaction. At my volume that was going to add up to thousands of dollars in savings a month over Stripe. I went back to Stripe to see if they'd be willing to match Braintree's pricing, because I was happy with them over the years and it would have made things much easier to not have to switch to a new payment processor. But they only offered about 75% of the savings so I switched anyway. Turns out the APIs are roughly the same anyway for the basic functionality that I need, I'm not an advanced user. I estimate the switch has already saved me about $75k.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by jacquesm on Thursday April 16, 2020 @01:00PM (#22891337)
Right up to when your account gets frozen PayPal looks fantastic.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by caleb1666 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:03PM (#22892404)
I use Braintree, money gets transferred directly to my bank, skips Paypal, but yea I agree with you I would NEVER have my income in a Paypal account for even 1 second.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by graeme on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:52PM (#22891263)
This is at larger volumes right? Base level of both seems to be 2.9% + 30 cents
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by caleb1666 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:01PM (#22892377)
Yes