Thanks for the reply! I just couldn't follow how you end up paying 8% to stripe, save some very non-standard requirements or setup. You can relieve my concerns by telling me the stripe product setup that results in a $100k MRR SaaS company to pay $8k per month to stripe. Might very well be that I'm overlooking something!
Otherwise, the "no one knows exactly how much but up to 8%" framing reads like FUD to me.
Re:Stripe’s real pricing: a primer
by Silhouette on Friday December 09, 2022 @08:15AM
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I just couldn't follow how you end up paying 8% to stripe, save some very non-standard requirements or setup.
You can easily get close to that if you run a B2C subscription service charging at typical consumer price points - think Netflix but small enough to pay Stripe its standard fees - and you're outside the US so you have a lot of international cards and currency conversions to deal with.
Got it! Will iterate on the article based on your inputs, thanks for the constructive feedback!
Re:Stripe’s real pricing: a primer
by danielskogly on Friday December 09, 2022 @07:44AM
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Just a heads up that "More about our story here." at the very end is a 404: https://www.getlago.com/company/about-us
Thanks a lot! I've just fixed it, it was supposed to redirect to https://www.getlago.com/about-us
1/ To prevent such a feeling, we've included this disclaimer at the beginning of the post, (i) to state where we stand vs Stripe, (ii) the source data is Stripe's pricing, happy to share more details about the hypothesis
"Disclaimer: This analysis is based on Stripe’s public pricing as of July 21, 2022. Some merchants may be able to negotiate fees or benefit from grandfathered plans. Lago partners with 'Stripe Payments' and can be used as a complement or replacement of 'Stripe Billing'."
2/ I think below comments (to be clear: comments from people completely unrelated to Lago) show how you can reach 4 to 8%. It's also one of the reasons why 'Paddle' is an attractive solution in Europe, it's an all-in-one solution that takes 5-6% on revenue and provides subscription management, payments, invoicing, tax management.
Let us know if you need more info, or if you have feedback on what we could have done differently. In any case, I genuinely appreciate that you took the time to comment!