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Re:Apple cannot ban links to outside App Store payments, U.S... by tzs on Monday April 24, 2023 @08:38PM (#35695156)
Also sometimes forgotten is that although doing your own handling of payments through someplace like Stripe has a much lower percentage fee than Apple, it also has a per transaction fee that is typically around $0.25-$0.30.

If the app is selling inexpensive things, such as things at the popular $0.99 price, 30% to Apple is going to be less than 2-3% + $0.30 to a third party payment processor.

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Re:Apple cannot ban links to outside App Store payments, U.S... by simfree on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:54AM (#35696641)
Micropayment rates are usually much lower, think 4 to 5 cents plus 5% for small dollar transactions with a normal merchant processor that actually underwrites your account upfront unlike Stripe.

The Visa/MasterCard auth fee can be below 10 cents for larger payments as well, and depending on card type and brand program the percentage can be below 1%

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