🔄 Updates
Site Changelog
Every fee update, new calculator, and improvement — documented here.
September 2026
v3.3 — Fee accuracy review
- eBay: updated to eBay's current US fee table. Most categories are now 13.6%, and the per-order fee is $0.40 on orders over $10 ($0.30 at $10 or less). Replaced outdated category rates and removed a "select electronics 8.7%" tier that doesn't exist in eBay's fee table. The calculator now includes sales tax in the fee base, as eBay does.
- Square: updated to Square Free plan rates: in person 2.6% + 15¢, online checkout and invoices 3.3% + 30¢, online API 2.9% + 30¢, manual entry 3.5% + 15¢.
- Fixed calculator bugs: Venmo instant transfer was calculated at 3% instead of 1.75% and ignored the $25 cap; Venmo and Cash App applied the instant-transfer $0.25 minimum to regular business payments; PayPal's "charge buyer" figure used the standard rate for QR and international payments.
- Corrected Square Online comparison cards on the PayPal, Stripe, and Shopify pages.
- PayPal: rebuilt from PayPal's US merchant fee page (updated Sept 1, 2026). PayPal Checkout is 3.49% + $0.49, card payments through Checkout 2.99% + $0.49, direct Goods & Services payments 2.99% with no fixed fee, QR code 2.29% + $0.09, international +1.5%. We had labeled the 3.49% + $0.49 Checkout rate as the Goods & Services rate and listed QR at 1.9% + $0.10. The calculator gained a buyer-location option; an unused "who pays" field was removed.
- Stripe: removed a Link rate (2.5% + $0.10) and a separate Amex rate that aren't in Stripe's standard pricing; currency conversion corrected from 1.5% to 1%; added manually entered cards, in-person international cards, and ACH (0.8%, max $5). Refunds do not return Stripe's processing fee — our FAQ said they did.
- Venmo: personal-profile Goods & Services payments are 2.99% (we showed 3.49% + $0.49).
- Cash App: business payments are now 2.6% + $0.15 (3% via Tap to Pay), replacing the old flat 2.75%; instant transfers are 0.5%–2.5% (min $0.25–$1, max $75), shown as a range.
- Shopify: the calculator used the third-party gateway fee as the processing rate. Now uses Shopify Payments online rates (2.9% / 2.7% / 2.5% + $0.30 on Basic / Grow / Advanced); third-party fee on Advanced corrected to 0.6%; Plus starts at $2,300. Plan renamed from "Shopify" to Grow.
- Amazon: referral fees corrected (Computers 8%, Home & Kitchen 15%, tiered Clothing and Jewelry). The pre-2026 FBA fee table was removed — the fulfillment fee is now an input, since 2026 fees depend on size, weight and price band. The calculator no longer hides losses as $0.
- Etsy: corrected the total on a $100 sale ($9.95, not $10.12) and fixed a payment processing figure in the fee table; each fee is now rounded to the cent as on Etsy statements.
- Corrected worked examples in several blog posts, including a profit-margin example that understated a fee difference by a factor of ten.
- Added quick-reference fee tables to all nine fee calculators.
- Added a Methodology page explaining our formulas, sources, and limitations.
June 2026
v3.2 — Full site launch
- Launched dedicated calculator pages for all 9 platforms
- Added blog, compare, about, contact, privacy, terms pages
- Added Venmo Business and Cash App Business calculators
- Added Square invoice and manual entry rates
May 2026
v3.1 — Fee updates
- Verified all PayPal rates against updated help center
- Updated Stripe Link rate to 2.5% + $0.10
- Updated eBay Books & Music category to 14.95%
- Added Etsy Offsite Ads 12% tier for sellers over $10k/yr
April 2026
v3.0 — Major redesign
- Complete visual redesign with new professional color scheme
- All calculators now show results in real-time as you type
- Added reverse calculation (charge buyer) to PayPal and Stripe
- Improved mobile layout for all calculators