> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pocketsflow.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pricing & fees

> See every transaction cost, what it covers, and exactly how much reaches your balance.

Pocketsflow has no monthly fee or setup fee for selling digital products. A
transaction cost is deducted only when you make a sale, and every component is
shown on the order before it reaches your balance.

## What makes up the transaction cost

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Pocketsflow platform" icon="store">
    **2% of the pre-tax sale.** This covers your storefront, checkout, digital
    delivery, analytics, seller tools, and Merchant of Record service.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Payment processing" icon="credit-card">
    The card and banking cost of accepting the payment. A US domestic-card sale
    starts at **2.7% + \$0.30**. The exact amount varies by payment method, buyer
    region, and currency.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tax handling" icon="receipt">
    Tax calculation, collection, filing, and remittance when a sale is taxable.
    The tax collected from the buyer is never counted as your earnings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dispute prevention" icon="shield-check">
    Fraud screening, card authentication, and dispute-prevention checks applied
    to the transaction. A dispute itself can carry an additional cost.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

There are no separate monthly minimums or setup charges. International cards,
currency conversion, alternative payment methods, financing, subscriptions,
affiliate commissions, and actual disputes can change the final amount.

## How a sale breaks down

```text theme={null}
Customer paid
− Tax collected from the buyer
= Pre-tax sale
− Pocketsflow platform
− Payment processing
− Tax handling, when applicable
− Dispute prevention, when applicable
− Affiliate commission, when applicable
= You receive
```

<Note>
  A partner commission comes out of Pocketsflow's own platform fee and does not
  reduce your earnings a second time. An affiliate commission is funded from the
  seller's share and is shown separately.
</Note>

## Worked examples

These examples use a US domestic card, no sales tax, no currency conversion,
and no affiliate commission.

| Line                                 |  \$100 sale | \$1,000 sale |
| ------------------------------------ | ----------: | -----------: |
| Pre-tax sale                         |    \$100.00 |   \$1,000.00 |
| Pocketsflow platform                 |     −\$2.00 |     −\$20.00 |
| Base payment processing              |     −\$3.00 |     −\$27.30 |
| **Estimated total transaction cost** | **−\$5.00** | **−\$47.30** |
| **Estimated amount you receive**     | **\$95.00** | **\$952.70** |

The order detail is authoritative: it uses the settled payment and shows the
exact cost rather than applying a generic percentage after the sale.

## Common adjustments

The final amount can differ from the domestic-card examples when any of these
apply:

| Situation                  | What changes                                                           |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| International card         | Additional cross-border processing cost may apply                      |
| Currency conversion        | A conversion cost may apply                                            |
| Taxable sale               | Tax is collected from the buyer and remitted; tax handling is itemized |
| Alternative payment method | The payment method's own rate replaces the card estimate               |
| Dispute or chargeback      | A dispute cost may apply                                               |
| Affiliate referral         | The agreed affiliate commission is deducted separately                 |

## Where to see the exact amount

Open **Orders** and select a transaction. The **Payment breakdown** shows:

* What the customer paid.
* Tax collected and remitted.
* The total transaction cost and its effective percentage of the pre-tax sale.
* Pocketsflow platform, payment processing, tax handling, and dispute
  prevention as separate lines when they apply.
* The exact amount added to your balance.

The Orders API also returns the stored platform fee, processing fee, total
transaction cost, effective fee rate, and net amount for reconciliation.

## Small transactions

Payment processing includes fixed per-transaction costs, so very low prices can
lose a large share of the sale even when the percentage rate is low. If you sell
items below \$5, consider bundling them or using a minimum cart value.

## What buyers see

Buyers see only the price you set and any applicable sales tax. Your platform,
processing, tax-handling, and dispute-prevention costs are seller-facing and are
never added as surprise line items at checkout.

## Related topics

* [Payouts](/payments/payouts)
* [Taxes & invoices](/payments/taxes-and-invoices)
* [Refunds & disputes](/payments/refunds-and-disputes)
* [Affiliates](/operations/affiliates)
* [Partner program](/operations/partner-program)