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Stripe Billing[1] only charges 0.5% for this.

Apple's offerings may have been good when the alternative was software sold on physical CD's in a store, but compared to the alternatives today there is no way 30% is by any means fair or reasonable. The 30% commission is essentially monopoly rents.

1. https://stripe.com/billing




Looks like its a bit more complicated than that according to the webpage.

Stripe Payments [1]: 2.9% + $0.30

Stripe Billing [2]: 0.5%

Stripe Invoicing [3]: 0.4%

[1] https://stripe.com/pricing

[2] https://stripe.com/billing/pricing

[3] https://stripe.com/invoicing/pricing


You don't need both Billing and Invoicing. Invoicing is for one-time payments (typically after a service has been delivered), and Billing is for recurring payments.

All in all, we're looking at $0.30 + 3.4% (or 3.3%). This is clearly lower than 30%, except for very inexpensive apps (~$1.29 or less).




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