At $1,000/month Hotplate costs you $41 and Square Online Free costs $45. The difference is your customers pay $72 more on Hotplate. Full fee math.
You cannot message Etsy buyers to say you are leaving. The compliant route is package inserts, and the number to check first is your Etsy search share.
LocallyGrown charges nothing until $15,000 in sales, then 3% of completed orders. That free threshold is worth $450 and the crossover is $20,000 a year.
At 20 orders a week the subscription is noise and processing is the bill. Every credible platform lands within about $53 a year of the others.
Farmigo charges 2% of delivery revenue with a $150/month minimum, in delivery months only. Below $7,500/month you pay the minimum, not 2%.
Cheddar Up Basic is free but charges 3.95% + 95 cents, which is 7.8% on a $25 order. Pro pays for itself at 34 orders a month.
GrazeCart publishes one price: $89/mo Starter, capped at three delivery zones. No processing rate, no trial, and no price for Growth.
Big Cartel is $144/yr billed annually with 0% commission and no markup on your card rate. Diamond at $288 adds scheduled product drops.
Cottage CMS puts pre-orders and drops on a free tier. Hotplate adds 5% + $0.55 to your customer's checkout. What that 7.75% actually buys you.
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