{"id":1719,"slug":"stripe-pricing-2-9-percent-plus-30-cents","title":"Stripe pricing: 2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card transaction; no monthly, setup, or cancellation fees","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["pricing-models","payments-infrastructure"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Stripe pricing (official): **\"2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction for domestic cards.\"** Multiple processors confirm Stripe has **no monthly fees, setup fees, or cancellation fees** — you only pay when you process a transaction.\n\n**Source:** stripe.com/pricing.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** The all-transactional pricing model is the SMB-relevant differentiator. Pair with [[pre-stripe-merchant-account-plus-gateway-plus-pci]] (which carried a ~$25/month gateway base cost) and [[authorize-net-monthly-fee-pre-stripe-pricing-model]] for the before-state.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"stripe-launch-2011-tokenized-cards","title":"Stripe launched 2011 — card data never touches merchant server (Stripe.js → token), removing the heaviest PCI burden","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"authorize-net-monthly-fee-pre-stripe-pricing-model","title":"Authorize.net and peers: monthly-fee + per-transaction pricing model — the pre-Stripe norm","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-falling-cost-floor-real-web-functionality-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the falling cost floor of \"real\" web functionality for SMBs (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.549Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.549Z"}