Understanding
Merchant Gateway / Virtual Terminal Fees:
- by iMerchantNetwork.com

Payment processing solutions (such as Plug 'N Play® or Authorize.net®) are simply the "gateway" or middleman connecting you (the merchant) to the bank where your customers credit cards actually get processed. By providing you a user friendly transaction-processing system (ie: virtual terminal) to utilize and process orders thru, they charge you a few fees.

Gateway / Virtual Terminal Monthly Fee – This monthly fee is for use of the terminal and generally ranges from $10 - $30 per month.

Gateway / Virtual Terminal Transaction Fee – This fee is a per transaction fee and generally ranges from $0.20 - $0.35 cents per sales transaction. Yes, this is a 2nd transaction fee (in addition to the transaction fee you pay to the bank). This one goes to the gateway provider.

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