https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/304990#M9039 <P><a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/399046">@KRCobra50</a>&nbsp;Great question.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>First of all you can open an online store for FREE.&nbsp; The free tier includes a domain like "yourstorename.square.site" If you want a custom domain you will have to pay for the basic plan or the first tier.&nbsp; You can edit and set up your whole site without it costing you anything.&nbsp; The processing rate for the online store is a little higher since it is considered a "card not present" transaction.&nbsp; The rate is 2.9% and .30c a transaction as opposed to 2.6% and .10c for in person card present transactions.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you want to just connect a custom domain it is 6$, but if you want to have some of the best features for your site the 1st tier is $144 for a year and includes domain name registration (sure you can get a deal on a name, but that generally goes up after a year).&nbsp; Personally, I found it is not worth trying to save a few bucks on this.&nbsp; The time and energy you spend as a business owner to save $100 is not worth the time you sacrifice working on your business to grow it.&nbsp; You can do month to month and I think it is 16$ a month.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So try it out FOR FREE and then if you see the value, invest in the service.&nbsp; I process a lot of online orders every day for my restaurants and it is a huge labor saver.</P> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:39:35 GMT Donnie-M 2021-09-22T14:39:35Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/304974#M9038 <P>I have a Square account and want to know what additional fees there are besides the processing fees to open a store online.</P> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:22:10 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/304974#M9038 KRCobra50 2021-09-22T13:22:10Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/304990#M9039 <P><a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/399046">@KRCobra50</a>&nbsp;Great question.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>First of all you can open an online store for FREE.&nbsp; The free tier includes a domain like "yourstorename.square.site" If you want a custom domain you will have to pay for the basic plan or the first tier.&nbsp; You can edit and set up your whole site without it costing you anything.&nbsp; The processing rate for the online store is a little higher since it is considered a "card not present" transaction.&nbsp; The rate is 2.9% and .30c a transaction as opposed to 2.6% and .10c for in person card present transactions.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you want to just connect a custom domain it is 6$, but if you want to have some of the best features for your site the 1st tier is $144 for a year and includes domain name registration (sure you can get a deal on a name, but that generally goes up after a year).&nbsp; Personally, I found it is not worth trying to save a few bucks on this.&nbsp; The time and energy you spend as a business owner to save $100 is not worth the time you sacrifice working on your business to grow it.&nbsp; You can do month to month and I think it is 16$ a month.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So try it out FOR FREE and then if you see the value, invest in the service.&nbsp; I process a lot of online orders every day for my restaurants and it is a huge labor saver.</P> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:39:35 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/304990#M9039 Donnie-M 2021-09-22T14:39:35Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/305002#M9040 <P>Thank you!&nbsp; Great clarification.</P> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:21:41 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Archived-Discussions-Read-Only/If-I-open-online-store-fr-Square-acct-what-add-l-fees-will-there/m-p/305002#M9040 KRCobra50 2021-09-22T15:21:41Z