Square Fee on discounted items?

[harleytans]

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering what would the fee be for an item that is discounted through a rewards system from an app that is integrated with square? So for example, an item becomes $0 it will be processed through square's API. I know there is a 2.9% fee + .30 cents per transaction, but the 30 cents is fixed, what happens to the 2.9%? 

I think 2.9% of 0 is hopefully 0. 😂

Sorry if this is a silly question. Thank you and I appreciate your time!

[isabelle]

Hey @harleytans-

If you actually get the order all the way down to $0, you can actually use the PayOrder endpoint, which wouldn’t take any fees (because no payment would actually take place - we don’t allow for API payments of $0).

If you get down close to $0, say $0.01, then yes - you would still be charged the fee of 30 cent, plus 2.9% (which would probably round to 0), so you'd end up losing money on the sale. Does that make sense? Let me know!