Pricing & Payouts
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The zero-price product: what actually happens when nothing is charged
A free lead magnet still runs through checkout, still creates a customer record, and still costs you nothing in fees. Here is what does and does not happen.
The country on your Stripe account decides more than you think
It sets your settlement currency, your payout schedule and the paperwork you will be asked for. Choose it deliberately, because it is not a settings toggle.
The address was wrong: a calm recovery plan that keeps the sale
Typos survive even the best dropdowns. Here is the order to work in when a parcel bounces, and how to decide who pays for the second delivery.
Who eats the fee when you refund a sale, and what actually returns
store.fan takes 0% on every plan, so there is no platform cut to claw back. The card processing side behaves differently, and that changes how you price.
You ship it: exactly what store.fan does with a physical order
store.fan takes the payment, collects the address and records the order. It never touches the parcel. Here is the division of labour, written down plainly.
Affiliate commission: when it actually reaches your Stripe account
Commission transfers to your Stripe the moment a referral's payment clears, and runs for their first twelve months. Here is how to track it.
What refund rate is normal, and when it is telling you something
A refund now and then is the cost of selling. A pattern on one product is a message about that product, and per-product analytics tell the two apart.
Moving your storefront to a different Stripe account without a gap
You incorporated, or you finally opened a business account, and the money needs a new destination. Here is the order of operations that avoids losing sales.
Restricted and prohibited: what Stripe's category rules mean for you
Some things you can happily put on a storefront cannot be processed by Stripe, and most people find out when a payout is held. Learn the shape first.
The line on their bank statement is your cheapest dispute defence
Most disputes start with a buyer who did not recognise a charge three weeks later. Your Stripe statement descriptor is the cheapest fix you will ever configure.
The gap between the click and the confirmed booking, explained
On store.fan a booking slot is held only once the payment clears. That single rule prevents most double-bookings, and it explains the occasional short wait.
Ship abroad or do not: making one flat delivery fee work honestly
One flat delivery fee has to cover the next town and the other side of the world. Decide where you post to before the first far-away order lands.
The flat delivery fee sum: postage, packaging and the odd reshipment
You name one delivery fee and it either covers your costs or quietly eats them. Build the number from real postage, packaging and reshipments.
Selling into Turkey: why the address form asks for a district too
A Turkish address routes on its district before anything else. Here is how to read the one store.fan records, and what to copy onto the label.
Ugly numbers: rounding your prices after a currency conversion
Converted prices land on figures nobody would ever choose. Round them like a shopkeeper rather than a spreadsheet and keep your tiers legible in every market.
Refund the course, remove the access: getting the sequence right
Access on store.fan follows payment, so a refunded student should not still be watching. Here is the order that keeps money and access agreeing.
Refunding a coaching call: the slot, the calendar and the money
Cancelling a paid call moves three things at once: the calendar entry, the Meet link and the payment. Do them in this order and nobody double-books Tuesday.
The refund that lands after your payout has already left Stripe
Refund a sale whose money is already in your bank and your Stripe balance can go negative. Here is where it gets pulled from, and how to plan a quiet week.
Your dashboard says 2,400 and Stripe says 2,271: closing the gap
Per-product revenue in store.fan is gross. Your Stripe balance is net of card processing. Neither is wrong, and this is the reconciliation that settles it.
No labels, no tracking: how to build your own proof of postage
store.fan generates no carrier tracking, so the evidence trail is yours to keep. One habit at the post office counter stands between you and a lost dispute.
Postcodes, ZIP codes and the blank box: address fields that travel
Postcodes look different in every country and some barely use them. How to read the postcode on an international order without assuming your own format.
Physical goods and digital downloads: two different tax problems
Selling a print and selling a PDF from the same page can put you in two different tax regimes. Know which rules attach to which before you list both.
Partial refunds: the middle ground most creators skip entirely
Not every complaint deserves the full amount back, and not every one deserves nothing. Here is when a partial refund is honest, and when it is a dodge.
Dropdown or text box? Why 33 countries get an official region list
For 33 countries the state or province field is a proper list, not free text. That difference decides how many parcels quietly come back to you.
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