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This seems like a very inefficient infrastructure to accomplish what you want to do. By using Plaid to determine transactions, I assume you then do a once-a-mo
by deftnerd 11y ago
This seems like a very inefficient infrastructure to accomplish what you want to do.
By using Plaid to determine transactions, I assume you then do a once-a-month transaction that is the sum of all the round-ups? Or do you do a separate transaction every time someone does a transaction?
If you're doing a separate transaction, you're paying some ridiculous Stripe fees for the micro transactions.
I think the ideal solution would be to set up your own debit card. It's not significantly hard to get a branded debit card solution through Bancorp. Then you can control thins a lot more easily.
When a customer makes a $12.10 charge, you can actually charge them $13 and just keep the 0.90 on the backend and the processing fee is only paid once.
- harrisonmgordon 11y agoWe do once-a-month transactions to help with the micro-transaction issues. We're also looking into ACH transactions to get rid of the 2.9% + 0.30 fee. Technically you're absolutely right - setting up our own debit card would be a great way to efficiently generate donations. We weren't sure how likely people would be to get a new debit card though, and many people favor credit cards so they get points. This is definitely a route we could consider in the future though!