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The difference between fixed and marginal costs applies here.

The costs you mention are essentially fixed costs. The marginal cost of a sale is then zero (ignoring the cost of the item itself).

With Stripe the marginal cost is 21c or 42%. You can increase sales ad infinitum and Stripe will still take 42%...




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