Real-world use case
Industry: Beauty & Wellness
Passing on Stripe Fees
The problem
The business wants a 50% deposit to cut no-shows, without losing the 2.9% card fee.
How to configure it in Tuvy
- The business wants a 50% deposit to cut no-shows, without losing the 2.9% card fee.
- Service Name: Passing on Stripe Fees
- Payments and fees are under Settings, then Billing and Payments. Connect Stripe, set the deposit, and choose who pays the card fee.
- Go to Settings, then Billing and Payments.
- Set Global Deposit Requirement to 50%.
- Under Fee Routing, select Pass transaction fees to client.
- Deposit Rules: full payment, a percentage, or a flat deposit.
- Fee Routing: absorb the card fee, or add it to the checkout total.
- Cancellation Windows: keep the deposit if the client cancels inside the window.
- Connect Stripe, then set the deposit and who pays the card fee.
- Passing the fee to the client is common in New Zealand.
- Clients pay the 2.9% surcharge at checkout, and the 50% deposit still applies.
The result
Clients pay the 2.9% surcharge at checkout, and the 50% deposit still applies.