Processing Fees

Ticketed Events

No Service Fee for Free Tickets: If the cost of the ticket is free, there is no service fee. 

GivePulse Service Fee (1.0% + $0.99 per ticket): We charge the end user a small handling charge for the ticket. 

Credit Card Processing Fee (3.4% + 30¢): We use a payment service called Stripe. Stripe charges a simple 2.9% + 30¢ plus an additional ~0.5% for Stripe connected accounts per transaction and includes the credit card processing. For further information, you can review this https://stripe.com/us/connect/pricing

Note: International card transactions include an additional fee of 1.5% due to increased total fees from card networks.

Donations 

GivePulse Service Fee (1.0% per donation per transaction).

Credit Card Processing Fee (3.4% + 30¢): We use a payment service called Stripe. Stripe charges a simple 2.9% + 30¢ plus an additional ~0.5% for Stripe connected accounts per transaction and includes the credit card processing. For further information, you can review this https://stripe.com/us/connect/pricing

Note: International card transactions include an additional fee of 1.5% due to increased total fees from card networks.

We accept the following credit cards:

• American Express
• Discover
• Mastercard
• VISA

What do we do with the fees? 

This will help GivePulse continue enhancing its infrastructure, feature set, its donation fund and most importantly invest back into the communities and partners we serve. 

This is one of many stories where our team spends time and resources to help nonprofits.

The video reviews our relationship with Keep Austin Fed (a food recovery nonprofit).