Multi-gateway stores · Imports into nouz

Payment fee rules

Payment fee rules are what each gateway charges per transaction: a percentage of the amount plus a fixed fee. One row per provider is enough to compute what payments really cost you, and to see why smaller baskets quietly pay a higher effective rate.

The file

nouz-transaction-fees.csv · 5 columns · one example row

Every gateway prices the same way, a percentage of the charged amount plus a fixed fee per transaction, and the fixed fee is the half people forget. On a €25 order, €0,25 is a whole percent before the percentage even starts; on a €250 order the same fee is noise. That is why a falling average order value raises your blended rate while no rate changed anywhere.

Rates differ by gateway, by region and by your own agreement, so the example row is a starting point rather than advice. Read the numbers off your own statements and type what they actually charge; a rule built from someone else's rates is precision applied to the wrong number.

The effective_from column works like every cost date in nouz: a new row starts applying on its date, and history keeps the rule that was true then. To sanity-check a month, the Shopify payment fees calculator applies a rule like this to a real payment mix, and the glossary covers transaction fees and where chargebacks land.

How to use it

  1. 01Add one row per payment provider you accept, using the names your statements use.
  2. 02Copy the percentage and the fixed fee from your own agreement or latest statement.
  3. 03Set effective_from to when those rates started; add a new row when they change.
  4. 04Import into nouz under Costs, and every payment is charged with its own gateway's rule.

What is inside

nouz-transaction-fees.csv
Rowgatewaypercentfixed_feecurrencyeffective_from
1Shopify Payments1.90.25EUR2026-01-01
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Every column, explained

gatewayThe provider, spelled the way your statements spell it.
percentThe percentage of the charged amount, as a plain number: 1.9 means 1,9 percent.
fixed_feeThe per-transaction fee. The half that punishes small baskets.
currencyThree-letter code, matching your shop currency.
effective_fromWhen this rule starts applying. Older payments keep their older rule.