Split: About commissions fees, and transactions.
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Hello,
I am also a newcomer to WordPress and find myself a bit perplexed about the commission fees (plus standard processing fees) for payments. I’d like to confirm if my understanding is accurate:
In WordPress, every element, whether it’s an image, text, or payment button, is referred to as a “block,” is that correct?
So, if I were to incorporate a “WordPress” payment block (though I’m uncertain if my terminology is accurate), would I be subject to the commission fees outlined in each plan?
However, if I opt for another “payment block” provider such as Ecwid or WooCommerce, which I believe does not impose charges for payments, there wouldn’t be any fees from WordPress, am I correct?
Thanks.
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Hi there,
I’ve split your reply into a separate thread so that the folks in the previous thread do not receive notifications for their resolved issue. This will provide us a bit of extra space where we’re happy to clarify how our Payments Block works.
Blocks are what we call the elements that create the layout of your page (and they can be arranged in our editing tools in the way you might rearrange blocks) and you are correct they include things like image blocks, paragraph blocks, gallery blocks, and even payment blocks.
WordPress.com does not have ecommerce built in by default, so the Payment Block can best be thought of as a super simple solution for folks who are just starting out, but not ready for full on ecommerce yet. It does allow you to set up a simple store page (or sell products inside your blog posts, or anywhere you would normally add a block to create a page layout) but it does not offer an shopping cart, rich product management, tax and shipping calculations, or integrated checkout. You can learn more about this block here:
Using WordPress.com Payments features, you can accept credit and debit card payments for goods, services, subscriptions, memberships, donations, and more. This guide will show you how to insert payment buttons to create recurring revenue or one-time payments on your website.Payments Options
The Payments feature includes multiple variations for different types of payments. This guide will
However, it sounds like you may be referring to something slightly different, which on WordPress we call “plugins” instead. To clarify, plugins are a way to add new functionality to your site that it does not have out-of-the-box, similar to how you might add an app to your smartphone to give it functions it does not have by default.
For example, you can install the WooCommerce plugin on your site, which would add very robust ecommerce functionality, and the ability to create pretty much any kind of commerce-based site you can imagine. However, to add plugins on WordPress.com does require an upgrade to our Creator plan, which will house your site on our business-class managed hosting where we offer security and performance improvements at the server level that will allow you to install and use plugins without affecting your site performance.
Once you upgrade, you can install the WooCommerce plugin here and use any payment processor you wish (Woo offers many options to consider) and WordPress.com would not charge a commision on top of that. Commissions would only apply to transactions that happen via the Payments Block. The WooCommerce plugin is outside of that fee structure.
However, if I opt for another “payment block” provider such as Ecwid or WooCommerce, which I believe does not impose charges for payments, there wouldn’t be any fees from WordPress, am I correct?
I did want to clarify (so that there will be no surprises) that while those platforms may not charge fees, they both allow you to connect to whatever payment processor you wish (PayPal, Square, Stripe, etc.) and it’s important to point out that those providers do typically charge their own processing fees.
For example, with Ecwid they don’t talk about it directly, but you can find that in the fine print here: https://support.ecwid.com/hc/en-us/articles/207100729-Ecwid-plans-and-features#do-you-charge-transaction-fees-
That said, the ability of platforms like WooCommerce and Ecwid to choose from many different providers does give you the opportunity to shop around and find on that offers the best balance of fees and service.
Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have any more questions.
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