platform fee

Middleman's cut percentage

A platform fee is a charge levied by a digital marketplace or service for facilitating transactions between users.

Companies like Airbnb, Etsy, or ticketing sites take a percentage of each sale or booking as their platform fee: The platform fee on that concert ticket added fifteen dollars to the price.

Also called a service fee.

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convenience fee · processing · credit card fee · marketplace · gig economy · subscription · listing · rake · merchant · payment · surcharge · seller · vendor · middleman · Stripe · PayPal · checkout · monetization

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payment direction

platform feereferral bonus

Payment for successful recommendations

cashback · sign-up bonus · revenue share · loyalty reward

transaction intermediation

platform feedirect payment

Funds transferred without intermediary

peer-to-peer payment · direct sale · private sale · direct deposit

cost vs. incentive

platform feewaived fees

Costs officially excused

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