Dual pricing
Keeps the mostup to —/yr
Customers who pay by card pay the card price, which covers processing. You net the cash price.
How dual pricing works
For landscaping & lawn care
Put your contracts on autopay. Keep the fees.
Landscaping runs on recurring revenue (weekly mowing, monthly maintenance, seasonal contracts) plus big one-time installs. FeeTain puts the recurring work on scheduled card or ACH payments so you stop chasing invoices, and keeps card fees off your margin on the big jobs.
Patio & hardscape install$8,500
- Card fee you absorb today at 3%−$255.00
- With FeeTain dual pricingCovered
- Paid by ACH instead$0.20
Up to $255.00 back in your pocket on this job.
Sound familiar?
Where landscaping companies lose money getting paid.
Chasing the same invoices every month
Dozens of small recurring invoices, each one a reminder email and a late payment waiting to happen.
Commercial clients that pay slow
HOAs and property managers paying net-30 by check, or by card at 3% of a large invoice.
Fees on the big installs
An $8,500 hardscape job paid by card costs about $255 in processing. That’s a crew-day of profit.
Your FeeTain setup
What we’d recommend.
Every business is a little different, and there’s usually a solution for the exceptions. Here’s where most landscaping companies start.
Recurring billing
Card or bank on file, charged automatically on the schedule your customer agrees to.
Learn moreACH for big jobs
$0.20 per payment on installs, deposits, and commercial accounts. No percentage.
Learn moreDual pricing
Quote a cash price and a card price. Card-paying customers cover the processing cost.
Learn moreQuickBooks Online
Customers pay right from your QuickBooks invoice. Payments post back automatically.
Learn more- Autopay for weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or seasonal service
- ACH autopay for commercial and HOA accounts at $0.20 a payment
- Dual pricing or a 3% credit surcharge on one-time installs
- Wireless terminals for crews collecting on site
- QuickBooks Online invoices with a pay-now link
Savings calculator
Run your own numbers.
We’ve started you with a typical landscaping business. Adjust it to match yours.
Your numbers
$5k$500k+
1.5%5%
Not sure? Total fees ÷ total card sales on your last statement. Most small businesses land between 2.9% and 3.5%.
All debitAll credit
Today you're paying about — a month —— a year — just to accept cards.
Surcharging
3% credit only—/yr
Debit cards can't be surcharged, so you'd still cover about —/mo in debit fees.
How surcharging worksLower rate
You absorb it—/yr
Saved for every 0.25% we cut from your rate. Send a statement and we'll show you your real number.
Get a statement reviewEstimates for illustration only. Results depend on your card mix, average ticket, pricing program, and state and card-brand rules. Surcharges are capped at 3% and at your actual cost of acceptance.
FAQ
Questions we hear every day
Don't see your question? Ask us directly — there's usually a solution, even for the exceptions.
Can I charge customers automatically every month?
Yes. With the customer’s authorization, you can store a card or bank account on file and schedule payments weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually — ideal for maintenance agreements, service plans, and memberships. Recurring ACH keeps the cost to twenty cents per payment.
What does ACH cost?
ACH is $15 a month plus $0.20 per transaction. That’s it — no percentage of the invoice. On a $5,000 job, that’s twenty cents instead of roughly $150 on a card.
What’s the difference between dual pricing and surcharging?
With dual pricing, you post two prices — a cash price and a card price — and the customer chooses. It applies to every card, credit or debit, and typically covers nearly all of your processing cost. With surcharging, you add a fee of up to 3% to credit card transactions only; debit cards are never surcharged, so you still cover the fees on debit. Dual pricing keeps the most. Surcharging keeps your sticker price unchanged.
I use QuickBooks Online. How hard is it to switch?
It’s the easiest setup we do. Our processing plugs right into QuickBooks Online, so you keep invoicing exactly the way you do today. Customers pay from the invoice, and payments post back to QuickBooks automatically — no double entry.
Other industries we serve
Find out what you’d keep.
Send us a recent processing statement — or just your monthly card volume — and we’ll show you, side by side, what dual pricing, surcharging, and a lower rate would put back in your pocket.