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Understand your US invoice and fee structure

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US fee structure notice This article is relevant to United States customers only. If you are not a US customer, see Canadian fees or view UK fees.

Overview

This article explains how GotPhoto calculates and bills your fees. Note that GotPhoto uses different rounding rules for order fees versus amounts deducted when a customer places an order.

Fee overview

There are three main types of fees GotPhoto may charge:

1. Standard fees

  • Monthly subscription: Applies unless you're on an Enterprise plan. Switch to annual here.
  • Service fee: Applied per order on gross revenue.
  • Payment fees:
    • $0.30 per order
    • 2.9% transaction fee per order
  • Editing fees: If applicable

Standard fee breakdown

2. Sales tax

GotPhoto acts as a Marketplace Facilitator, collecting sales tax from customer payments. These are displayed on the order page as part of the Photographer Fee Payment. Even in the case of disputed or blocked payments, the sales tax line may still appear unless canceled.

Sales tax in payment breakdown

3. [Optional] Other charges, if applicable to your workflow

Rounding rules

GotPhoto calculates service and payment fees using four decimal places for accuracy, but rounds visible charges to two decimal places. This may result in a negative or positive account balance.

Example:

  • Service fee: 7% of $45.24 → $3.1668 → charged as $3.17
  • Payment fee: 2.9% + $0.30 → $1.268 + $0.30 = $1.568 → charged as $1.57

Fee rounding example

These rounding practices also apply to manual Order Entry orders. Monthly invoice differences are normal and reconciled in your balance.

Prepay note: If you request a payout before sales tax is billed, your balance may go negative in the next cycle.

Sample invoice

The sample GotPhoto invoice below highlights billed services, taxes, and any outstanding balances. Additional pages provide full transaction and fee breakdowns.

Sample invoice layout

The takeaway

GotPhoto uses precise rounding and accounting rules to ensure fairness, especially for high-volume photographers. Small discrepancies between billed, and actual fees are normal and automatically adjusted in your monthly balance.

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