# Fee Structure

## Overview

Violet does **not** charge additional payment processing fees on top of what your payment provider (e.g. Stripe) charges. These processor fees are **separate from Violet's volume-based pricing** and are handled directly through your integrated Stripe account if you're using **Prism Pay** for orchestration.

For every Order, Violet tracks and reflects payment processor fees on a **per-Bag basis**, ensuring accurate downstream accounting and reconciliation.

### Violet tracks and exposes:

* **Stripe fees**
* **Channel commissions**
* **Shipping payouts**
* **Tax remittance**
* **Merchant distributions**

## Stripe Fee Handling

* For most US-based platforms, **Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30** per successful charge. This can vary by payment method (e.g. ACH, Klarna, wallets) or region. Learn more at [Stripe Pricing Overview](https://stripe.com/pricing).

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For non-US platforms, fee structures depend on your country and payment configuration. Violet dynamically applies your platform’s actual fee settings.
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* **Fees are always deducted from the channel’s Stripe balance** — not from merchant payouts.
* If your channel’s **commission is low or 0%**, Stripe fees will reduce your **available Stripe balance**.

## Viewing Payment Processor Fees

Stripe fee components are available at the **Distribution** level for each Bag. These fields are populated by Violet when Prism Pay is used:

| Field                         | Description                                              |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `payment_provider_total_fee`  | The total fee charged by Stripe for the Bag.             |
| `payment_provider_volume_fee` | The percentage-based portion (e.g. 2.9% of order total). |
| `payment_provider_fixed_fee`  | The fixed component (e.g. $0.30 per charge).             |

You can learn more about how these fees are reported in our [Distributions Overview](/prism/payments/payouts/distributions.md).

## Key Takeaways

* **Processor fees are passed through**, not marked up by Violet.
* **Channels** are responsible for covering these fees, not merchants.
* **All processor fee data** is transparently surfaced via Violet’s `Distribution` model.


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