Fee calculator

What DanceUp really costs

Your subscription, our 1.5% platform fee, and standard Stripe card processing — all in one number, based on how much your studio actually takes in.

Your studio

Plan

That's about 150 card payments a month.

Estimated total monthly cost

$834

$10,008 per year

Subscription$129.00
DanceUp platform fee (1.5%)$225.00
Stripe card processing (2.9% + $0.30)$480.00

What DanceUp adds

$354/mo

Subscription + platform fee. Card processing you'd pay with any software.

Effective fee rate

4.70%

All card fees as a share of your card payments.

You keep

$14,295

Card payments after all fees, before subscription.

On a single $100 payment

Fees are $4.70 (4.7%) and you keep $95.30. For events and workshops you can pass fees on instead: the customer pays $104.92 and you keep the full $100.

The math, in full

No hidden pieces — this is exactly what the calculator above does.

Fees per payment = (price × 4.4%) + $0.30

Monthly total = subscription + (card payments × 4.4%) + ($0.30 × number of payments)

Passing fees on: customer pays = (price + $0.30) ÷ 0.956

4.4% is Stripe's 2.9% plus DanceUp's 1.5%. Because of the fixed $0.30, smaller payments carry a higher effective rate:

PaymentStripeDanceUpTotal feesRateYou keep
$20$0.88$0.30$1.185.9%$18.82
$50$1.75$0.75$2.505.0%$47.50
$100$3.20$1.50$4.704.7%$95.30
$150$4.65$2.25$6.904.6%$143.10

Good to know

  • 2.9% + $0.30 is Stripe's standard rate for US cards. International cards and currency conversion cost more; high-volume studios can sometimes negotiate a lower rate with Stripe.
  • Card processing isn't unique to DanceUp — every studio platform charges it, often at a similar rate. When comparing software, compare what each one adds on top.
  • Stripe doesn't return its processing fee when a payment is refunded.
  • These are estimates. Fees are calculated on each payment separately, so real totals can differ by a few cents.
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