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Payments for professional services

Invoices, retainers and monthly fees, mostly paid away from a counter. Your tickets are large, so the percent matters far more than the per-transaction fee. We set you up so clients pay online by card, handle recurring billing, and show you exactly what you pay.

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On large invoices, the percent is the whole game

A retainer or a project invoice runs thousands of dollars, so the percentage rate dominates what you pay. A small padding on that volume adds up fast, and downgrades on keyed or large transactions quietly cost even more. Most of these payments come in online or by phone, so the setup has to be priced for that, not for a shop counter. Interchange-plus is usually the fit, and we keep it transparent.

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Invoices paid onlineSend an invoice by email or text, and the client pays it by card on a secure page. See invoicing.
Retainers and recurring billingKeep a card on file and bill the monthly retainer or fee on schedule.
Large tickets, clean percentOn large invoices the percentage rate dominates, so one clear markup keeps real money in the firm.

What are you really paying?

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Your real rate: the equation and the gap Total fees divided by total card volume gives the effective rate, shown as $1,500 divided by $50,000 equals 3.0 percent, with two bars underneath where the effective rate stands taller than the rate you were quoted and the difference is bracketed as downgrades and junk fees. YOUR REAL RATE Total fees divided by total card volume. Two numbers from your statement, one honest answer. TOTAL FEES $1,500 everything you paid last month ÷ CARD VOLUME $50,000 everything you ran on cards = EFFECTIVE RATE 3.0% your real rate what you actually pay on every dollar, once every fee is counted the headline number The rate you were quoted QUOTED RATE DOWNGRADES + JUNK FEES 3.0% Your effective rate THE GAP Downgrades and junk fees The quoted rate only applied to some of your transactions. The rest, plus the monthly fees, is the gap. The advertised rate is what they want you to look at. The effective rate is what you actually pay. LEGEND The rate you were quoted Your effective rate Downgrades and junk fees Example from the statement guide on allpropay.com. Illustration, not a quote.

Works with your invoicing

Some systems let you choose your processor. Others lock you in. Here is the honest picture for professional services, and where we fit.

Open

Keep your software, switch to us

Many practice management and accounting systems are open, so you keep your software and move the processing to AllProPay, or send invoices and payment links from our side.

Locked

Locked to their own processing

Some all-in-one tools lock you to their processing. If you’re on one, we’ll show you the real cost and the math on switching.

We’ll check

Tell us what you run

Setups vary. Tell us your invoicing or practice software and we’ll confirm what we can do.

Need to take a card over the phone? The virtual terminal handles that. Not sure about your software? Ask us and we’ll confirm. We handle card data securely and keep PCI compliance.

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Common questions

Can a client pay an invoice or a retainer online by card?
Yes. Send an invoice or a payment link by email or text, and the client pays it by card on a secure page. You see the payment right away, and the invoice is marked paid.
Our invoices are large. Does the per-transaction fee matter?
Not much. On large invoices the percentage rate dominates the cost, so a clean markup matters far more than the cents per transaction. Interchange-plus is usually the fit on tickets this size, and we show you exactly what every dollar costs.

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