We’ve gone fee-free!

We’re pleased to officially announce that Flattr is currently completely free to use for all. To really grow Flattr into a solution that makes both creators and contributors happy, we know that initially we should bare some costs to make this happen, so with this said, we’re committing to incur all the processing and payment fees so that it’s completely free for you to use.

It’s worth noting that we haven’t actually charged any fees up until now, but we have communicated elsewhere that we’d be charging 9% for payment processing + 7.5% for using the Flattr infrastructure, however we’ve decided that this won’t be the case and we’ll continue to charge no fees.

We’ll take this approach and then we’ll eventually move to a low-fee model, that we’ll continue to subsidise, where we’ll charge:

5% for payment costs (This will go towards the costs of our payment provider, MangoPay, and is fixed unlike some services that just give an estimate and often charge more based on volumes)

+

5% for processing (the cost of using the Flattr infrastructure)

= 10% in total

But until you hear more from us, you can expect to not pay any fees while using Flattr.

Happy flattring!

Find out more about joining Flattr as a creator here.