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Yaff fees explained: Starter 5% vs Creator $19 vs Pro $99

Yaff has two kinds of money movement: what you pay Yaff (a platform fee or a monthly plan), and what Stripe charges to process the card. They are separate.

Starter — $0/mo, 5% platform fee

Starter is the default. Yaff takes 5% of each successful supporter payment (memberships and one-off products, including tips) as an application fee on the Stripe charge or subscription. There is no supporter cap on Starter.

Creator — $19/mo, 0% platform fee

Creator is a self-serve plan billed to Yaff’s platform Stripe account. While the plan is trialing or active, Yaff’s application fee on supporter payments is 0%. The plan lists a cap of 100 supporters. A 14-day trial is included. You can revert to Starter from billing settings.

Pro — $99/mo, 0% platform fee

Same 0% application fee while trialing or active, 14-day trial, and a listed cap of 1,000 supporters. In code, Pro does not unlock extra product features over Creator — no custom domain, no extra content types, no separate branding tools. The differences are the monthly price and the supporter cap.

Business Socks

A contact-sales plan with a 0% platform fee and no self-serve price. Perks listed in the product are on-call support and analytics. It is set up manually after a conversation with Yaff.

Stripe processing is extra

Yaff does not bundle or publish Stripe’s card-processing rate. Terms state that payment processing fees are charged by Stripe on top of Yaff’s platform fee. Promo codes entered at signup can set your platform fee to 0% for one month; a daily job expires those codes.

Supporter caps

Creator and Pro store a cap. The dashboard can show a limit banner when you are near or over it. Checkout is not currently hard-blocked when you go over the cap — treat the cap as a plan term, not an automatic cutoff.

Frequently asked questions

Does Yaff take 5% on Creator and Pro?

No. While those plans are trialing or active, the Yaff application fee is 0%. Starter (and Creator/Pro after you cancel back to Starter) uses 5%.

Are tips and ebook sales charged the same way?

Yes. One-off payments use application_fee_amount; memberships use application_fee_percent. Both read your effective platform fee.

Can I change plans later?

Yes, from Settings → Billing. Paid plans can be started, switched or cancelled back to Starter.

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