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You picked the cheap plan on your course platform to save money. Then you made a real sale and noticed the platform kept a slice of it, on top of what the payment processor (the company that actually moves the money, usually Stripe) already took.
This is not a rumor. One major course platform documents a 7.5% transaction fee on its entry-level plan, right on its own fees page, stacked on top of Stripe's separate processing fee.
A 7.5% cut sounds small until you do the math on a real sale. On a $100 sale, that is $7.50 gone to the platform alone, before Stripe's cut and before taxes. Sell ten of those in a month and the platform has taken $75 that never reached your bank account.
, which is the trap: the cheap plan only looks cheap until you actually start selling. The more your course succeeds, the more that percentage takes from you, since it is calculated on every single sale rather than charged once as a flat amount.
Open your course platform's own fees or pricing page and search for the word transaction. If a percentage shows up next to your plan name, you are paying it on every sale, every month, for as long as you stay on that plan.
It is worth checking this even if you picked your plan a while ago, since some platforms change their fee structure and apply it to existing customers without a clear announcement.
If you sell rarely or at low volume, a small transaction fee can genuinely cost less than a pricier plan with no fee. Do the math on your actual sales before switching anything: multiply your average monthly sales total by the fee percentage, then compare that number to the price difference between plans.
If you sell regularly, a flat monthly price with no added percentage per sale is usually cheaper over time. systeme.io's plans, Startup at $17 a month and Unlimited at $97 a month, do not add a separate transaction fee on top of what your payment processor already takes, so the amount you pay stays the same whether you sell one course or a hundred.
A flat price removes the per-sale fee, but the trade-off is real. The page builder and email design tools are more basic than tools built for that one job alone, and support response times draw complaints. If you need a highly designed course page or fast support, weigh that against what the transaction fee is actually costing you.
Prices and terms checked on 2026-08-19. systeme.io
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