Fees Ain't no such thing as a free lunch
The fees at Scubbly are simple. Adding a new item is free*. When someone buys an item from you, Scubbly keeps 5% of the sale price plus $0.30 for fulfilling their order. You keep 95%, minus $0.30.
* for products less than 60MB. see oversize fees below.
- Why does Scubbly take 5%?
- To cover the costs of running this website, bandwidth, administration, maintaining our data storage cloud, etc.
- Why does Scubbly take $0.30?
- Because that's the amount that Paypal charges Scubbly to handle the financial transaction
Example
| Price: | Buyer Pays: | Scubbly takes: * | Seller earns: |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.50 | $0.50 | $0.33 | $0.17 |
| $1.00 | $1.00 | $0.35 | $0.65 |
| $1.50 | $1.50 | $0.38 | $1.12 |
| $2.00 | $2.00 | $0.40 | $1.60 |
| $3.00 | $3.00 | $0.45 | $2.55 |
| $5.00 | $5.00 | $0.56 | $4.44 |
| $10.00 | $10.00 | $0.80 | $9.20 |
| $20.00 | $20.00 | $1.30 | $18.70 |
| $40.00 | $40.00 | $2.30 | $37.70 |
| $100.00 | $100.00 | $5.30 | $94.70 |
* Oversize fees and Affiliate Commissions not shown
Affiliate Commissions
Affiliate commissions aren't a "fee", but they're worth mentioning here. Participation in Scubbly's affiliate program is 100% voluntary, and customizable. You choose how much of your profit to give away as a sales commission, as a flat fee plus a percentage of sale. Affiliate commissions are deducted from the seller's profit after Scubbly's fees are deducted. Learn more about Scubbly's affiliate program.
Revenue
Buyers pay Scubbly directly for all the items in their cart. Then for each item sold, the revenue you earn is held in your account.
Payout
Rather than remit the revenue immediately via expensive micropayments, Scubbly pays sellers at the beginning of each month, if your balance is above $50.00. All financial transactions on Scubbly are handled by PayPal.
Oversized product feesnew!
Scubbly's free services are in effect for products up to 60MB. Products that are larger than 60MB are subject to additional fees:- Monthly Storage Fee: $0.03 per 100MB or part thereof per month or part thereof. This is charged on the first day of each month, to cover storage costs. Partial months are billed the same as a full month.
- Data Transfer Fee: $0.02 per 100MB or part thereof. This is charged every time a product is sold, to cover the bandwidth and data transfer cost of downloading the product.
For example, a 250MB file incurs a fee of $0.09 per month to reside in our storage cloud. Then for each sale, an extra fee of $0.06 would be withheld in addition to the regular 5% + $0.30 fee.
Monthly storage fees will be charged on the first day of each month, before any monthly payouts are processed. Scubbly will not send you an invoice for a few cents. Instead, the monthly storage fee will be subtracted from your payout so it can all be done in one efficient transaction. Partial months (for instance if a product is added mid-month) are charged as a full month.
This means that sellers will be able to accrue a negative balance in their account, indicating that they owe money to Scubbly. This seems contrary to our "no risk" policy, but it is expected that sellers will set their prices with this in mind, so that the revenue generated from selling products will compensate for the fees being charged.
If Scubbly notices that you maintain a negative balance in your account for an extended period, we will contact you to pay the bill, or counsel you in adjusting your product line so that your fees do not cost more than your revenue.
Refunds new!
Refunds for dissatisfied buyers are offered at the discretion of the seller, within 7 days of purchase. It is expected that sellers will provide service for their own products. In the event of a refund, the seller may contact Scubbly to issue a refund. Scubbly will return the total purchase price to the buyer, and debit the full purchase price from the seller's account. Scubbly fees charged at the time of sale are not reimbursed.