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Pricing & Revenue

The Real Cost of Fitness Studio Payment Processing in 2026: What the Transaction Fee Doesn't Show

Studios that pick a payment processor on transaction fee alone usually pay 3 to 8 times more than they save. Chargebacks, disputes, no-show loss on deferred-payment models, and reconciliation labor eat the savings before the year is out. Here's the boring operator math nobody in the industry writes down, plus 8 questions to ask any provider before you switch.

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