Shopping Cart Service Pricing

All prices for Creative Cart Shopping Cart Services are shown in US Dollars, billed monthly.
Prices effective 08/18/2003.


COST SUMMARY DESCRIPTION When Billed
$9.95 Service charge. This is the fee for having the shopping cart and is independant of monthly sales. 1st business day of the month for "this month's" shopping cart service, prorated for the first month.
1% Transaction fee. Based on total sales. Transaction fee has a cap of $40.00 per month. 1st business day of the month for "last month's" shopping cart sales.

$49.95 Maximum charge.* This is the maximum charge for any single month's usage of the shopping cart excluding setup charges, add-ons, and late fees listed below. Billed in two parts, see above.
       
SETUP CHARGES
$5.00 Shopping cart setup charge. This is a one time fee for setting up the shopping cart service. 1st day of shopping cart service.
       
ADD-ONS
$1.00 Hard copy charge. Invoices are sent by e-mail. Optional hard copy invoices can be requested for additional monthly cost. 1st business day of the month for "this month's" shopping cart invoice.
$1.00 Check processing fee. Monthly fee for paying by check instead of credit card. NOTE: Creative Cart no longer accepts checks as a form of payment from its vendors, except from recognized non-profit organizations. 1st business day of the month for "this month's" shopping cart invoice.
$0.01 Online payment processing transaction fee.** Per transaction bandwidth fee to interface a Creative Cart vendor account to a 3rd party payment processing provider. 1st business day of the month for "last month's" shopping cart invoice.
$0.05 US Online Tax Calculation transaction fee.*** Per transaction fee to use the online tax calculation service to compute taxes by US zip code. First 20 transactions per month inside your nexus are FREE. Sales outside your tax nexus are NOT charged this fee. See below for details.*** 1st business day of the month for "last month's" shopping cart invoice.
$39.00 Web site design Hourly fee for the Creative Cart staff to do web site work on the vendor's web site. See the web design page for more details. 1st business day of the month for "last month's" shopping cart invoice.
       
LATE FEES
$5.00 Reinstatement fee. Fee for reactivating a deliquent vendor account. 1st day shopping cart is reactivated.
       

* Regardless of sales, if shopping cart monthly charges exceed $49.95, the vendor is only charged $49.95. Setup, add-on, and late fees can result in charges in excess of $49.95 being incurred to the vendor's account.

** Online payment processing services are provided by several 3rd party payment processing providers. If you have a merchant account, you may already have a online payment processor available to you. If you need a merchant account, Creative Cart can help you obtain one with very competitive rates. If you have a merchant account but do not have an online payment processor, Creative Cart can set you up with a payment processor with competitive rates. See our gateway page for more information.

*** Online tax calculator computes the exact tax for the sale based on the customer's zip code, state, and city, based on your tax nexus. A nexus is the state or group of states you have to collect taxes for. Important: If the customer is outside of your tax nexus, then the online tax calculator is not used, and you are not charged for a tax calculation.

For further details, see the Creative Cart License Agreement and Terms of Service.