Your customers can cover the fees.
$0 monthly software fee. Let customers cover Blade’s 5% platform fee and payment processing fees automatically.
In most cases, fees are handled when customers pay, with no later true-up. You can also cover the platform fee or split it.
5%
Platform fee. Your customers can pay it.
$0 monthly software fee. Automatically pass the platform fee and payment processing fees to customers.
- Booking, waivers, and front desk
- Lane scoring, leagues, and customer tools
- Website redesign, hosting, and transactional email
- Unlimited lanes and staff accounts
Applies to bookings, POS sales, extra-time upsells, and customer subscriptions. Optional SMS usage is a separate venue cost.
What customer-paid fees look like.
On an illustrative $100 sale, Blade’s 5% platform fee is $5.00. With customer-paid fees enabled, the customer covers that fee along with payment processing.
- Illustrative sale amount
- $100.00
- Platform fee paid by customer (5%)
- $5.00
The customer pays the sale amount plus the platform fee, payment processing fees, and applicable taxes. Processor fees vary and are not included in the $5 example. Optional SMS usage remains a separate venue cost.
Included where it counts.
Take the booking
Lane availability, online bookings, pricing, deposits, promotions, and gift cards.
Run the shift
Walk-ins, waivers, check-in, balances, lane assignment, and staff access.
Bring guests back
Lane scoring, leagues, customer history, memberships, loyalty, and reporting.
Put your venue online
Website redesign, hosting, and transactional email within your agreement scope.
A few fair questions.
The details you should have before choosing a booking system.
Who pays the 5%?
Your customers can cover Blade’s 5% platform fee and payment processing fees automatically. You can also cover the platform fee as the venue or split it. Your venue pays any fees it chooses to absorb.
Which payments does the platform fee apply to?
The 5% platform fee applies to bookings, POS sales, extra-time upsells, and customer subscriptions. It is not limited to online bookings.
Will I need to settle up later?
In most cases, fees are handled automatically when customers pay, with no later true-up. Cash and payments collected outside the connected processor may still need reconciliation. We’ll review your fee settings and payment setup with you before launch.
What is billed separately?
Stripe or Square charges payment processing fees under your processor agreement. Those fees still apply, and Blade can pass them to customers automatically. Optional SMS usage is a separate prepaid cost for your venue.
Are there paid feature tiers or seat limits?
No. The supported platform includes unlimited lanes and staff accounts. Website redesign, hosting, transactional email, support, and platform improvements are included within your agreement scope.
Where does my revenue go?
Payments connect to your venue’s Stripe or Square account. Revenue settles through that processor, according to its payout schedule.
What happens before I commit?
Talk through your booking rules, current tools, website, and lane setup with us. Review the relevant workflows in a demo and confirm the scope, migration needs, and terms in your agreement.
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