How it works
Each tier pairs a credit amount with a price, and checkout sells one tier per purchase. Larger tiers usually carry a lower price per credit to reward commitment and raise the average order. Tiers can be one-time packs, recurring plans, or both.
Payment fees shape the smallest tier. With a fixed fee per card charge, a tiny pack loses a large share of its price to fees, so the smallest tier should be large enough that the fixed fee is a small fraction. Processors also set a minimum charge; Stripe's is $0.50 for USD.
Example
Three tiers: 500 credits for $10 ($0.020 each), 2,000 for $35 ($0.0175), and 10,000 for $150 ($0.015). With a 2.9% + $0.30 card fee, the $10 tier pays $0.59 in fees (5.9% of the price) while the $150 tier pays $4.65 (3.1%).
Pricing tier (credit package) in Cred
Pricing tiers are created in the dashboard or API and used by hosted checkout; prices are normalised to two decimal places and validated against Stripe's $0.50 minimum charge. A tier can support one-time, recurring, or both billing types.
Pricing Tiers docsQuestions
- How many tiers should I offer?
- Few enough to compare at a glance. A simple ladder is a small pack for trying, a middle pack for regular use, and one or two larger packs with a visible per-credit discount.
- How do I pick tier prices?
- Start from your cost per credit and target margin, add payment fees, and then round to clean prices. The Cred credit pricing calculator does this for each pack size.
- Should large tiers get a discount?
- A visible per-credit discount on larger tiers rewards customers who commit more money up front. Check that the discounted price still clears your margin once payment fees are included.
