Website Builders With No Transaction Fees (2026)
Which website builders charge 0% transaction fees in 2026 — InMinutes, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, BigCommerce, Square Online compared, with real costs on $10k/mo.
Every builder that charges 0% platform fees on sales — with the plan it requires, the catch it comes with, and what $10,000 in monthly sales actually costs on each.
Quick answer: Yes, no-transaction-fee builders exist — but each with a condition. Wix charges 0% on all plans; Squarespace 0% on Core and up (2% on Basic); Shopify 0% only with Shopify Payments (2% on Basic otherwise); BigCommerce and WooCommerce 0% by design; Square Online 0% but locks you to Square processing (3.3% + 30¢ online on the free plan since January 2026). InMinutes charges 0% on Business ($99/mo) via your own Stripe — on $10,000/month that's $449 all-in.
The distinction most people miss
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Payment processing fee — what Stripe, PayPal, Square, or the builder's in-house processor charges to move money (~2.9% + $0.30 per US online card payment). Everyone pays it, on every platform on this page. InMinutes does not remove it and doesn't claim to.
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Platform transaction fee — what the builder charges on top of processing for using their store. "No transaction fees" means this number is 0%.
The table: 0%-fee builders compared
Platform | Monthly plan | Platform transaction fee | Payment processing | Total on $10,000/mo |
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WooCommerce (self-hosted) | ~$10–30 hosting | 0% | your gateway (Stripe ~2.9% + 30¢) | ~$365–385 |
Squarespace (Core) | $23 | 0% (2% on Basic) | 2.9% + 30¢ | $373 |
Wix (Core) | $29 | 0% on all plans | 2.9% + 30¢ (Wix Payments; Amex 3.7%) | $379 |
Shopify (Basic) | $29 | 0% with Shopify Payments; 2% with other gateways | 2.9% + 30¢ | $379 |
BigCommerce (Standard) | $29 | 0% on all plans | your gateway (~2.9% + 30¢) | $379 |
Square Online (Free) | $0 | 0% | 3.3% + 30¢ (Square only, raised Jan 2026) | $390 |
InMinutes (Business) | $99 | 0% | Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ (your own account) | $449 |
Assumptions: US rates, $10,000/mo in online card sales at a $50 average order (200 orders), card-not-present, annual-billing plan prices where offered, July 2026 figures from each platform's own pricing page. InMinutes is a flat monthly price. |
Read the table honestly and two things stand out. First, "no transaction fees" is more common than the marketing wars suggest — the platform fee is only the trap on specific tiers (Squarespace Basic, Shopify with a third-party gateway, and marketplaces like Etsy at 6.5%). Second, on raw store costs at $10k/month, InMinutes' $99 plan is not the cheapest row — the case for it is what the $99 replaces, covered below.
Break-even math: flat fee vs percentage fee
The rows above are the safe configurations. The expensive mistake is landing on a percentage tier. A 2% platform fee costs $20 per $1,000 of sales, forever. Against Shopify Basic at $39/month + 2% (third-party gateway):
$39 + 2% of sales = $99 → sales = $3,000/month.
Above $3,000/month, InMinutes' flat $99 beats any $39-plus-2% arrangement — and the gap grows with every sale. (Against Squarespace Basic's $16 + 2%, the crossover is $4,150/month.)
Monthly sales | Cost on a 2%-fee plan (Shopify Basic, 3rd-party gateway) | Cost on InMinutes | You keep with InMinutes |
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$2,000 | $149 | $169 | $1,831 |
$5,000 | $314 | $274 | $4,726 |
$10,000 | $589 | $449 | $9,551 |
$25,000 | $1,414 | $974 | $24,026 |
$50,000 | $2,789 | $1,849 | $48,151 |
Both columns include ~2.9% + 30¢ processing. Below ~$3,000/month the percentage plan is cheaper — percentage models genuinely favor very small stores. |
What you give up, what you gain
Each 0% platform earns its row differently, and several beat InMinutes at their specialty: Shopify has the deepest ecommerce ecosystem for high-volume fulfillment (full fee comparison). Wix has the biggest app market (comparison). WooCommerce offers total control if you'll run your own hosting. Square Online is the cheapest possible start (comparison, with Squarespace). And marketplaces like Etsy charge the most but bring buyers with them (that math here).
What InMinutes gives back for the higher subscription: the store is generated as part of the site in under 2 minutes — not a module you configure — with inventory tracking and real-time revenue analytics included. The same $99 covers appointment booking, the Audience CRM with email campaigns, the SEO/AEO engine (structured data, sitemaps, llms.txt), and chat-to-edit. On the cheaper rows, those are separate apps and subscriptions that typically exceed the $70/month gap.
Who should pick a flat-fee 0% platform — and who shouldn't
A flat 0% platform (like InMinutes) fits you if:
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You sell more than ~$3,000/month, or plan to — the bill stops scaling with success
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You'd otherwise buy email marketing, booking, or SEO tools separately
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You want your own Stripe account and your own customer list
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You're a service business selling products alongside bookings
A different row fits you if:
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You're under ~$1,000/month and testing — Square Online's free plan or Etsy's no-monthly-fee model risks less
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You run high-volume fulfillment with complex logistics apps — Shopify remains the right call
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You already live in WordPress and have hosting — WooCommerce is effectively free
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You need a massive third-party app catalog — Wix
Keep 100% of your sales.
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