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Practical detail for building, selling, and operating software with Ruba.
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Platform fee
Ruba platform fee
6% + $0.50
per successful transaction
This fee covers Ruba’s commerce platform and ordinary card-processing cost. Buyers pay applicable sales tax on top of the product price.
Recurring subscription payments carry an additional 0.5% platform fee.
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Pass-through costs
These costs are not hidden inside Ruba’s margin. When incurred, they are deducted from the seller balance at cost and shown in the ledger.
Refunds do not return the original processing and platform costs. Any foreign-exchange movement outside Ruba may also be charged by the seller’s bank.
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Tax treatment
Paid by the buyer
VAT, GST, or sales tax applicable to the purchase is added at checkout and paid by the buyer.
Handled by Ruba
As Merchant of Record, Ruba is responsible for calculation, registration, filing, and remittance for covered transactions.
Stripe Tax and related calculation infrastructure are absorbed by Ruba rather than added as a separate seller line item.
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A $29 sale
International-card, currency-conversion, recipient-transfer, and payout costs are then deducted only when they actually apply.