App processing fees for the memberships

Shopify Apps
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Topic summary

A user wants to build a Patreon-style site with tiered subscriptions (Bronze, Silver, Gold) offering different asset access levels, plus a standalone shop for individual purchases.

Current understanding of costs:

  • Shopify Plan: £65/month
  • Shopify transaction fees: 1.7% + 25p (online), 1.6% (in-person), 1% (third-party providers)
  • Conjured Memberships app: $9.99/month + 2.9% per membership transaction (minimum $0.10)

Main question:
Unclear whether they’ll be charged both Shopify’s transaction fees AND the app’s 2.9% fee on the same membership transactions, effectively paying twice per payment.

The discussion remains open with no responses yet addressing the fee structure clarification.

Summarized with AI on October 31. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi, I would like to create a site such as Patreon to have a tiered subscription with a different level access to the assets. For example Silver, Gold and Bronze subscriptions will have different pricing and different assets under each subscription. Also alongside to this I want to have a shop that sells each of the items without the monthly subscription. Currently, I don’t understand how I will be charged. I get that I need the Shopify Plan which is 65£ a month plus all of the below

Card rates starting at

  • 1.7% + 25p GBP online

  • 1.6% + 0p GBP in person

  • 1% 3rd-party payment providers
    However, I need to get a third party app to enable me to do tiered subscriptions with a limit set for the asset download. I had decided is going to be Conjured Memberships probably. This app charges

    $9.99/ month plus

    +2.9% of all membership transactions (minimum $0.10 per transaction)

    So I can’t quite get it. Will I be charged twice for every payment done on my website for every transaction? How does it work? Thanks