Your partner in payments.

Cards, eCheck, and crypto — with an expert in your corner.

Send me your last statement. In 24 hours I'll send back a line-by-line breakdown of what you're paying, what's fair, and where the leaks are. Recent client: 3.18% effective rate → 1.83%. $13,770 saved in year one.

Statement · April
OVERCHARGE: $13,770/yr
Proof, not pitches.

What clients actually say.

Three real merchants, three different verticals, three saved-fees stories. From a coffee shop that finally accepted cards to a lighting store saving $5,000 a month.

"We were cash-only for years because we didn't want to lose money to processing fees. Jeff showed us dual pricing — now we take cards without paying any processing fees. Our sales went up 5x once tourists could pay how they wanted."

— LeAnn T., Coffee & Bakery
$2,500–$5,000/mo saved
Moved from tiered pricing to interchange-plus. Slow months: $2,500/mo back. Busy months: $5,000+.
— Travis & Holly W., Lighting Store

"Not only have we seen significant savings, but we were able to connect to our QuickBooks so we still invoice the same way — without paying those high QuickBooks payment processing prices."

— Sheila W., Office Manager · Custom Staircases & Ironwork
$13,770 saved in year one · 3.18% → 1.83% effective rate · Hidden non-qualified charges removed
What I actually do

I help business owners reduce or eliminate credit card processing fees.

Without confusing their customers. Without risking compliance problems. Without getting trapped in the wrong processor setup.

Customer experience

Pricing customers don't have to think about. Whether you stay on traditional pricing or move to dual pricing / cash discount, your storefront stays clean.

Compliance

Card-brand rules, surcharge regulations, state laws — we pick the right structure for your situation and document it. No surprise letters from Visa.

Contract freedom

Read the fine print before you sign. No long-term lock-ins, no predatory cancellation fees, no quietly inheriting someone else's bad contract.

How it works

Three steps. No quote tools, no upsells.

1

Upload your statement

Send your most recent processor statement — PDF, screenshot, whatever you've got. Takes 60 seconds. No login, no account, no marketing list.

2

Get a personalized cost analysis

In 24 hours, I'll email you a line-by-line breakdown of what you're paying, what's fair, and where the leaks are. Real numbers, plain English. If there's no room to save, you'll know that too.

3

Talk through it (optional)

If the analysis raises questions or you want to compare moving vs. staying, book a 15-minute call. No pitch — just answers.

Pricing structures

The four ways processors charge. Two of them are usually right — depending on what you want.

If you want to pay the credit card fees yourself, we recommend interchange-plus.

If you want to do what gas stations do — offer two prices to your customer, we recommend dual pricing / cash discount (different from surcharging — done correctly, the customer just sees a lower cash price next to the listed card price).

The other two structures — tiered and flat-rate — are usually wrong for established businesses. Here's how to tell which one fits.

See pricing structures explained →
Tiered

Bundles transactions into "qualified," "mid-qualified," and "non-qualified" buckets. Convenient on paper. Bleeds money in practice.

Flat-rate

One number for every transaction (think Stripe, Square). Easy to understand. Easy to overpay above $15k/mo.

Interchange-plus

Wholesale cost plus a fixed markup. You pay the fees. Most transparent option if you don't want customer-facing pricing changes.

Dual pricing / cash discount

Cash price and card price shown side by side. Customer paying by card covers most of the fees. Different from surcharging — and compliance-clean when done right.

Industries

Built for the businesses big-box processors don't actually understand.

Twenty-plus years means seeing every kind of merchant deal go right and go wrong. Standard verticals, high-risk verticals, brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, multi-location — the patterns repeat, and so do the mistakes.

Restaurants & QSR
Food trucks
Retail stores
Salons & spas
Fitness studios
HVAC, plumbing, electrical
Roofing & landscaping
Auto repair
Healthcare practices
Professional services
Property management
Municipalities & government
Nonprofits & churches
E-commerce & online
Also work with high-risk verticals — peptides, nutraceuticals, gaming/sweepstakes, and merchants with elevated chargeback profiles. If your business has been declined or terminated by another processor, talk to me before you assume you're stuck.
Just starting out? If you're a new business planning to grow to $15k+/month in card processing within the next six months, you're a candidate too. Book a 15-minute call and we'll set you up right from day one — before bad pricing locks in. Book the call →
The human behind the work

I started MerchaMax because I was tired of watching good businesses get nickel-and-dimed.

For twenty-plus years I worked inside the payment processing industry. I watched the same script play out hundreds of times: SMB owner signs up with a big-box processor based on a five-minute pitch, doesn't read the statement, gets quietly upcharged for years.

I built MerchaMax because I'd rather be the guy who reads the statement first and recommends second — even when the recommendation is "stay where you are." About 30% of analyses end that way.

Read the longer story →
No quote tools. No pressure.

Two ways to start.

High-intent

Upload your statement.

24-hour personalized cost analysis. Real numbers, line by line. If there's no room to save, you'll know.

Upload your statement →
Low-friction

Book a 15-minute call.

No pitch. Just questions about your current processor and a quick read on whether there's room to save.

Book the call →