{"id":575792,"date":"2022-04-08T14:50:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=575792"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:50:43","slug":"forward-thinking-fintech-supports-sas-small-businesses-with-smart-fee-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/575792\/forward-thinking-fintech-supports-sas-small-businesses-with-smart-fee-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward thinking fintech supports SA&#8217;s small businesses with smart fee structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a payment solution that helps you save money on transaction rates, you may want to consider Durban-born fintech company, iKhokha.<\/p>\n<p>As the price of everything seems to be going up, it\u2019s a relief to hear when one of your business costs is going down.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/pricing?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about iKhokha.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From the beginning, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/pricing?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iKhokha<\/a><\/strong> team have aimed to offer their merchants the lowest rates in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today and they\u2019re introducing a way for business owners to lower their transaction rates on their own terms.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Supporting SMEs in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>It isn\u2019t breaking news that small South African businesses face an enormous amount of financial pressure.<\/p>\n<p>An accumulation of rent, supplier costs and production loss due to loadshedding means that every cent matters. iKhokha knows this, and they have a plan.<\/p>\n<p>Their new dynamic tariffing fee structure puts the power in the hands of the merchant.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s simple, yet effective: the more you sell using your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/pricing?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=iKhokha-card-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iKhokha card machine<\/a><\/strong> (or even using their new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/blog\/grow-your-online-business-with-the-ikhokha-payment-gateway?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=Payment-Gateway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online payment gateway<\/a><\/strong>) the less you pay in transaction fees.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Keeping Low Rates Even Lower<\/h3>\n<p>The standard low transaction rate at iKhokha is 2.75% (Ex. VAT), which is already one of the lowest transaction rates compared to other card machine providers and financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>However, as your business gains more traction, you\u2019ll drop into a lower transaction rate bracket.<\/p>\n<p>But what happens if you trade well one month, and not so well the next? Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Once your rates have been lowered, that\u2019s the way they stay until it\u2019s time for them to be lowered again.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you\u2019re trading R40,000 per month, your transaction rate will automatically drop to 2,65%.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible to go as low as 2,50% before you enter into custom rate territory.<\/p>\n<p>Custom rates are reserved for merchants who trade R100,000 or more in a single month.<\/p>\n<p>This is the only time you\u2019ll need to call in and negotiate a rate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-right-payment-gateway-for-your-online-business?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech&amp;utm_term=suited-to-your-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suited to your business.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find out exactly how you pay less for selling more by using the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/pricing?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=April+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iKhokha Fees Calculator.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Pay Less with iKhokha<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re a small business owner looking for the lowest transaction rates in SA, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikhokha.com\/?utm_campaign=Local-Fintech-Growing-SA-SMEs-April-2022&amp;utm_medium=paid-external&amp;utm_source=businesstech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ikhokha.com<\/a><\/strong> to find the best card machine for your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a payment solution that helps you save money on transaction rates, you may want to consider Durban-born fintech company, iKhokha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":575798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14608],"class_list":["post-575792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-ikhokha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575802,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575792\/revisions\/575802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}