Perks and terms worth knowing in the tools that run a small business: credits, free seats, fee refunds, and the limits that are good to know before they matter. Everyone sees the short version. Subscribers see the full note, the exact quote, the steps and the source.
Worth knowing for your business
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Etsy shops that make $10,000 in a year must use Offsite Ads.
This lasts for the life of the shop.
The What
When an Etsy shop makes $10,000 or more in any 365-day stretch, it is in Offsite Ads for good, at a 12% fee on orders from an ad. Smaller shops pay 15% and can opt out.
Your accountant doesn't have to take one of your QuickBooks user spots.
You just have to invite them the right way.
The What
QuickBooks has a separate invite just for accountants. Anyone you add that way can fix your books and help at tax time, and they don't count against your plan's user limit.
Mailchimp counts unsubscribed contacts toward your plan's limit.
Going over the limit adds charges.
The What
Mailchimp's monthly paid plans set your price by contacts, and that count includes people who unsubscribed. Going past your tier's limit adds a charge for extra contacts on your next bill.
When you send buyers to your shop with your own Share & Save link, Etsy puts 4% of the qualifying order total into your Etsy Payment account. The refund happens right when the order is done.
QuickBooks plans have limits on users and accounts.
There are two ways forward when you hit a limit.
The What
On QuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials or Plus, the chart of accounts can hold up to 250 accounts. Billable users top out at 1, 3 and 5, by plan.
Slack only bills you for people who actually use it.
You get credit back when someone goes inactive.
The What
On Slack's paid plans, you pay only for active members, and Slack spots inactive ones on its own. If someone you paid for stops using Slack, you get credit back, prorated, for the time they didn't use.
Paid Slack plans let you add a contractor, intern or client to a single channel as a Single-Channel Guest, with no seat fee. Each paid active member lets you add up to 5.
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