# Zero commission

Also called: 0% commission, no transaction fee

> A pricing model where the platform charges a flat subscription and takes no percentage of sales. The payment gateway's own fee still applies, because that is charged by the gateway, not the platform.

Source: https://prolaud.com/glossary/zero-commission

Commission and subscription pull in opposite directions as a business grows. A percentage is cheap while sales are small and expensive once they are not; a flat fee is the reverse. The crossover is worth calculating rather than assuming: below roughly ₹15,000 a month in sales, a free plan taking 10% costs less than most paid subscriptions.

Read any "0%" claim carefully. It should mean the platform takes nothing from a sale, with the gateway's fee (roughly 2% in India) going to the gateway at cost — not a lower percentage renamed.

## On Prolaud

Prolaud takes 0% on every plan including the free one, and money settles to the academy's own gateway account rather than passing through Prolaud.

## Related

- [Payment gateway](https://prolaud.com/glossary/payment-gateway)
- [Storefront](https://prolaud.com/glossary/storefront)