A 5% fee, only on payments Marrow processes for you. You can opt out anytime by self-processing your own payments. When Marrow processes them, the 5% bundles the Marrow growth and marketing team.

What it is

5% of every athlete payment

Every time an athlete pays you through Marrow, 5% of that payment is routed to Marrow as an application fee. The other 95% goes to your connected Stripe account. The split happens at the moment of payment. You never invoice us; we never invoice you.

The 5% applies to every revenue stream a coach runs through Marrow: monthly programming subscriptions, tipping, paid templates, paid seminars, live class tickets, and class packages. It is the only transactional fee Marrow charges, it applies only to payments Marrow processes for you, and your base subscription is separate. If you take payments your own way, there is no 5 percent at all.

A worked example

What the math looks like on a $200 athlete

An athlete pays you $200 a month for programming. When their monthly payment runs:

  • $200.00 leaves the athlete's card.
  • Stripe processing fees apply (Stripe's standard rate, around 2.9% + $0.30 for cards).
  • Marrow's 5% application fee ($10.00) routes to Marrow.
  • The remainder lands in your connected Stripe account, ready to pay out to your bank.

Your earnings page inside Marrow shows you the gross, the Marrow fee, the Stripe processing fee, and the net side by side for every payment.

Earnings page showing gross, Marrow fee, Stripe fee, and net side by side.
Earnings page with the 5 percent application fee shown line by line.
Opting out

You can opt out anytime by self-processing your own payments

The 5% applies only to payments Marrow processes for you. You can opt out anytime by self-processing your own payments. When Marrow processes them, the 5% bundles the Marrow growth and marketing team. It is your call, and it is the same call every month.

The base subscription is a separate piece. Solo coaches are $99 a month per coach. A studio or gym is $349 a month per location, with $39 a month for each additional coach seat. Your branded app is included.

When the fee applies

Every revenue stream a coach runs

If money moves through Marrow on your behalf, the 5% applies. That means:

  • Monthly athlete programming subscriptions.
  • One time program purchases.
  • Tipping (when an athlete tips you after a session or class).
  • Live class tickets and class packages.
  • Paid templates sold to other coaches in the marketplace.
  • Paid seminars sold to athletes or to other coaches.

The 5% does not apply to anything that does not run through Marrow. If you charge a client offline, in cash, or through a separate Stripe account, that revenue is yours alone and Marrow has no claim on it.

Why we built it this way A flat platform fee charges the same whether your roster grows or shrinks. A percentage means we only earn when you earn. We wrote the long version at /articles/why-marrow-charges-5-percent if you want the reasoning in full.
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