What uSource charges

Fees

What uSource charges

Pros pay a total of 14.5% on the services they complete. Buyers pay one flat fee per booking. Nothing is deducted that isn't listed on this page, and every fee is shown before anyone confirms anything.

If you're a Pro

Three fees come out of each completed service, and they add up to 14.5%. You keep 85.5%.

You keep 85.5% Booking Fee 10% Incidental Coverage Fee 1% Merchant Fee 3.5%
10%

Booking Fee

What you pay uSource for the booking — the marketplace, the Pro Store, search and ranking, scheduling, messaging and support.

1%

Incidental Coverage Fee

This funds the Incidental Coverage Program, a self-funded protection program. What it covers and how to claim is set out in the Incidental Coverage Policy — it isn't a substitute for your own insurance.

3.5%

Merchant Fee

The payment-processing charge on the transaction. It covers card and payment costs rather than going to uSource as margin.

What the 14.5% is calculated on

All three fees are taken from the Service Order Subtotal — your listed price, or the Deal price if the Buyer used one.

Not included in that subtotal

  • Sales tax
  • Every fee the Buyer pays, including the Service Guarantee fee

So the percentage is never charged on tax, and never on what the Buyer paid in fees. If you list a service at $200, the fees are calculated on $200 — not on the larger total the Buyer sees at checkout.

A $200 booking, start to finish

What the Pro receives

Service Order Subtotal$200.00
Booking Fee (10%)−$20.00
Incidental Coverage Fee (1%)−$2.00
Merchant Fee (3.5%)−$7.00
Payout$171.00

What the Buyer pays

Service$200.00
Service Guarantee fee$2.99
Sales taxvaries
Total$202.99 + tax

An illustration, not a quote. Your own totals depend on your price, your market and the applicable tax.

If you're a Buyer

You pay one flat Service Guarantee fee on each qualifying confirmed service booking. The amount is shown at checkout before you confirm.

What it's for

It funds the Service Guarantee program. What the program covers is set out in the Service Guarantee Terms.

When you get it back

On a full refund — if the service wasn't performed, or if it was cancelled by the Pro, or by you before the late-cancellation window. It's kept on partial refunds and on late cancellations that were yours.

Product-only orders don't carry a Buyer fee today. If that changes, it will be disclosed before checkout.

What can change these numbers

Rewards and Credits

uSource Rewards offset the Booking Fee only. The Incidental Coverage Fee and the Merchant Fee still apply while a reward is being drawn down, unless that campaign's Campaign Schedule says otherwise.

Programs and tiers

Rates can differ through Trusted Pro Advantage or a rewards campaign, and may vary by category, service mode, market or program. Any change is disclosed in advance.

Deductions from a payout

Refunds, chargebacks, penalties, debts and promotional obligations can be deducted from a payout. Payouts can also be held during a dispute, a safety or fraud review, or a tax or identity check.

Taxes

Pros handle their own income, business and employment taxes, licences and filings. uSource collects and remits sales tax as a marketplace facilitator where the law requires it.

This page explains how fees work. The documents that govern are the Pro Platform Access Agreement, the Terms of Service / Buyer Agreement and the Fees, Payments and Payout Terms, which carry the full fee detail, tier eligibility and the marketplace-facilitator state list. Questions about a specific charge or payout: help@usource.com or in-app Help.

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