Free to start. You only pay when you're processing.
Installing, setting up, and running a full scan costs nothing. Monitoring is $199/mo with your first 30 days free. Card processing is 7% + 30¢ per transaction — and only once you're live and getting paid.
Three simple pieces. Nothing hidden.
Start free, add always-on monitoring when you want the engine running, and turn on processing only once you've cleared the bar.
- Full compliance scan
- Your live 0-100 score + findings
- Free plugin install and setup
- No card, no commitment
- 24/7 monitoring + live score
- Instant findings + alerts
- Sealed attestation records
- 72-hour grace + auto-pause safety net
- Cancel anytime
- Apple Pay, Google Pay, all cards
- You keep your money — your store, your funds
- 7% + 30¢ per transaction, no surprises
- You only pay when you're paid
Every price above is the whole story — no setup fees, no high-risk surcharges, no reserves, no contracts. Just 7% + 30¢ per transaction, the same simple math Stripe uses. Clear the findings yourself for free, or have us handle them.
Rather not touch the findings yourself? We'll clear them for you.
If you'd prefer to hand it off, our team takes your findings list and does the cleanup directly — rewriting the copy that's flagging, fixing the gating, and getting your store over the unlock score for you. You stay focused on selling; we get you defensible.
The questions we get most.
Yes. Installing the plugin, setting it up, and running a full scan of your store costs nothing. You get your live 0-100 score and a complete list of findings before you ever pay or enter a card.
It's 7% + 30¢ per transaction on card processing once you're live — cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay included. That's the same simple math Stripe itself uses: a flat percentage plus the 30¢ per-transaction fee. No high-risk surcharges, no reserves, no hidden markup, and you only pay it on sales you actually process. Payments run on your own account, so the money stays yours.
Your first 30 days of monitoring are free. After that it's $199/mo for the always-on engine — 24/7 re-scans, live score, instant findings, sealed attestation records, and the 72-hour grace window with an auto-pause safety net. You can cancel anytime.
No — it's entirely optional. You can clear every finding yourself for free. The done-for-you onboarding is there if you'd rather hand it off; we scope it to your store and give you a flat quote up front after your first scan.
No contract. Monitoring is month to month and you can cancel anytime. The scan and setup carry no commitment at all, and processing is pay-as-you-go on what you actually run.
Buyers check out and pay on your own store, on your own account. There's no redirect to a third party and no marketplace taking a cut of the relationship — Merit keeps the compliance and the rails in place underneath, while the funds and the customer stay yours.
Find out where you stand — for free.
Install the free plugin, run the scan, and see exactly what stands between you and stable processing. You only pay once you're live and getting paid.