Pricing. On a page. Imagine that.
No demo, no sales call, no negotiated rate you can't compare. Here is exactly what a booking costs.
Plus Stripe's standard card rate, paid straight to Stripe from your own account. That's the whole bill.
Where sales tax applies to our fee (Massachusetts, 6.25%), it's added on top and shown as its own line on your monthly fee statement. Your guests never pay it.
No monthly fee. Ever.
No setup fee, no seat charges, nothing to list. Your dead months cost $0.
$0 when they book again.
We charge once for a new angler, never for your regulars.
No contract, no minimum.
Leave any month. Nothing to cancel, nothing to buy out.
Your money, your Stripe account.
Guests pay into your own Stripe account and Stripe pays your bank, usually in 2 business days, or in minutes with Stripe's Instant Payouts. We never hold your money.
Your data, any time.
Export every booking to a spreadsheet from your dashboard whenever you like.
Refunds return our fee.
Refund half, half our fee comes back. Call a weather day and every guest's refund includes our fee.
Tips are never charged.
What your crew earns is theirs.
You choose who pays it.
Absorb the fee, or add it to the guest's total. One switch in Settings.
Try your own trip
- Bowline fee
- $20.00
- Stripe card processing (standard rate)
- $47.28
- Guest pays
- $1,620.00
- You keep
- $1,552.72
3%, capped at $20. Massachusetts captains add 6.25% sales tax on the fee.
Paid to Stripe, not us. You pay this on every platform.
Same trip elsewhere (fee plus card processing)
- Bowline: $67.28
- A 4% "only charge" platform (processing still extra): $112.08
- A typical 6% booking-fee platform: $144.48
- A marketplace at 20% commission: $324.00
What a booking really costs
Platform fee plus card processing, for a first-time angler.
| Trip | Bowline 3% + processing | 4% "only charge" + processing | 6% booking fee + processing | 20% marketplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 seat on a split charter | $9.15 | $10.65 | $13.65 | $30.00 |
| $600 half-day private | $35.70 | $41.70 | $53.70 | $120.00 |
| $1,620 full day (with fuel) | $67.28 | $112.08 | $144.48 | $324.00 |
| $2,500 offshore run | $92.80 | $172.80 | $222.80 | $500.00 |
| Repeat angler, $1,620 trip | $47.28 | $112.08 | $144.48 | $324.00 |
Card processing shown at Stripe's standard US rate of 2.9% + 30¢. The Bowline, "4% only charge" and "6% booking fee" columns all add the same processing, since each bills it separately. Typical charter marketplaces charge 10% to 30% commission; 20% is shown. Booking-fee platforms often put the fee on the guest instead; the money comes out of the same trip either way. Your numbers may differ; the point is you can check them without a sales call.
Straight answers
Is card processing included in the 3%?
No, and it isn't included anywhere else either, even on platforms that call their fee "the only charge". Card processing is Stripe's standard published rate (2.9% + 30¢ for most US cards), charged by Stripe directly on your own account. We add nothing on top.
What does the guest see?
If you absorb the fee, the guest sees your price and nothing else. If you pass it on, they see one clear "Booking fee" line at checkout, capped at $20, and $0 if they've booked with you before.
When is a flat monthly plan cheaper?
If you book three or more new customers every single month, all year, on trips over $667, a flat monthly plan can cost less. Most captains are seasonal and rebook their regulars. With us an empty January costs nothing, and your regulars cost nothing, for as long as they keep booking with you.
What happens on a weather day?
One tap cancels the trip, tells every guest, and lets each one pick a full refund or a new date. Refunds include our fee.
How fast do I get paid?
Stripe pays your bank directly on its standard schedule, usually 2 business days, at no extra cost. Your first payout on a new Stripe account can take 7 to 14 days while Stripe verifies you. Need it sooner? Because it's your own Stripe account, you can use Stripe's Instant Payouts right from your Stripe dashboard or app: any time, weekends included, usually in your bank within 30 minutes, for Stripe's 1.5% fee. Stripe decides when your account qualifies and bills that fee to you directly. We add nothing and never hold your money.
No card needed to start. You pay nothing until a guest books.