3% of payments through Sable. No monthly fee.
No monthly fee. No setup fee. No lock-in. Sable takes 3% of each payment made through Sable, when the customer pays. You keep the rest, less Stripe’s card fee, and you never get a bill.
A £44 weekend stay
Costs your business £1.32 — 3% of the £44 — plus Stripe’s card fee. Your price for the stay lands in your bank less those, reconciled to the penny.
A £250 fortnight
Also 3% — £7.50 on the £250. Paid in full when the customer books — and if you decline or the request expires, they're automatically refunded in full and the fee is returned.
A quiet January
Costs you 3% of what you're paid. We only earn when you do.
What would Sable cost your business?
Drag to your typical month. The answer is always 3% of what you're paid through Sable — a busy month or a quiet one, and never a bill.
Sable takes 3% of every payment made through Sable; Stripe’s card fee (about 1.5% + 20p) is separate. Money clients pay you directly carries no Sable fee.
Sable vs monthly-fee software
Monthly-fee software charges the same in January as in July, and often adds a setup fee. Sable takes 3% of what you take through it: a £4,000 month costs you £120; a quiet month costs little. No subscription ticking through the off-season.
Why we price it this way.
Boarding is seasonal — everyone in this trade knows the January dip. Software that charges the same in January as in July is priced for the software company's convenience, not yours. So Sable never bills your business, and only earns when a booking happens.
- 1You set your pricesRates, capacity, cancellation policy. For boarding, Sable adds 2–30% a night for demand (busy-night pricing), and the extra is yours.
- 2Customers pay by cardPaid in full at booking. If you decline or the request expires, the customer is automatically refunded in full.
- 3You get paidYour price for the stay lands in your own bank account through Stripe, less Sable’s 3% and the card fee.
The details.
Is there really no monthly fee?
Yes. Sable has no monthly subscription, no setup fee, no training fee and no lock-in. Sable takes 3% of each payment made through Sable, taken by Stripe when the customer pays; Stripe’s card fee (about 1.5% + 20p) is separate. A quiet month costs 3% of a quiet month, and Sable never sends you a bill.
How does Sable make money, then?
Sable takes 3% of each payment made through Sable, taken by Stripe when the customer pays; Stripe’s card fee is separate. No monthly fee, no setup fee, no listing fee, no lock-in. Does Sable change my prices? Only for boarding: Sable adds 2–30% a night for demand (busy-night pricing), and the extra is yours. On the quietest nights you get about 1% under your price after Sable’s 3%, before Stripe’s fee. You set your prices; customers see one all-in price for their dates.
When do I pay?
You don't — ever. No invoices, no direct debits, nothing to remember. Customers pay in full when they book, and your price for the stay lands in your bank account, reconciled to the penny.
What does a quiet month cost?
Almost nothing. If January brings in no bookings, Sable costs £0 in January; a £1,000 January costs £30. Monthly-fee software charges you the same in January as in July.
What would a typical month cost?
3%, whatever the month brings. A £44 weekend stay costs £1.32, a £250 fortnight £7.50, a £4,000 month £120 — taken from each payment when the customer pays, never a bill.
Do my customers pay anything extra?
No. They see one all-in price for their dates and that's what they pay — no booking fee or service charge added at checkout. That price is your price for the dates; Sable's 3% comes off your side of it, never added on top.
Is setup free too?
Yes. We come to your premises, set up your services, rates, capacity and policies, and bring your existing client and pet records across. Most businesses are live in about half an hour.
What's the catch?
There isn’t one. Sable takes 3% of payments, so we only earn when your diary fills. When your bookings dip, our income dips with yours. Everything we build is built to fill your diary, because that’s the only way we grow.
We come out and set it up.
We come to you, set everything up for free, and you take your first booking before we leave. Everything Sable does is included — no tiers, no add-ons, no “pro” plan — and because we only earn when your diary fills, the work doesn't stop when the setup visit ends.