Justin
Hidden fees double your quoted cost! Review from a 7-figure Amazon Seller.
Hi! I'm a 7-figure seller that just stopped working with Payability. Here's why: They are hiding fees in the fine print. It's obvious once you get onto the platform... they quoted us 1% of revenue with a 10% reserve. If you have anything higher than this you're being ripped off - you can negotiate it down. But here's the catch... their quotes are NOT accurate and they completely fail to disclose the additional fee I'm about to explain. This fee DOUBLES your "on paper" fee, and you'll never see it until you start working with them. Think you're going to be paying 1.5%? Plan for 3% in reality. If you're reading this you know what Payability is, so I won't explain it. Basically their is a growing balance of "receivables" that they have purchased that are constantly in your account. For example say that at any given time they are "holding" $40,000 of your receivables. When they purchase these and pay you out they charge you their 1% fee for doing so (or whatever your rate is). Totally fair! But here's the catch.... the "loan period" ends every two weeks. And when the loan period ends your fees are RECALCULATED! So if you have $10,000 in receivables "factored" (purchased by Payability and paid out to you) they charge you the 1%, then when that amount rolls over (all amounts ALWAYS end up rolling over) you are charged ANOTHER 1%. So you are paying DOUBLE the normal fee. This additional fee is showed NOWHERE up front, on their site, or in anything besides the fine print of the paperwork. If you aren't looking for it you will never spot it, and that's the point. They're hiding half of the fee that they are charging you and it ends up adding up massively. If you're running a 20% profit margin like us 1% of revenue sounds ok for steady cash flow. But 2% of revenue? That's 10% of our total profit! Do you REALLY need to pay 10% of your total profit just to get money two weeks early? Absolutely not! And if you want to get off the wheel you have to fork over a FULL MONTH of your revenue just to pay them back the factoring costs. In the long run we can say it is absolutely not worth it. Avoid factoring like it's the plague, and avoid this company especially - I bet in a few years we all read about their deceptive practices in a class action law suit. If they respond saying this isn't true just think to yourself.... do they have an incentive to lie to you? Check the fine print of your contract for "rebalancing" or any synonyms of that word and you'll know I'm telling the truth. Edit: By the way we called them out on this!! Their response? NO ONE at their company could explain what was going on. We had to go all the way up to the CFO to get an explanation of what was happening. They DO NOT want this information out there and their sales reps will 100% lie to you to get you to sign up. Don't trust anything they say - read the fine print! Response to Payability: Their response to this is hilarious - I wish Trustpilot let me reply. This is a BS workaround that they're using. Their system makes it so that this happens 100% of the time. They absolutely did not disclose this except in the fine print of the contract. I love how they blame it on our account and Amazon though. This company is a shark. They're basically payday loans for ecommerce. Come into this expecting your fees to be 2-3x what they quote and you will be fine. Do not believe a word they say, their PR department is paid to shove this under the rug and hide it from you. If you're going to work with them expect 2-3x fees and you're fine.
Response from PayabilityJun 17, 2021
Hello Justin, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Payability’s fees are assessed on the total receivables purchased within a pay period. That includes the total product charges and any positive amounts on the Amazon balance - including Amazon’s “Account Level Reserve”. Payability’s service is advancing sales with the expectation that we’re getting repaid at the end of each statement. In cases where Amazon holds a portion or all of your funds at the end of the statement as the “Account Level Reserve” the Payability fee is assessed on this balance since it’s not being repaid in the regular 2-week period. Payability is now waiting longer to get repaid for funds that have already advanced to you, being that these funds are outstanding for 2 pay periods rather than 1. This is a feature of using Payability that we are transparent about, as it is outlined in our contract and is explained during the onboarding process by an Account Executive prior to activating your account. We also disclose our fees daily on your Payability dashboard for you to review at any time. Based on the information provided, we were not able to identify and review your account. Our Support team will also clarify any questions about the Amazon Account Level Reserve and how the fees are assessed, and we would love to connect with you and find out more about who you have spoken with here. Please reach out to us directly ([email protected]) so we can dig into your specific case.




