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6 months of Growth, on us

For early-stage teams who need real payments infrastructure before they have real revenue. Selective, reviewed by hand — not a self-serve coupon code.

What's included

The Growth plan, free for 6 months

Normally $29/mo — that's $174 back in your runway, plus our lower transaction fee the whole time.

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6 months, $0

Full Growth plan access at no cost — no card required to apply or to get approved.

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3.5% + $0.50 per sale

Growth's lower commission instead of Starter's 5% — the rate that scales with you as you grow.

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Subscription management

Recurring billing, dunning and proration — built in, not a separate product to bolt on.

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Webhooks & API

Everything you need to integrate DorskoPay into your own product from day one.

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Custom checkout pages

A checkout that looks like part of your product, not a redirect to someone else's.

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Priority support

You are building fast and things break — you get a faster reply than the default queue.

After 6 months your account simply continues on the free Starter plan — no surprise charge, no auto-upgrade. Want to stay on Growth? Just say so.

Who this is for

Deliberately narrow criteria

This program costs us real money per approval, so we're strict about it — closer to an admissions process than a discount code. Most applications are declined.

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Founded in the last 24 months

A young company, not an established business adding a side project.

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Pre-revenue or early revenue

Not yet processing meaningful volume through another payment provider.

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Founder-led and building

You or a co-founder are actively shipping the product — not an agency, reseller, or someone else's idea.

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Not an existing paid DorskoPay merchant

This is for teams getting started with us, not a retroactive discount.

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One company per founding team

We approve teams, not serial applications from the same people.

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A real, sellable product

Something a buyer could actually check out and pay for today or very soon.

Process

How applications are reviewed

A short application, read by an actual person on our team — not an automated approval.

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Step 1 · Apply

Tell us about your company, stage and what you're building through the contact form.

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Step 2 · Review

Our team checks your application against the criteria above — by hand, not a script.

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Step 3 · Decision

We reply within 5 business days either way, even if it's a no.

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Step 4 · Approved? You're live

Your account is switched to Growth for 6 months — no card, no setup fee.

Think you qualify?

Tell us about your company — takes a few minutes, reviewed by a real person, not a bot.

Reply within 5 business days · No card required to apply