Card surcharges end 1 October 2026

Keep more of
every sale.

Waratah Pay lets your customers pay straight from their bank with PayID and PayTo. You pay a flat $1 per payment, however big the order.

Built on Australia's New Payments Platform100% Australian-ownedNo monthly fees

Payment confirmed

In seconds

Fees saved this month

$34

$1

Flat fee per payment

$0

Monthly or setup fees

Seconds

To confirm a payment

100%

Australian-owned

Why Waratah Pay?

Card fees are now
your cost to carry.

From 1 October 2026, Australian businesses can no longer surcharge customers for eftpos, Mastercard or Visa payments. Every percentage point comes out of your margin. Waratah Pay moves checkout onto the bank rails Australians already use, at a price that doesn't grow with the basket.

A $2,000 sofa paid by card at 1.5% costs you $30. The same sale through Waratah Pay costs $1.

A checkout your customers already trust

Customers approve payment in their own banking app using PayID or PayTo. No card numbers to type, nothing new to sign up for.

  • Hosted checkout, ready to link from your store
  • PayTo for invoices and repeat payments
  • Customer data stored in Australia

Know where every payment stands

Payments on the New Payments Platform confirm in seconds, day or night, weekends included. Your dashboard shows each payment as it happens.

  • Confirmation in seconds, 24/7
  • Live payment dashboard
  • Choose when funds move to your account

One price. Nothing hidden.

A flat $1 per payment. No percentage, no monthly fee, no setup fee, no international processing markup.

  • $1 per payment, any amount
  • No monthly or setup fees
  • No lock-in contracts
Australia's New Payments Platform

Start taking bank payments in three steps

1

Join the waitlist

Founding businesses lock in launch pricing.

2

Verify your business

A quick identity and business check, done online.

3

Add Waratah Pay to checkout

Share a payment link or add it to your store, and start saving on every sale.

How we compare

The same sale, three ways to take it.

Cost per payment

Bank transfer
Free, but manual
Waratah Pay
$1 flat
Card payments
Typically 1.5% to 3%

Surcharge passed to customer

Bank transfer
n/a
Waratah Pay
Not needed
Card payments
Not allowed from 1 Oct 2026

Payment confirmation

Bank transfer
Hours to days, checked by hand
Waratah Pay
Seconds
Card payments
Seconds

Live payment tracking

Bank transfer
Spreadsheets
Waratah Pay
Live dashboard
Card payments
Provider dashboard

Online checkout

Bank transfer
No
Waratah Pay
Built in
Card payments
Built in

Card chargebacks

Bank transfer
No
Waratah Pay
No
Card payments
Yes

Be one of our founding businesses

"Feedback from our first prototype testers will appear here, with their permission."

F

Founding merchant

Your suburb

"Try the prototype, tell us what works, and help shape what we ship first."

F

Founding retailer

Your suburb

"Founding businesses keep launch pricing when Waratah Pay goes live."

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Founding trade business

Your suburb

COMING SOON

Prototype now open

Try the checkout
before we launch.

Tell us a little about your business and we'll email you a link to the interactive prototype straight away. Click through a real payment flow, then tell us what works and what doesn't. You'll join the waitlist and lock in founding pricing at the same time.

Get the prototype link

We'll email your link straight away and add you to the founding waitlist.

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