How can I cap the amount of fees? (ex: 5% fees but to a maximum a $200)

[Kreeger]

Hi,
The market my marketplace is built for often sees transactions of several thousands dollars. I currently set a 5% service fee for buyers via the Hivepress settings. However, since payments can be huge, the fees can sometimes amount to a ridiculously high $500 or even over $1000. I do not want that to happen.

There are two solutions to this:

• Cap the fees to a maximum of $200
• Add a variable fee rate (example: 5% fees until $1000 and then 2.5% for bigger amounts)

Can one of the solutions be implemented into Hivepress? If yes, could you please show me how?
Thank you very much.

[andrii]

Hi,

Unfortunately, this version has no such feature, but thanks for your suggestion; we’ll consider adding this feature.

[Kreeger]

I worked around it by applying a discount that cancels fees over the cap.
Here’s the code:

add_action('woocommerce_cart_calculate_fees', function( $cart ) {
	if ( !isset( $cart ) || ( is_admin() && !defined('DOING_AJAX'))) {
		return;
	}

	foreach ( $cart->get_cart() as $cart_item ) {
		//get price
		$amount = floatval( $cart->get_subtotal() );
		if ( isset( $cart_item['hp_price_change'] ) && isset( $cart_item['quantity'] ) && ! get_option( 'hp_listing_discount_extras', true ) ) {
			$amount -= $cart_item['hp_price_change'] * $cart_item['quantity'];
		}
		//original service fee percentage
		$fee = 5;
		//cap 
		$cap = 450;
		//calculate fee amount
		$fee_amount = ( $fee * $amount ) / 100;		
		//check if amount is over the 450 cap
		if( $fee_amount > $cap ){
			//calculate discount
			$reduced_fee_amount = $fee_amount - $cap;
			//set discount
			$cart->add_fee( 'Fair Fee Reduction*', -$reduced_fee_amount);
			//original fee slug
			$original_fee_slug = 'service-fee-5';
			//fix to prevent service fees form changing after new calculations.
			foreach ( $cart->get_fees() as $fee_item ) {
				if( $fee_item->id === $original_fee_slug ){
					$fee_item->amount = $fee_amount;
				}
			}
		} 
	}	
});

[andrii]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing the solution, I think it will be useful for our community.