Flux gives industrial suppliers ACH for large invoices, cards where buyers prefer them, and the option to pass the fee to the buyer at checkout where local rules allow.
Why industrial suppliers choose Flux
ACH for large orders
Move big invoices over ACH instead of paying card rates on five and six-figure orders.
Pass the fee where allowed
Add the processing fee to the buyer's total at checkout where local surcharging rules allow.
Volume pricing
Custom interchange-plus pricing as your monthly volume grows.
How industrial suppliers get paid
Industrial Suppliers route large invoices over ACH for the economics, accept cards where buyers want them, and reconcile it all through Flux with a QuickBooks sync.
A typical Flux setup for industrial suppliers
Industrial supply is a high-frequency, modest-ticket business: a maintenance manager needs bearings today, a plant releases against a blanket order every week, a contractor grabs abrasives at the counter. Cards on file handle the frequent orders, plant purchasing cards get accepted like any other card at the flat 2.9% plus 30 cents, and monthly statement accounts pay by ACH. The REST API connects your web store to the same account, so online and counter orders reconcile together.
Volume is the story in this business: thousands of small transactions across hundreds of accounts add up fast, which is where custom interchange-plus pricing becomes worth a conversation. Cards settle in 1-2 business days and ACH in 1-3, steady enough to plan inventory buys around. QuickBooks sync matters more here than in most industries, because applying hundreds of small payments against open POs by hand is exactly the clerical work that quietly eats a branch's week.
What industrial suppliers should watch
Charge on shipment, not on order. Back-orders and partial shipments are routine in industrial supply, and a card charged for ten line items when four shipped is how you manufacture your own disputes. Bill each release as it leaves the dock, reference the PO number on every charge, and short-pay arguments shrink to line-item conversations. Purchasing card transactions are still card-not-present transactions, so keep the PO and packing slip linked to each payment record.
The friction that actually costs money here is administrative: a plant's AP system rejects an invoice over a unit-of-measure mismatch, pays sixty days later, or deducts without warning. ACH statement billing absorbs some of that because the pull happens on an agreed date, but watch accounts whose deductions grow every cycle. Returns of stocked items usually come back as restock credits rather than refunds, and hazmat items that cannot legally be restocked should be flagged as final sale at the point of order.
Simple, transparent pricing
Flux charges a flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction, with volume discounts for higher-volume industrial suppliers and the option to pass the fee to the customer at checkout where local surcharging rules allow. No setup fees and no contracts. Accounts processing under $100,000 a year in card volume may be subject to a $20 monthly account fee.
Frequently asked questions
How do industrial suppliers accept payments with Flux?
Industrial Suppliers accept credit and debit cards, ACH bank transfers, and stablecoins through one Flux integration, with drop-in hosted fields that keep card data off your own systems.
What does Flux charge industrial suppliers?
A flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction, with volume discounts for higher-volume merchants and no setup fees or contracts. Accounts processing under $100,000 a year in card volume may be subject to a $20 monthly account fee. You can also pass the processing fee to the customer at checkout where local surcharging rules allow.
How fast do industrial suppliers get their money?
Card payments settle in one to two business days and ACH in one to three business days. Stablecoin payments go to your wallet instantly.
Our plant customers pay with corporate purchasing cards. Does Flux accept them?
Yes, purchasing cards process like any other card at the flat 2.9% plus 30 cents. Keep the PO number attached to each charge, because the plant's program administrator reconciles against POs and unmatched charges get questioned.
Should we charge the card when the order is placed or when it ships?
When it ships, and per release if the order ships in pieces. Charging for back-ordered lines that have not left the building is the most common source of disputes in industrial supply, and billing on shipment removes it.
Can our monthly statement accounts and our web store run on the same system?
Yes. Statement accounts pay by recurring ACH on their cycle, the web store takes cards through the REST API, and both settle into the same Flux account with QuickBooks carrying the detail.
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