For Health & Wellness Businesses in Canada

Stop letting fees eat your treatment room margin.

Chiropractors, massage therapists, fitness studios, medi spas, wellness clinics — your clients are paying real money for a professional service. Your processor shouldn't be quietly siphoning off 2-3% of every visit. Dough offers $0-fee surcharging, transparent IC+, or dual pricing — plus free Boost perks built around your client experience.

Surcharge or dual pricing Recurring memberships supported 2-3 day switch

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The wellness practice's payment problem

Four things that quietly bleed margin every month

Most wellness owners we talk to are paying 2.7%+ on every transaction without realizing it's negotiable, switchable, or in some cases removable entirely.

The 2-3% silent tax on every session

A $150 massage means $4 in fees out the door. Multiply by 30 sessions a week and the math gets painful fast. That's hundreds a month you could be reinvesting.

Recurring memberships getting nickel-and-dimed

Fitness and yoga studios running monthly autopay are often on processor setups designed for one-off retail. Wrong rate structure, wrong tools, wrong cost.

Statements that hide the real number

Tiered pricing, "non-qualified" mystery line items, monthly service fees layered on top. You can't fix what you can't see.

No online presence to drive new clients

Most wellness practices know they need a better website and consistent social — but it's the work that always gets pushed. Your processor should be helping, not just billing.

Why Dough fits wellness practices

The math on a typical chiropractic clinic

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    Higher tickets make surcharging painless

    Wellness clients are paying for a discretionary professional service. They expect to see a card price. The surcharge is a non-issue — it's standard now in chiropractic, medi spas, and most therapy practices.

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    Or pick dual pricing for the same effect

    In Quebec (or anywhere you don't want to use the word "surcharge"), dual pricing shows clients a cash price and a card price. Same financial outcome — zero processing fees on you.

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    IC+ for clean recurring memberships

    For fitness, yoga, and pilates studios with predictable monthly autopay, Interchange Plus is the cleanest fit. Transparent rate, no surprises, integrates with your scheduling software.

Sample math: $40K/mo clinic

Current processor (typical)~2.9% blended
Monthly fees today~$1,160
Dough on surcharge model~$0 on credit
Debit @ $0.04 / transaction~$40
Typical monthly savings~$1,100
Recommended setup

The right terminal for wellness practices

For most wellness practices, the Clover Mini is the front-desk pick. Clean, small, professional-looking, and the customer-facing UX is excellent.

Recommended for Wellness

Clover Mini

Compact countertop terminal that fits any front desk. Tap, chip, swipe, contactless — everything your clients expect, packaged in something that doesn't look out of place in a calm wellness space.

  • Customer-facing touchscreen — tip prompts, signatures, receipts
  • Tap, chip, swipe, all contactless wallets
  • Built-in receipt printer
  • Integrates with most scheduling and class management software
  • Surcharge-enabled out of the box
Clover Flex

For mobile massage, home visits, or in-room practitioner setups.

Clover Station Duo

Full POS for larger spas with retail, multiple practitioners, or product sales.

Authorize.Net

Online gateway for membership autopay and online booking deposits.

Real merchant story

How Serenity Valley Medi Spa went to $0 in processing fees

We were watching real money walk out the door every month on fees. Switched to Dough on dual pricing, and now my processing costs me nothing. They also built me a website and a custom AI for the spa. I genuinely didn't know this was an option until Zachary explained it.

— Heather, Serenity Valley Medi Spa

The setup

IndustryMedi spa
Pricing modelDual pricing
Credit card fees paid$0
Boost perks earnedFree site + custom AI
OutcomeZero processing cost
The Boost program

What Boost gets you as a wellness practice

Boost is what makes Dough different — we reinvest our margin back into your business through free perks. Tier scales with monthly volume.

Practice website with online booking

Professional site built around your services, treatments, and practitioners — with integrated online booking baked in.

Monthly social content

Instagram and Facebook posts ready to schedule — graphics + copy designed around wellness, treatments, and client transformations.

Custom AI assistant

A GPT trained on your services, treatments, hours, FAQs, and policies — answer client questions and free up your front desk.

Google review cards

Tap-to-review cards for the front desk and treatment rooms. Free at every tier. The fastest way to grow your Google reviews.

If you treat clients in Canada, we've processed for it

Wellness practices Dough works with

Eight common types of wellness practice we've onboarded. If yours isn't listed, it almost certainly fits.

Chiropractors
Massage therapy
Physiotherapy
Naturopathic clinics
Medi spas
Fitness & yoga studios
Acupuncture
Wellness clinics
Wellness practice FAQ

Questions we get most

Which pricing model works best for a health and wellness practice?
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It depends on your average ticket and customer mix. For chiropractors, massage therapists, and medi spas with higher average tickets ($80–$300+), surcharging or dual pricing usually wins — clients are paying for a professional service and expect a card price. For fitness studios with predictable monthly memberships, Interchange Plus (IC+) is typically the cleanest fit. We'll match the model to your business on the sales call.
Can I surcharge in a medi spa or wellness practice?
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Yes, in every Canadian province except Quebec. Most wellness clients are paying for a discretionary service and the surcharge is expected. Dough handles the signage, the receipt formatting, and the compliance setup. For Quebec practices, dual pricing achieves the same effect — clients see a cash price and a card price.
How do recurring memberships work with Dough?
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For fitness studios, yoga studios, or any wellness business running monthly memberships, Dough sets you up with Authorize.Net as the gateway for recurring billing. Cards on file, automatic monthly charges, failed-card retry logic — all standard. We can also integrate with most major scheduling and class management software.
What terminal should a chiropractor or massage clinic use?
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Clover Mini for a clean front-desk countertop setup is the most common pick. It's small, looks professional, takes tap and chip, and the customer-facing UX is excellent. For mobile or in-room practitioners (mobile massage, home visits), the Clover Flex makes more sense — handheld, wireless, full payment functionality.
What if I'm in Heather's situation — a medi spa wanting to pay zero in processing fees?
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Heather at Serenity Valley Medi Spa runs dual pricing — which means she pays $0 in credit card processing fees on her end. Combined with the Boost program, she also got a free website and a custom AI tool built for the spa. That's the play we run for medi spas, wellness clinics, and high-ticket service practices: eliminate the processing fee, layer Boost on top.
How long does it take to switch?
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Two to three days from start to live processing. Send your last statement, we quote you, you sign the application, we ship and program your terminal, and you're up and running. Your bank account doesn't change. Your bookkeeping doesn't change.
Do I need a long-term contract?
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You get to choose. Dough offers month-to-month with no early termination fees, or a 4-year term if you want a free or subsidized terminal. The right structure depends on how you want to pay for your hardware.
How does Boost work for a wellness practice?
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Boost gives you free business-growth perks tiered by monthly volume. For most wellness practices that means: a professional website with online booking integration, monthly social media content (graphics + copy for Instagram and Facebook), a custom AI tool trained on your services and FAQs, and Google review cards to grow your reviews. Tier scales with monthly card volume.

Make more dough from every session.

Send your last statement. We'll show you exactly what you'd save and which pricing model fits your practice.

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