Bull Creek Business Solutions

Know what it really costs your business to get paid.

Plain-English help with payment processing fees, POS systems, interchange, and statement pricing — from a local advisor who reads merchant statements for a living. No sales games. No promises we can't back up.

Sample statement review

What we surface from a recent month’s statement.

Effective rate3.42%
Processor markup1.18%
Junk fees flagged$84.50
Tiered downgrades37 transactions
Pricing modelTiered
VerdictLevers identified

Illustrative example. Numbers from your statement may be very different — that’s the point of looking.

Caleb Krantz, founder of Bull Creek Business Solutions
The Problem

Most owners know their rate. Almost none know their real annual cost.

“2.6%” doesn't tell you what's leaving your bank. Until you sit down with last year's statements, add the actual fee dollars, and divide by your net profit, you don't know what payment processing is really costing you. We've seen low-margin businesses lose a meaningful share of profit to processing costs without realizing it. The first move is just running the math.

What We Do

Practical help, not a pitch deck.

Three pillars. Six places we help. Same posture for all of it: explain what's actually happening, then show the levers.

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Merchant statement reviews

Plain-English walk-through of your processing statement. Effective rate, markup, hidden fees, and what to negotiate.

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Payment processing guidance

Switching processors, comparing options, dealing with frozen funds, chargebacks, support breakdowns.

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POS system consulting

Choosing, fixing, or replacing your point of sale — restaurants, retail, service, contractors.

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Interchange and pricing education

Interchange-plus, flat-rate, tiered — what each one costs you and which one fits your business.

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Cash discount & surcharge guidance

Where allowed by your state and card brand rules, programs that shift card costs to the customer who chose to pay that way.

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Custom POS & workflow systems

When the off-the-shelf POS creates more work than it saves, we'll build or wire one that doesn't.

What it actually looks like

A statement review on one page.

Same merchant, same monthly volume — read on two different processor statements. Once you see the dollars side-by-side, the conversation changes from “what’s my rate?” to “what’s my actual annual cost, and where can it move?”

Sample comparison · fictional data Markup statement vs flat-rate statement
Sample comparison sheet showing the same merchant on a markup statement (3.98% effective rate) and a flat-rate statement (3.64% effective rate), with an annual cost gap of about $1,689.

Illustrative numbers on a fictional merchant. Your statement’s shape and dollars will be different — that’s exactly why we read it.

Meet your advisor
Caleb Krantz, founder of Bull Creek Business Solutions
I'm not here to sell every business a new processor. If your current setup is good, I'll tell you. If it's not, I'll show you the numbers and options.
— Caleb Krantz, founder
Ready to get started?

Two ways to work with us.

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Already have a processor?

Send your latest processing statement. We'll walk you through what you're actually paying, where the markup is hiding, and what your real options are. No commitment to switch.

Request a statement review
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Ready to sign up?

Fill out the quick form and Caleb will follow up with the right program and equipment recommendation for your business. Traditional, Reward Pay, Consumer Choice — we'll match you to the right fit.

Get started today
No pitch · No commitment

Send me your latest statement and I'll help you understand what you're actually paying.

If your current setup is fine, I'll say so. That happens.

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