Perks and terms worth knowing in the tools that run a small business: credits, free seats, fee refunds, and the limits that are good to know before they matter. Each entry quotes the company's own page word for word, explains it in plain English, and links to the source.
Worth knowing for your business
Current terms are not changes. They are sentences on the company's own page today, quoted word for word, with the date we last confirmed them.
Perks are benefits a subscriber already has, quoted word for word from the company's own help or benefits page and re-checked every month.
Etsy for sellers · Current term, verified October 31, 2026 · Help: How Etsy's Offsite Ads work · high impact
If your shop has made $10,000 USD or more in any consecutive 365-day period, participation in Offsite Ads is required.
Scout’s noteOnce an Etsy shop makes $10,000 USD or more in any 365-day period, it takes part in Offsite Ads for the lifetime of the shop, at a discounted 12% fee on orders attributed to an ad. Shops that have always stayed under that mark pay 15% on attributed orders and can choose to opt out.
QuickBooks Online · October 31, 2026 · Help: Invite accountant users · Perk · High
Inviting an accountant via this method does not count toward your subscription's user limit.
Scout’s noteYou can invite your accountant into your QuickBooks Online company to help with bookkeeping, tax preparation, and troubleshooting, with accountant tools to review your books and make corrections. An accountant invited this way does not count toward your subscription's user limit, so it does not use up one of your plan's users.
How to claim, from the official page
Sign in to your QuickBooks Online account.
Go to Settings then select Manage users.
Select the Accountants or Accounting Firms tab.
Select Invite firm.
Enter your accountant's email address or their firm's user ID.
Select Send the invitation.
Applies to: QuickBooks Online companies; you must be a primary admin or company admin to invite users, and more than 2 accountant firms needs QuickBooks Online Advanced
Quote verified on the company's page on October 31, 2026.
Mailchimp · Current term, verified October 31, 2026 · Help: About Mailchimp pricing tiers · medium impact
When choosing your tier, it’s important to remember that subscribed, non-subscribed, and unsubscribed contacts all count toward your contact limit.
Scout’s noteOn Mailchimp's monthly paid plans, the contact count that sets your price includes unsubscribed contacts as well as subscribed and non-subscribed ones. Going over your tier's limit adds charges for an add-on contact block on your next bill.
Etsy for sellers · October 31, 2026 · Help: Save on Etsy fees with Share & Save · Perk · High
You can share your trackable link with buyers to drive business to your shop, and earn 4% of the order total every time a buyer places an eligible order within 30 days of clicking the link.
Scout’s noteIf you send buyers to your Etsy shop with your own trackable Share & Save link, Etsy refunds 4% of the eligible order total from your Etsy Payment account balance. The refund is processed instantly once the buyer completes the order, and it is calculated the same way as Etsy's transaction fees.
How to claim, from the official page
From Shop Manager, go to Marketing.
Select Share & Save.
Select Join now.
Applies to: Sellers enrolled in Share & Save, when a buyer places an eligible order within 30 days of clicking the link
Quote verified on the company's page on October 31, 2026.
QuickBooks Online · Current term, verified October 31, 2026 · Help: Learn about usage limits · medium impact
When you reach your usage limits and can’t add any more items, like users or accounts, there are two options.
Scout’s noteQuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials and Plus each allow a maximum of 250 accounts in the chart of accounts, and billable users are capped at 1, 3 and 5 users. When you hit a limit you can upgrade or reduce usage, for example by making an account inactive.
Slack · October 31, 2026 · Help: Slack's Fair Billing Policy · Perk · High
If someone you’ve already paid for becomes inactive, we’ll add a prorated credit to your account for the unused time and this will be reflected on your next billing statement.
Scout’s noteOn Slack's paid plans you are billed only for members who are actively using Slack, and Slack detects inactive members automatically. When someone you already paid for goes inactive, Slack adds a prorated credit for the unused time that is applied toward future payments.
Applies to: Slack plans purchased via the Slack website and paid for by credit card or self-serve invoicing
Quote verified on the company's page on October 31, 2026.
Slack · Current term, verified October 31, 2026 · Help: Feature limitations on the free version of Slack · medium impact
On the free version of Slack, you’ll be limited to the most recent 90 days of message and file history, and all data in your workspace that's more than one year old will be deleted.
Scout’s noteOn Slack's free plan you can see the most recent 90 days of messages and files, and workspace data more than one year old is deleted. Upgrading reveals messages and files beyond the 90-day limit, so it is worth saving anything your team needs before it turns a year old.
Slack · October 31, 2026 · Help: Understand guest roles in Slack · Perk · High
Single-Channel Guests are free and can only access one channel.
Scout’s noteOn Slack's paid plans you can bring a contractor, intern or client into one channel as a Single-Channel Guest without paying for a seat. For every paid active member in your workspace, you can add up to 5 of these free guests.
Applies to: Slack's paid plans; for every paid active member in your workspace, you can add up to 5 guests
Quote verified on the company's page on October 31, 2026.
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