If you received a bill from FairShake, this means your claim was marked as successfully resolved, typically because you accepted a settlement offer through our system. 

FairShake relies on a commission from successful resolutions to maintain and grow our business. When signing up to process your claim through FairShake, you agreed to our commission model (outlined below) in the event that your claim was successful.

Unless otherwise stated, your bill is based on a commission model, where FairShake charges a percentage of the compensation you received from your successful claim. 

Our commission rates are:  

• 20% of any cash or credits you get from ​the company.
• 10% of any amount deducted from bills that you currently owe to ​the company. 
• We charge a $20 minimum for any resolved claim.

These rates are aligned with standards in our industry. Check your bill from FairShake for the specific commission rates as they apply to your claim. If you do not see your specific commission percentages, or you have questions about your bill, please reach out to a FairShake team member through your dashboard.

FairShake accepts payments from all major credit and debit cards. You may pay by card through the link that was emailed to you with your bill, or through your FairShake dashboard. For questions about other ways to pay, please contact us.

Payments made to FairShake are processed through Stripe, a tool used by over 100,000 businesses of all sizes around the world. FairShake never sees your credit card information, and an electronic receipt is always available.

If you received credits or debt relief as part of your resolution with the company, FairShake still requests payment for our services. There are a few considerations to be aware of if you’ve received credits or debt relief as your resolution with the company:

• If you are no longer a customer of the company, or even if you are, you can usually ask that they be converted to cash. Your best option is to ask the company’s customer service before you accept your settlement offer for the credit to be disbursed as cash.

• But many companies also have a policy to convert positive account credit to cash — it can just take longer. Here’s more info on how to convert account credit to cash with the big 3 phone companies.

• If you are still a customer of the company and accept a settlement in the form of account credit, then the credit will be applied to past or future bills. Typically these appear on the first bill after a company has processed your settlement.

Yes, we’re always willing to discuss the specifics of your bill. You can email our team at payments@fairshake.com or you can contact our team through live chat window in your dashboard.

At this time, we only accept payments from credit and debit cards. We are not able to subtract the FairShake fee directly from your settlement offer because the offer goes directly to you once it is released from the company. 

You do have the option to defer your payment until the company pays you. You can do that by clicking the link in your FairShake dashboard that says “Can’t make payment?” when we ask for your payment. It will allow you to defer the payment up to 30 days, and if you haven’t received your check or credits within 30 days, you can just chat us through our online dashboard or email help@fairshake.com and we’ll continue pushing it back.

This is to ensure that FairShake is paid for our services and for the use of our platform. FairShake is not a law firm and is not paid the same as a traditional law firm. We rely on your payment to support our business and to continue helping people.

Your payment helps us be able to continue this work to help consumers just like yourself. Here’s a reminder of the FairShake fee in your Terms and Conditions as well.

We’re very careful about making our commission clear in our intake form, and in every email we send you about settlement offers. If you need payment assistance, please just let me know and I will work with you. This commission is the only way we support our business and keep helping people like you.

At this time, we only accept payments from credit and debit cards.

If you have any concerns regarding our payment processor, FairShake uses Stripe to process all payments and is very secure. You can relax by knowing that with Stripe – all transactions are protected, they have the highest grade of payment processing security, and all credit card numbers are encrypted and safely stored.

Please note, only signing the settlement offer on your dashboard will not accept the offer and the company will not be notified. To fully accept your offer, you’ll have to provide a payment method to be charged.