Domain Flippers on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Domain Flipper earns $32,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.1% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Domain Flippers face unique challenges: Tracking annual renewal fees across hundreds of names so the portfolio's carrying cost doesn't quietly eat the profits. Knowing each domain's true cost basis (purchase + years of renewals) when a buyer finally makes an offer. Catching renewal deadlines so a name you've held for years doesn't drop and get sniped. Negotiating and closing through escrow without the deal stalling or the buyer ghosting mid-transfer. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Domain Flipper earns $32,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your registrar accounts (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Porkbun, Dynadot) is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most domain flippers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
Cancel paid subscriptions. Keep free account for records access.
The portfolio is the business, and the portfolio never sleeps. Morning is the renewal review: a dozen names expire this month spread across four registrars, and each one is a small decision, renew and keep paying the carry, or let it drop. The flipper checks recent comps to decide which dogs to cut. Then the inbox: an inbound offer came in overnight on a two-word .com through Afternic, lowball but a real human, so the day's negotiation begins. Before countering, the flipper pulls the name's true cost basis, original hand-reg plus six years of renewals, because the floor isn't what feels fair, it's what the name has actually cost. Midday is hunting: scanning the expired-domain drop lists, queuing a few promising names with the drop-catcher, and appraising candidates against past sales. Afternoon brings an escrow that's halfway done, the buyer paid but hasn't confirmed receipt of the transfer, so there's a nudge and a check that the auth code went through clean. A second buyer ghosted after agreeing on price, so that one gets a follow-up and a deadline. The day ends updating the portfolio tracker, marking which names sold, which renewed, which dropped, and totaling the month's carrying cost against the one sale that paid for all of it.
Real domain flippers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a domain flipper? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every domain flipper on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,760/year on software — and Domain Flipper face their own version of that math. NJ state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Paterson metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Domain Flippers run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
$1,168 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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