Pet Photographers 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 Pet Photographer 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.
Pet Photographers face unique challenges: Pets won't pose or hold a stay, so a session is a sweaty improv chase and a thousand frames to land twenty keepers, all unbillable time. Culling, retouching eye-goop and leashes out, and building proof galleries eats hours per shoot that clients never see or value. Print-and-product sales are where the money is, but selling wall art after the shoot is awkward and easily lost without a clear order process. Demand bunches around holidays, Christmas-card season, and the heartbreaking rush of senior and end-of-life sessions. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Pet Photographer 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 Fast DSLR or mirrorless body with a 70-200mm and 50mm prime 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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Your exact Square cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| 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 pet photographers 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 morning shoot is at a dog beach because the client's lab won't settle indoors, so it's a high-shutter chase of zoomies and splashes, squeaky toy clamped in the photographer's teeth to snap the ear-up head tilt for one clean frame. Pets don't take direction, so the craft is patience and reading the animal: wait for the play to peak, the tongue-out grin, the still half-second. Back home the real grind begins: importing a thousand-plus frames, culling ruthlessly to the keepers, then retouching, cloning out the leash, calming red eye, softening the slobber string. A senior-dog session is on the calendar this afternoon, gentle and slow, the kind where the photographer knows the prints will matter forever. Between editing they answer inquiries, quote sessions, and chase the part that actually pays: the in-person or gallery sale of wall art and albums, which is awkward to run from a shoebox of links and DMs. Holiday card season is bearing down, so they're blocking mini-session slots. Evenings are spent uploading proof galleries, color-correcting, and trying to make a polished invoice that matches the boutique feel of the work, not a scribbled total.
Real pet photographers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a pet photographer? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every pet photographer 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 $2,040/year on software — and Pet Photographer face their own version of that math. TX state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Lubbock metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Pet Photographers 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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