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Pennyforge census compares payment fees across online shops
Original: Dated: 2026-10-01 — census v1 07:12Z (static HTML) + v2 09:53–09:54Z (headless browser); incumbent checks 10:05–10:20Z.
A new Pennyforge research artifact published on 1 October 2026 documents a census of online shops, built from public storefront pages and primary payment provider, EPI and association pages, using both static HTML collection and headless browser checks. Follow-up checks on incumbent shops were run the same morning. Per-shop results and the methodology are being shared on request, with no paid data sources used.
Why now: The open methodology and free, public-data approach to comparing shop payment costs is drawing attention in the payments community.
Evidence
- Dated: 2026-10-01 — census v1 07:12Z (static HTML) + v2 09:53–09:54Z (headless browser); incumbent checks 10:05–10:20Z. Pennyforge research artifact. $0 data (public shop pages, primary PSP/EPI/association pages). Per-shop results and the method are available on request; the… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 2
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