It had kinda escaped me that you would lose your buffer if you go up a level pay expert fee then drop back down again. However Betfair say they wave the first payment when you increase rates saying, "In the first instance you qualify for the new higher rate, a grace period of one week will be given before you are moved. This will be a one-time goodwill gesture - should you move between rates in the future, then the new rate will come into effect from the following week of activity."jamesedwards wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2026 1:49 pmSo tryingtotrade needs to decide whether to keep permanently below £100k Gross Profit to keep his huge buffer and not pay any Expert Fee for 8 years; or charge ahead to maximise Gross Profit but will forever more pay 40% above £100k or 20% above £25k.
What a load of shit the Expert Fee rules are.
So does this mean tryingtotrade loses their buffer at the end of this week if a profit is made or will it only apply from the second week of being on 40% onwards? I note however the screenshot shows a 40% rate so maybe it is from this week.
It seems so much harder to understand the ins and outs than it should be.