BREAKING DOWN 'Seller's Market'. In a seller's market in commodities, the seller--because of the scarcity of underlying commodities or goods--is able to obtain better conditions for the sale, or higher prices. Conditional Offer. In general, an agreement between a buyer and a seller that an ...
At those averages, a small business of 20 employees would spend approximately $40 per pay period to issue paper checks, compared with $7 for direct deposit. Annually, the same company would spend $1,040 processing paper checks as opposed to $364 using direct deposit (assuming the employees are paid bi-weekly).
Paper Check/Direct Deposit Costs. According to a January 2012 Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. article, it costs approximately $2 to process a paper check on average, while direct deposit costs approximately $0.35.