Fees are usually to the merchant and are charged by the credit card processor. What terms you can get usually depends on average size of transaction and amount of turnover.
There will usually be a minimum service charge. Some merchants set a minimum purchase by credit card, others may charge an extra fee if the purchase is under minimum. A local merchant here adds 50 cents for credit card purchases, or $1.50 for purchase under $10.
After that, there may be a straight unlimited percentage, the merchant pays X% no matter the size of the purchase. Another option is sliding scale percentage, merchant pays a lower percentage on larger transactions. Or capped percentage, a maximum service charge.
One credit card processor offered low service charges, but required the merchant to rent the card-swipe terminal.
This is all local to US, so I have no idea how foreign transactions are handled, however, on a deposit of $10 I got 96.5 PEDs, so a "service charge" of 3.5 PEDs or 35 cents.
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