Smoking accessories; WooCommerce high-risk payments for pipe & glassware – Smoking accessories, water pipes, and glassware are a growing industry in the United States. You’d think finding a payment gateway that allows you to accept credit and debit cards for pipes and glass wouldn’t be too much of a problem.… Read More
Continue ReadingThe NMI WooCommerce WordPress plugin
High-risk payment Gateways and WooCommerce (recommended plug-in) – WooCommerce is an excellent solution for WordPress site owners who sell high-risk products or services, like pipes and glass, vape products, or FFL to FFL sales. We have many happy clients using the NMI payment gateway with WooCommerce and WordPress for their… Read More
Continue ReadingBreaking news: top US CBD payment processor exits market
Breaking news: top US CBD payment processor exits the CBD and hemp oil market – Elavon, formerly considered the dominant payment processor in the US legal CBD and hemp oil market, has just announced they have placed all hemp and CBD on their “prohibited products” list. We have confirmed through… Read More
Continue ReadingX-Cart payment gateways for glass and pipe sites: a high-risk spotlight
X-Cart payment gateways for glass and pipe sites: a high-risk spotlight – Right now is an exciting time for entrepreneurs who sell pipes, glassware, and smoking paraphernalia online. Business is booming! One challenge pipe site owners find though is the ability to accept credit cards is not always a simple… Read More
Continue ReadingMerchant account options for free trial offers still exist
Merchant account options for free trial offers still exist – but are not advised Negative option billing, trial, free trial, “free to pay” offers – these are all terms for a method of marketing that has come under fire – and for a good reason. Many businesses use the trial… Read More
Continue ReadingQuick Authorize.Net tip: how to set up an open-ended buy now button
Quick Authorize.Net tip: how to set up an open-ended buy now button – Recently, a friend who is also a web developer called about a client of his. The client, we will call them “TimCo”- to protect the innocent- is an industrial products company in Western New York. TimCo needed… Read More
Continue ReadingMany “preferred” or “recommended” gateway providers are not high-risk friendly
Many “preferred” or “recommended” payment gateways are not high-risk friendly – Accepting credit cards for high-risk products like CBD, cigars, tactical items, or vape products online is not always a one-step solution like many other e-commerce markets. It often takes people by surprise when they learn they cannot easily sell their… Read More
Continue ReadingHow to “re-charge” a refund made in error within NMI
How to “reauthorize” a refund made in error within NMI – “I accidentally refunded a card I did not intend to refund! Can I re-authorize a refunded transaction?” One high-risk payment gateway client of ours recently asked us this question, and we thought it was an excellent one. This is… Read More
Continue ReadingX-Cart & high-risk payment gateways: a software spotlight
X-Cart & high-risk payment gateways: a software spotlight – Our merchants are in the “high-risk” payment gateway category, and they know that a fast, sturdy e-commerce platform is a big part of the struggle towards a successful web-store. Unfortunately, as we all learned from the Goldilocks fairy tale, everybody has… Read More
Continue ReadingCigar friendly payment gateways for Shift4Shop
Selling cigars on Shift4Shop using a high-risk payment gateway – Selling cigars and tobacco products on Shift4Shop, one of the longest running and most popular shopping cart software’s available today, is a relatively simple process. As that market is categorized as “high-risk,” (mostly pertaining to a higher rate of chargebacks… Read More
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