Selling cigars on BigCommerce 101 BigCommerce is a great solution for high-risk site owners. It offers great payment flexibility and great service. For BigCommerce site owners thinking of setting up a premium cigar website and accepting credit card payments, it should come as no surprise that selling cigars online is a… Read More
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OsCommerce: an open source, high-risk compatible platform Many years ago, when we first started helping a large volume of high-risk merchants with their payment gateways we were introduced to osCommerce. A vape client looking for a compatible payment gateway raved about its features and stability, and since then hundreds of… Read More
Continue ReadingAmmoReady software spotlight
AmmoReady: An all-in-one FFL platform Because our core business is helping high-risk merchants like FFL dealers with payment gateways and merchant account recommendations we often are told about new software solutions. Lately, clients have been mentioning a new platform for both current and prospective FFL dealers in the US. AmmoReady… Read More
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Facebook WordPress image correction Are your businesses’ Facebook posts showing a scroll of multiple, often redundant, images or worse yet, a blank silhouette when linking to your WordPress site? If so, this article will teach you how to correct it, and how to prevent it from happening again. Best of… Read More
Continue ReadingWhat mobile-first indexing means for high-risk e-commerce businesses
What mobile-first indexing means for high-risk e-commerce businesses As July has come and gone, there’s been some big SEO news that’s critical for all e-commerce sites. In July, we covered the absolute need for SSL and HTTPS for high-risk e-commerce sites. New changes include some broad ranking update rollouts and… Read More
Continue ReadingCigars, WooCommerce, & payment gateways
Cigars, WooCommerce, & payment gateways We provide cigar-friendly payment gateways and merchant account solutions for WordPress WooCommerce merchants and have learned a lot about WooCommerce in the process. There are a lot of excellent site-building platforms and carts out there these days for the online cigar industry. It can be… Read More
Continue ReadingHTTPS is now an absolute must for high-risk e-commerce SEO
HTTPS is now an absolute must for high-risk e-commerce SEO There’s some fairly big SEO news just around the corner that should be of concern to all online high-risk merchants: Google’s web browser, Chrome, will mark all non-HTTPS sites as “not secure” as of July 2018. Some of you might… Read More
Continue ReadingSEO news and tips for June 2018
SEO news & tips for high-risk merchants: June 2018 The world of high-risk e-commerce and SEO hasn’t changed, insofar that it’s still in a perpetual cycle of change. Remember when links were excellent, then they were seen as potentially dangerous, and now they are good if you follow the rules?… Read More
Continue ReadingShopify and payment gateway emulators
A quick guide to Shopify and payment gateway emulators Since Shopify stopped supporting new Network Merchants Gateway integrations as a drop-down feature, there has been a lot of discussion about gateway emulators, high-risk payments, and Shopify. You can still accept payments for high-risk products on Shopify if you were declined by… Read More
Continue ReadingMagento and high-risk payment gateways
Magento and high-risk payment gateways Are you a new high-risk Magento merchant whose website sells products like electronic cigarettes, premium cigars, or firearms via a secure background checked FFL to FFL transfer? If so, there are many solid payment gateway and merchant account options available to help you process payments… Read More
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