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
Continue ReadingShopify & Bold Commerce: a high-risk software spotlight
Shopify & Bold Commerce: a high-risk software spotlight Shopify is one of the biggest names in e-commerce. We have helped hundreds of Shopify merchants who were turned down by Shopify Payments with high-risk processing and e-commerce solutions over the years. While Shopify is well known, you may not have heard of… Read More
Continue ReadingQuickBooks Payments & prohibited categories
QuickBooks Payments & prohibited categories We recently helped an online FFL merchant with some basic information on how to accept credit cards through their Wix site, and the topic of QuickBooks processing came up. They were hoping to use QuickBooks to key enter some of their net-30 B2B clients who mail-in card numbers… Read More
Continue ReadingHow to sell vape & e-juice using WooCommerce
How to sell vape & e-juice using WooCommerce Are you mostly satisfied with your new WordPress electronic cigarette website, but have questions as to how best implement e-commerce functionality? WooCommerce, and a carefully selected payment gateway may be the answer you are looking for. WooCommerce is an excellent choice for vape… Read More
Continue ReadingHow to sell vape products online without a $500 fee
How to sell vape products online without a $500 fee “What? $500 upfront just to accept credit cards?” That merchants who sell electronic cigarettes or e-juice have to pay $500 as a registered tobacco merchant in order to accept payments is frustrating. It’s been upsetting vape merchants ever since one… Read More
Continue ReadingSSL matters for SEO
SSL matters for SEO HTTPS on every page – especially for vape, cigar, and FFL sites Selling electronic cigarettes online? You need to implement https (or “SSL”) on every page. Does your website sell cigars, alcohol or firearms and depend on organic search traffic to get customers? Well then yep,… Read More
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