High-risk payments resource guide

Since 2002, the team at Tasker Payment Gateways LLC has learned, written about, and organized an enormous amount of information regarding high-risk products, payment gateways, high-risk merchant accounts, and website builders in the United States and Canada.

Need to sell pipes or cigars on Squarespace? Unable to connect Authorize.Net to your Wix FFL checkout page? Shut down by Shopify Payments after spending hours building out your vape site? Are you trying to choose a shopping cart? Unable to add more than one merchant account to your payment gateway? We can probably help.

Do you have a high-risk e-commerce question?
This page probably has the answers you are looking for – if not, reach out any time for free, friendly advice.

A+ rated and BBB accredited, Tasker Payment Gateways LLC recommends high-risk payment gateways, assists with merchant account advice, and helps with software and platform integrations. To continue our mission, we created this comprehensive resource page that neatly catalogs our vast library of high-risk specific posts and links.

Below is our High-Risk Payment Gateway and Shopping Cart Resource Guide. Above the guide is a table of contents that is organized by category and theme.

While we work to provide the best information possible, we aren’t able to update all pages at all times.

Please get in touch with us here for the most up-to-date advice or for a payment gateway and high-risk merchant account recommendation. We’re always happy to help!

High-risk payment gateways

• What is the best high-risk payment gateway?
• What you need to know about preferred gateways & high-risk sales
• Common high-risk products and services

High-risk Authorize.Net payment gateway

• Apple Pay and Authorize.Net
• High-risk credit card processing options with Authorize.Net
• Open-ended buy now buttons
• Integrate a Shift4Shop site with Authorize.Net
• Authorize.Net’s prohibited categories
• Apple Pay and Authorize.Net – NMI
• Integrate Drupal with Authorize.net
• GoDaddy Authorize.Net Accounts
• Integrate Magento with Authorize.net
• Integrate NinjaForms with Authorize.Net
• Authnet.Net, Shopify & high-risk
• Authorize.Net, Vtiger, and high-risk
• Authorize.Net & firearms
• Authorize.Net & online firearms sales

High-risk ePN payment gateway

• High-risk credit card processing with eProcessing Network

High-risk NMI payment gateway

• High-risk credit card processing with NMI
• Top 35 NMI features & settings
• How to export cardholder data from Braintree into NMI
• How to find a processor ID in NMI
• How to refund a customer – NMI / Network Merchants Inc
• How to recharge a refund made in error through your payment gateway
• How to recharge a refund: NMI
• NMI payment gateway features
• How to change your bank account information with NMI
• NMI, WooCommerce & high-risk
• NMI, Shopify & high-risk
• WooCommerce 2.5 NMI plug-in
• Student loan businesses, Debt Pay Pro, and the NMI gateway

High-risk products and services: how-to guides and payment processing advice

This section of our guide provides convenient access to information on the various types of high-risk product categories that our site covers. The categories are listed alphabetically, and you’ll find links to helpful content about payment processing for each one, whether general overviews of an industry or articles focused on specific combinations of high-risk products and shopping carts.

Whether your business includes CBD items, functional pipes, bongs, cigars, vape, alcohol, tactical items, or FFL-to-FFL transfers, you’ll find helpful tips for selling your products online.

Due to shifts in rules, laws, and regulations, high-risk industries can change frequently. We try very hard to keep all of our links updated, but if you have questions about new developments or want to make sure you have the most up-to-date advice for any of these product types, feel free to contact us. We’re more than happy to help.

Alcohol online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Selling alcohol online 101

CBD online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Selling CBD oil online 101: Accepting credit cards for CBD in the US
• Selling CBD on Shopify: 101
• Canadian CBD payment gateways
• Sell CBD and smoking accessories using the same gateway

News, regulations, and updates for CBD businesses:

• Top US CBD processor exits the market
• CBD payment gateway updates
• Altria in CBD & vape market? 

Cigars online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Cigar payment gateways Shift4Shop
• Cigars, WooCommerce, & payment gateways
• How to sell cigars on Shopify
• Selling cigars on BigCommerce

Cigar news and advice:

• A great time to sell cigars online

Coaching online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• High-risk spotlight: Coaches and trainers

Credit repair online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Credit repair: How to accept cards

FFL to FFL online payments: gateways and merchant accounts

• FFL friendly payment gateways
• Shift4Shop FFL payment gateways
• BigCommerce for FFL dealers
• AmmoReady: software spotlight
• Authorize.Net & firearms
• Authorize.Net & online firearms sales
• WooCommerce FFL payment gateways
• FFL processing requirements
• Foxy Cart FFL payment gateways
• Gearfire, FFLs, and e-commerce
• GunBroker payment gateways and merchant accounts 
• FFL payments online. How it works
• Can you sell guns on Shopify?
• Wix and FFL e-commerce

FFL news, updates, and regulations:

• Selling firearms? Was there a change to Square’s terms?
• FFL merchant account issues

Loan consolidation – online payment gateways and merchant accounts

• Student loan businesses, Debt Pay Pro, and the NMI Gateway

Pawnshop – online payment gateways and merchant accounts

• Create a pawnshop online

Pipes, bongs & glassware online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Pipe & glassware payment gateways
• Pipe & glass WooCommerce sales
• Stripe & PayPal alternatives for pipe and glassware (this post includes links to Paypal’s and Stripe’s prohibited use/products pages)
• X-Cart payment gateway (pipes)
• Sell pipes, glass, and CBD using the same gateway

News, updates, and tips for smoking accessory merchants

• Selling bongs online: high-risk trends for glassware & pipes sales

Supplements – payment gateways and merchant account recommendations

• GMP certificates and processing
• Nutra supplement gateways

Tactical payment gateways and merchant account recommendations

• Tactical site builders and shopping carts (our top 2)
• Payment gateways for tactical websites
• WooCommerce payment gateways for tactical sites

Vape and e-liquids online: How to set up a payment gateway and merchant account

• Vape & WooCommerce no reserve
• Online e-cigarettes state laws
• How to sell vape products online without a $500 fee
• Vape payment gateways for Shopify
• Vaping merchant accounts with low or no reserves emerging
• Vaping related news worth reading if you are in the business
• Vape solutions for WooCommerce

Vape news and regulations

• Authorize.Net terms no longer ban e-cigs?
• Big news in the vape and e-juice world
• The FDA’s renewed focus on vaping
• Vape Spotlight: Selling a drug?
• House & FDA news on vape & cigars
• Heated tobacco enters the market
• A good time to start a vape site
• Altria in CBD & vape market? 
• New info on selling e-cigarettes released
• OMB strikes part of vape rule
• New vape regulations – are you compliant?

We covered a lot of information in the section above, but if you couldn’t find what you were looking for or need more details about high-risk sales, don’t hesitate to contact Tasker Payment Gateways LLC.

We pride ourselves on providing fast, friendly, and free advice and helping website owners or developers with high-risk payment processing, and we’d be happy to chat with you about your business’s needs.

Website builders and shopping carts for high-risk products

There are a lot of website builders and shopping carts to choose from, and if you’re just starting out, high-risk e-commerce can be overwhelming.

When you sell high-risk products, you must be especially sure that your site builder and shopping cart are going to work for your product type and allow for the integration of high-risk payment processing in order to avoid shutdowns. You should also meet with a qualified attorney long before you make your first sale.

We have evaluated a lot of web software over the years. To save you time and frustration, the section below spotlights many different shopping carts and site builders. As always, please make 100% sure you read the terms and conditions of each of your service providers. Many of those links are contained in the pages below.

We take pride in always writing up the most current information when providing our advice. However, we can’t guarantee that every item is completely up to date. If you see that one of our resources was published a while ago or have a question, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’ll be able to provide you with the most up-to-date information and advice directly. You can contact us here.

AsecureCart

• High-risk payment gateways for ASecureCart

BigCommerce

• High-risk payment processing & BigCommerce

Craft Commerce & Craft CMS

• Craft CMS, Craft Commerce, and high-risk payment gateways

C-S Cart

• CS-Cart payment gateways for pipes and bongs

Drupal

• Integrate Drupal with Authorize.net

ECWID

• E-commerce spotlight: ECWID

FluidPay

• The FluidPay payment gateway: a high-risk software spotlight

Foxy

• Foxy.io high-risk gateways
• FFL and Foxy.io payment gateways

GoDaddy

• GoDaddy Authorize.Net accounts
• GoDaddy & high-risk merchants

GunBroker

• GunBroker payment gateways and merchant accounts 

JigoShop

• NMI and Jigoshop

Magento

• Magento and high-risk payment gateways
• Integrate Magento with Authorize.net

NinjaForms

• High-risk payment processing using NinjaForms and AuthorizeNet

nopCommerce

• High-risk payment processing integrations for nopCommerce websites

OpenCart

• High-risk payments for OpenCart

osCommerce

• osCommerce payment processing for high-risk sites

PrestaShop

• PrestaShop: software spotlight

PrestoMart

• PrestoMart and high-risk payment processing

QuickBooks

• QuickBooks Payments prohibited categories

Shift4Shop

• Payment gateways for Shift4Shop
• Selling cigars on Shift4Shop using a high-risk payment gateway
• FFL dealers & Shift4Shop: a high-risk payment gateway spotlight
• Integrate Shift4Shop site with Authorize.Net

Shopify

• Authnet.Net, Shopify & high-risk payment processing
• NMI for high-risk Shopify products
• Declined by Shopify Payments?
• Selling CBD on Shopify: 101
• Shopify and gateway emulators
• Shopify & Bold Commerce

ShopKeep

• Shopkeep POS, avoid a common setup mistake

Signifyd

• Signifyd for high-risk merchants

Squarespace

• How to accept credit cards high-risk products on Squarespace: a deep dive into four solutions

Volusion

• Volusion and high-risk payment gateways

vTiger

• Authorize.Net, Vtiger, and high-risk

Weebly

• High-risk products, payment gateways, and Weebly

WHMCS

• WHMCS info & payment gateways

Wix

• Wix payment processor alternatives – what are the options?
• How to sell high-risk products with Wix & Authorize.Net
• Wix and FFL e-commerce

WooCommerce

• WooCommerce high-risk payment processing solutions
• NMI, WooCommerce & high-risk
• WooCommerce 2.5 NMI Plug-in

xCart

• X-Cart payment gateways

Web Developers high-risk advice

• High-risk advice for web developers
• High-risk answers for web professionals

Whether you end up choosing Shopify, Wix, WooCommerce, Squarespace, Weebly, GoDaddy, or one of the many other options, you can sell many high-risk products online as long as your payment processing is set up correctly (sometimes with the use of an alternative shopping cart).

We hope the links in this section have been helpful, but if you have additional questions or need some help with integrations, don’t hesitate to reach out to Tasker Payment Gateways LLC. We’re happy to provide you with the one-on-one support you need to get your high-risk business up and running.

High-risk e-commerce tips and SEO advice

While the high-risk e-commerce tips below don’t generally contain time-sensitive info, it’s important to keep the publishing date in mind. If you need any merchant account tips, gateway recommendations, or high-risk friendly software advice, you can reach us here. We’re always happy to help!

E-commerce

• AB tests & e-commerce tips
• High-risk tips: when to mitigate or fight chargebacks – and how to do it
• Fixing Facebook image issues
• SSL Certificates
• Three tips for high-risk sites
• Marketing high-risk products online
• Eight website conversion rate tips

High-risk SEO

• HTTPS and high-risk SEO – July 2018
• High-risk, SEO, & mobile-first
• SEO news and tips, June 2018
• SSL & SEO for vape, cigar & FFL sites
• When major search engines prohibit your ads
• YMYL: Need to know SEO
• Using SEO for high-risk items like pipes, glass, CBD, vape, alcohol, FFL, and tactical items

Fraud protection

• What’s transaction laundering?

Processing information

• What is the Address Verification System (AVS)?
• Free trial offers: think twice before offering them
• Understanding merchant account volume limits
• Products  and services prohibited by Stripe

High-risk Canadian e-commerce:

• Canadian high-risk payment gateways
• Canadian CBD payment gateways
• Payment processing recommendations for Canadian and First Nations dispensaries

Need a high-risk payment gateway?

If you’re looking for help with accepting credit and debit card payments online for your online high-risk product sales, we’re here for you! For the most up-to-date information, follow our Facebook and Twitter page, or keep an eye on our tips and news section for high-risk information.

If you need high-risk friendly payment gateways or are looking for merchant account tips and software advice, contact us using the short form below. We look forward to helping your high-risk website grow!