High risk merchant account

High Risk Merchant AccountWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIGH RISK PROCESSING

What Businesses are Considered High Risk

▪ Firearms and gun parts

▪ Adult novelty items

▪ Nutritional supplement

▪ Vape, eCig business

▪ MOTO

▪ eCommerce

▪ And many more…

What does it mean to be categorized as high risk?

Here are some reasons you might be branded a high risk merchant:

▪ Your services are of dubious authenticity to some (for example, if you’re a psychic, if or you sell non-FDA-approved nutritional supplements)▪ It’s hard to prove you rendered your services (for example,

because they aren’t tangible and their effects aren’t immediately apparent)▪ You have a history of chargebacks (for example, because people

may be embarrassed to reveal they used your services – or, because they forget they have)▪ There’s a chance people or organizations could be shunned for

doing business with you (for example, if you sell tobacco, vapes, adult novelties, pharmaceuticals, firearms…

What is Operation Choke Point?

▪ A legislations that went into effect late 2014 that made it harder for high risk businesses to accept credit cards as a form of payment.

Can banks terminate your account?

Short answer:

▪ Yes!

What can you do?

▪ Search for high risk processors

What do I do?!

Get ready!

▪ Prepare your paperwork

▪ Submit your history

▪ Use an accounting system; Simply using an accounting

system, like QuickBooks, allows you to manage your finances better and to get qualify for lower processing rates

Managing Charge-Backs

Avoid ChargeBacks!

▪ Require more info at the time of sales

▪ Pass enough info to customers’ statement to avoid confusion

▪ Beef up your security

Stability

History

Charge-Back management

PCI Compliance

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What to look for?Getting a new high risk merchant account can be difficult and time consuming. So, be sure to start with a good research and a full understanding of what you need.

In general, every high risk business needs to make sure that the processor understands their business and have experience handling such businesses.

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