This is exactly why our company stopped focusing on our Paypal integration and started focusing on other gateways, such as Stripe and WePay. We had built a real

This is exactly why our company stopped focusing on our Paypal integration and started focusing on other gateways, such as Stripe and WePay. We had built a really great Braintree gateway, but they to came out with a policy against crowdfunding. As far as I can tell, you can still get through and/or avoid messes like these by communicating with the gateway up front in order to get permission. Robert Space Industries did this with Amazon and Paypal before launching. They were forced to provide much of this documentation, but in the end, it helped them avoid any major hiccups. Of course, IndieGoGo should be working with merchants to help them through this. If they are going to be the intermediary between the crowd and the company, they should do the same when dealing with payments. Sadly, all of the major crowdfunding platforms lack in this regard. If you're thinking about crowdfunding and are nervous about being shut down, I recommend you run either as donations or pre-orders. In the case of the latter, you are best not taking funds until the goal is met or you've reached a certain development milestone. I do think that this sucks for crowdfunding in general, but perhaps it will curtail the money grab that has been in place for some time. And of course, if you want to have as many options as possible, check out http://IgnitionDeck.com http://IgnitionDeck.com. A WordPress install and you can have your choice of gateways. Good luck to the Mailpile guys. I recommend providing this information. It will be good to have in the event that an investor knocks on the door.