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Hell, I had no idea that Stripe's prohibited businesses list was so ... massive. The list runs the gamut from "risky" to "value judgement", and I can't help bu
by bmelton 12y ago
Hell, I had no idea that Stripe's prohibited businesses list was so ... massive.
The list runs the gamut from "risky" to "value judgement", and I can't help but wonder how all those items ended up on the same list.
- eli 12y agoSome are clearly legal liabilities. The rest almost certainly have high fraud/chargeback rates. Can you imagine how many people must dispute what they paid to a psychic
- mietek 12y agoWhat about "48. Telecommunications equipment and telephone sales"?
- jasonlotito 12y agoWhat about it? Telephone sales are high risk.
- eli 12y agoYes. A quick google reveals: > Telecom – The telecommunications industry is much more proficient with technology than it used to be. However, once services have been provided, recipients may dispute them. Card-not-present transactions are a mainstay for telecom companies. http://www.aliantpayments.com/who-we-service/high-risk-processing-merchants/ http://www.aliantpayments.com/who-we-service/high-risk-proce... I would imagine that things like VoIP service are targeted by criminals who constantly need new, anonymous phone numbers for other scams. Stripe's real business is measuring and assessing risk. The moving dollars around is the easy part.
- mietek 12y agoI was thinking racks of Alcatel-Lucent and stacks of Sagem, but perhaps you have a point.
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- kitchenette 12y agoI work at Stripe and just wanted to give a little bit of color here in case it's useful. These restrictions come from our financial partners which unfortunately means that we generally don't have much flexibility around them. If you have any questions about any of this or want to see if we can work with your business, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@stripe.com.