“Well, we had our online store almost ready to go live in a few days and we got an email from our ecommerce host that by selling firearms and munitions that we are violating their gateway payment policy of their bank. Now we’re stuck. Any ideas? This was with Shopify. What is everyone else using?”
Any advice for my friend?
I _think_ that authorize.net will handle FFL-related transactions. At least, I know that a lot of folks use them for things that other processors won’t. And Shopify can use authorize.net, but it appears that Shopify itself prohibits them, in addition to any restrictions by the back-end gateway.
Check these guys out, my understanding is that they are freedom friendly;
http://www.piryx.com/
Bitcoin payment option via Coinbase. I recall there was gunpal.com specifically for such cases.
Gunpal went down in lawsuits and fraud charges.
The McMillan Merchant Solutions. They went through similar issues and ended up setting up their own solution for themselves and others.
http://www.mmsllc.com/
http://www.gopai.com/shooting/ is what nssf and NRA suggest
Could you please name the bank that did this so we can all boycott it?
Paul Koing:
This could be any bank. Princess Obama has added firearms businesses to Operation Chokepoint.
http://hiddensecretsofmoney.com/blog/america-is-choking-operation-chokepoint-mike-maloney
I’m sure a bunch of banks will opt out to avoid fed harrassment.
I know, but not all banks have rolled over for that illegal action, and I don’t want to give my business to banks that support totalitarianism.
Updated video:
https://youtu.be/pwlQgNisgqA
I second and third the McMillan suggestion.