The following products and activities are not allowed on PayRequest. This is almost always because they violate U.S. federal law, they are prohibited by card network rules, or they are restricted by our payment processing partners.
If you are unsure whether your content is prohibited on PayRequest, please contact us at [email protected] with a description or example of the content.
unlicensed proprietary content
food products and ingredients (including consumer packaged goods, livestock, plants, and seeds)
airlines
bail bonds
bankruptcy lawyers
bidding fee or penny auctions
age or legally restricted products or services
sexually-oriented or pornographic content (including but not limited to adult books or video, adult telephone conversations or audio, membership to adult websites or content, companion or escort services, dating services, mail-order brides, massage parlors and prostitution, or content of any format that features characters who are minors, are depicted as minors, or are suggested to be minors in any sexual or sensual context)
cell phones/pagers
centralized reservation services
collection agencies
chain letters
check cashing
counterfeit goods/replicas
currency exchange (including physical, digital or cryptographic currency exchange)
consulting firms
services (including, but not limited to, "get rich quick" schemes, business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting, real estate purchases, mortgage reduction services and credit repair and protection)
billing services (including, but not limited to, accepting payment for services rendered and billing for services to be performed in the future)
credit card and identity theft protection
cruise lines
flea markets
drug paraphernalia
essay mills/paper mills
extended warranties
fortune tellers
gambling (including legal gambling where the cardholder is not present when the bet is made, lotteries, illegal gambling, internet gambling, sports forecasting and odds making)
illegal products or services
marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
money transmission
money service businesses
multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
wire transfers or money orders
pharmacies or internet pharmacies
pseudo pharmaceuticals (including anti-aging pills, sexual stimulants, weight loss pills, diet pills)
quasi-cash or stores of value
security brokerage
door-to-door sales
offering substantial rebates or special incentives that are awarded to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
negative response marketing techniques
deceptive marketing practices
reselling private label rights products
shipping/forwarding brokers
substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
telemarketing
timeshares
tobacco products
weapons or ammunition
jewelry or beauty products
Last updated: 28-08-2022