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AlertPay no longer accepting adult transactions?
So I recieved this email from AlertPay today.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CREDIT CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING
Hello Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx ,
We would like to start by thanking you for using AlertPay as your payment processor of choice.
This notice is to inform you that due to changes with our banking and credit card partners, we will no longer be able to provide credit card payment processing services for the website on your AlertPay account. Please be aware that this change is not specific to your account but is a change that pertains to your industry as a whole.
Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our control this change must be implemented immediately. Please note that your account will remain active and there are no limitations pertaining to access of your account.
We are currently working to resolve this issue and we will notify you as soon as credit card payment options are available again. If you have any questions or concerns you may contact [email protected].
If you currently are not processing credit card payments, please ignore this notice.
Kind regards,
The AlertPay Team
Emphasis mine. Anybody have any details on this.
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awww damn-that fuckin sucks! so they are going after websites :( I wonder if I can keep using alertpay for camshows/panties etcccc discreetly ughhhhhhh fuck you payment processors making our job more work.
*withdraws funds from alertpay*
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Absolutely gutted to hear this :(
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The thing with alert pay is , THEY ALWAYS seemed to reject adult websites for buttons ... In all my time , I only ever ran into one person who said they were using AP buttons on an XXX website - That was roast , and she felt uncomfortable showing me her website - so I never got to see that for myself.
All I know is , 2 years ago+ after submitting MANY different sites for review ( not just my own ) , Each one was rejected for the 'type of business ' . That's why I was really curious to see someone else implementing the buttons with approval from alert pay . Unfortunately the only people were on SW and wouldn't actually show me them ... SO now I'm uber careful with alert pay --- I could see it coming after they started rejecting everyones sites - bar the couple of people who said otherwise on here , but I Have never seen it .
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I've stumbled upon some sites with it on there, but I can't help but wonder if they were just graphics hyperlinked to a general invoice/checkout page. Maybe I'll click on one if I come across it again just to see. Honestly all of these intermediate sites freak Me out.
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^^ Yup , I've found exactly that to be the case - The XXX websites with the buttons - were just images that the hosts snibbed from the ap site ( The ones I've inspected anyway )
I'm yet to find someone who got an xxx website approved by them ... ever ! People say they do - but no one ever showed me ;-)
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I was approved by them to use buttons on my site, which is a domme site with no nudity. I've been using them for the last 3 years. So yes they were approving adult sites. You did however have to show the a TOS and refund policy on your site which I have. Now when you click my tribute buttons it says I no longer accept credit cards.
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All mine were domme sites - none were approved , same credit card messages 'this user doesn't accept credit cards ' ... The BDSM aspect was enough to put them off me ... The ONLY site we got approved for buttons in over 2 years , was a site selling costume jewelry and dried flowers :-)
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Well mine where approved I had to call them and numerous times but they were approved years ago and now this which I find annoying. I know people have had approval issues with them, but I didn't so now I am pissed by this sudden change. I just started getting the cc message yesterday.
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My buttons still work but they need an Alertpay account to complete the transaction.
What I'm wondering is, may I still send them an email invoice to pay with a credit card like I used to be able to?
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Originally Posted by
laurielegs
My buttons still work but they need an Alertpay account to complete the transaction.
What I'm wondering is, may I still send them an email invoice to pay with a credit card like I used to be able to?
From what I have heard yes you can still take cc via invoice. However I would call to double check.
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I would be very very very careful bothering with that . I mean once a company strikes adult from it's TOS , to carry on using them is walking a tight rope , and once the customers find out ( which won't take long ) , they will start using it to blackmail , In a similar way paypal is used by dickheads.
My advice would be, if they forbid adult , however good the service, skip it and move on to another... zombaio ?
It's too risky to be processing money through an account of which the manager has every right to shut down and freeze funds as a result of TOS violation.
I think it's time I moved to Zombaio....
Perhaps this would be a perfect time for Nissim(payoneer ) to get the ball rolling over there, and get us a timely replacement.
Missy .
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Remember ladies, Cash X still does!!! :)
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I just recently got an alertpay and they ARE accepting adult business accounts again.
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Originally Posted by
FelixGirl
I just recently got an alertpay and they ARE accepting adult business accounts again.
Hi how do you know this? Did they accept your site or just send you an email saying that they were accepting adult transactions again>?
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I signed up for an account and they just approved it. That's all.
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they do still accept adult transactions, you just can't put the pay buttons on your site. you have to use invoices.
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Originally Posted by
tessarubyxoxo
they do still accept adult transactions, you just can't put the pay buttons on your site. you have to use invoices.
You can use an invoice and they can pay with a credit card and the buyer does not have to sign up to Alertpay till the third transaction.
For some reason you can also use the Alertpay buttons right on your adult site but not the access to use credit cards - I was told this is okay to put up the buttons, but they will only work for alertpay itself so they have to sign up immediately. I found that they won't work as a credit card button, just alertpay.
In order to have direct payment with credit card Alertpay buttons you do have to have your adult site reviewed and approved by them (if they are accepting sites again).
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Alert pay froze my funds when i was paid through model splash .. funny thing was i could send my money to another alert pay user BUT i couldnt transfer the funds into my bank .. i was on the phone for 1 hour trying to fix this and all they told me was my account was under review .. i actually took my money .. sent it to a close friend and he sent me my funds via paypal when he got them!
My advice would be to avoid it! And not use there services .. i love my money too much for it to be in limbo like that
If you have payoneer guys can pay u through there!
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I have buttons on my site, but it's a domme site. Never had any "approval" issues either though I was expect that to be a problem.
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Originally Posted by
ViciousVixen
Alert pay froze my funds when i was paid through model splash .. funny thing was i could send my money to another alert pay user BUT i couldnt transfer the funds into my bank .. i was on the phone for 1 hour trying to fix this and all they told me was my account was under review .. i actually took my money .. sent it to a close friend and he sent me my funds via paypal when he got them!
My advice would be to avoid it! And not use there services .. i love my money too much for it to be in limbo like that
If you have payoneer guys can pay u through there!
Have you been accepting payments via payoneer? If so , how's that going ? I would love to use them for this purpose, but when they first opened that feature, a lot of girls were complaining about declines .... Is that still the case at all ?
Missy xx
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Originally Posted by
mistresscyn
I have buttons on my site, but it's a domme site. Never had any "approval" issues either though I was expect that to be a problem.
My site is a domme site as well 100% non-nude. So I would be careful regardless.
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Yikes I get paid through alertpay on Modelsplash! I better switch to payoneer! Thanks for the heads up!
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so weird!!!! i have my earnings from SM stuck on Alert Pay since they got booted from PayPal. Anyone know how to get funds out of AP, I called them and they weren't able to help me. They told me they could only deposit to banks in canada and europe?!
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I had the same problem, Cosima! I had them mail me a check, but of course that got lost in the mail. You can transfer by wire to your bank, just it has to be in Euros or British Pounds. If you have an account with a major bank, it is no big deal to transfer from those currencies. Call your bank or credit union and ask for the information AP asks for when you submit a wire transfer - you'll need things like the SWIFT BIC, account number, routing number, etc.
I hope that helps!