Acceptable Merchant Account Categories

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Adult book/video stores
Adult Entertainment
Antique / Collectible / Memorabilia Stores
Auctions of any type
At Home Business Opportunity
Auction/Penny & Nickel Auctions
Audio Text
Automated Referral Services
Automobile Clubs
Bail Bond Services
Bands / Orchestra / Misc Entertainers
Barter Services
Benefit Programs / Boards
Books / Periodicals / Newspapers (subscription)
Cable and Other Pay TV Programs
Books/Publications/Tapes
Cablegrams / Telegrams
Cameras / Photographic Supplies
Camps / Camping Equipment / Campgrounds
Carpet / Rugs / Floor Coverings
Casual Gaming
Cell Phones
Charitable / Civic / Political / Religious Groups
Charities/Non Profit Organizations
Cigar Merchants – Internet / Mail Orders
Cloud Storage
Coin Dealers, Stamp Dealers
Collectible Dealers
Collection Agency
Commercial Equipment Computer / Computer Equipment / Peripherals
Companion/Escort Services – Dating
Computer Maintenance / Repair Services Computer Network / Information Services /
Computer Programming / Data Processing /Integrated System Design
Condominium Associations
Construction / Renovation Businesses
Consulting and Stock Broker
Continuity/Negative Option/Free Trial
Correspondence / Trade / Business / Secretarial/ Vocational Schools
Credit Monitoring
Credit Repair
Dating
Digital Goods
Direct Mail
Direct Marketing Discount and Other Membership Clubs
Direct Response
Door to Door Sales
E-Cash
Ecommerce
E-cigarettes
Electrical Equipment / Parts Electronic Stores
Employment Agencies
Equipment – Hospital / Medical / Dental
File Lockers
File Sharing
Financial Services
Fines
Food Stamps Freight Forwarders
Forex
Furniture – Home / Bedding Furniture – Office / Commercial
Furniture / Flooring / Home Furnishings
Future sales / Future delivery Gift Certificates
Games of Skill
Gaming (UIGEA Compliant)
Golf Clubs / custom / accessories
Online Gun Dealers – Home Based
Hair loss/Hair restoration
Hardware Equipment / Supplies
Health / Beauty Spas
Health Clubs / Gyms
Sports Clubs / Golf
Health Fitness Subscription
Health Insurance Providers
Heating Equipment / Supplies

Import/Export of any type
Home based business
Hosting
Industrial Supplies
Information Retrieval Services
Infomercial
Infomercial Merchants
Insurance Sales / Underwriting / Premiums
Internet Malls
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Internet Service Providers / Electronic Bulletin
Internet Service Providers, Web Hosting &Advertising
Jewelry
Law Firms
Licensed Pharmaceuticals (Haight Compliant)
Limousines / Taxis / Cabs
Long Distance and Teleservices
Mail / Telephone Order Merchants
Metal Service Centers and Offices
Mail Order / Telephone Order (MOTO)
Massage Therapists (Therapist Certificate/License Required)
Material
Membership Services
Mortgage Services (Application & Processing Fees only – No Points)
Memberships/Membership Clubs
Modeling Agencies
Motion Picture and Video Tape Production/Distribution
Motor Vehicle Supplies / Parts
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)
Nutraceuticals / Vitamins / Supplements
Online Escort Advertising
Payment Service Provider (PSP)
Pawn Shops / Brokers
Penny Auction
Petroleum and Related Products
Prepaid Legal Services
Precious Metals or Precious Stones
Prepaid Phone Cards and Cell Phones
Printing / Publishing Services (Wholesale)
Pseudo-Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate Agents and Brokers
Sanitation / Polishing / and Specialty
Self-Help, Self-Published
Seminars Subscription Services and/or Recurring Billing
Software
Software/Electronics
Sports Forecasting
Sports Membership
Tax Payments
Telecommunication Equipment and Telephones
Telemarketing
Testing Labs (Non-Medical)
Tile Stores
Ticket Agencies / Travel Agencies
Time Shares (Listings)
Timeshare Marketing
Topless Bars/Clubs
Tour Operators
Typesetting / Plate Making and Related Services (Wholesale)
Trailer Parks
Travel
Usenet
Vehicle Consulting, Rental or Leasing
Water Purification Systems
Windows & Door Installers
Vacation Rentals