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BigCommerce payment gateways for firearms

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At Blue Payment Agency, we can provide you with reliable, affordable, firearms-friendly credit card processing to easily sell FFL items using BigCommerce. Can you sell firearms on BigCommerce? Yes! As long as you set up a firearms-friendly merchant account and payment gateway, FFL dealers can use BigCommerce. Are you a federally licensed firearms dealer looking … Read more

Why a VAR sheet matters for payment processing

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If you run a high-risk e-commerce business that uses a merchant account and payment gateway to sell online, you will need to understand the term VAR sheet. Sometimes called a parameter sheet or tear sheet, these “sheets,” or, more commonly, PDFs, are an integral piece of the online payment processing puzzle.

Unlike low-risk websites that can use PayPal or Stripe, business owners that need to process payments for online firearms or other regulated items need traditional high-risk credit card processing – which means a high-risk merchant account. In addition, connecting your merchant account to your payment gateway requires a “VAR sheet” so that your payment gateway software has the correct information in order to process payments correctly.

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Multiple payment methods: high-risk e-checks

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Are you selling high-risk products online and considering adding more payment methods to your e-commerce store? We would like to offer some expert advice to see whether accepting e-checks might be a good option for you.

At Blue Payment Agency, we help a range of high-risk businesses address their online payment needs. We help e-commerce site owners set up payment gateways with NMI, and we offer both merchant account and payment gateway accounts and “gateway only” accounts. In our pursuit of making online payments as easy as possible for high-risk site owners, we provide a wide range of advice and recommendations as well.

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How to complete a successful high-risk merchant account application

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Any ambitious e-commerce business needs a merchant account in order to grow and process credit card payments successfully over time. You might get away with using payment aggregators, like Stripe or PayPal, when starting up. However, a merchant account, or a payment processor, and payment gateway is critical for sustained growth and credit card processing. In short, you need to complete a successful high-risk merchant account application in order to grow your business and accept credit cards.

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