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Why a VAR sheet matters for payment processing

September 6, 2022March 26, 2021 by Blue Payment Agency Blog

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.

Multiple payment methods: high-risk e-checks

January 20, 2022March 19, 2020 by Blue Payment Agency Blog

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.

How to complete a successful high-risk merchant account application

January 20, 2022January 14, 2020 by Blue Payment Agency Blog

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.

We make CBD payment gateways easy too

September 15, 2021December 26, 2019 by Blue Payment Agency

CBD has been an exciting industry to watch over the past year. Here at Blue Payment Agency, we have watched the CBD industry grow, and therefore, have worked hard to find solutions for CBD site owners that need an easy to set up, reliable payment gateway for CBD.

Accepting MOTO card payments

December 9, 2020September 13, 2019 by Blue Payment Agency Blog

We’ve helped countless high-risk merchants set up payment gateways with NMI. However, at Blue Payment Agency, we do more than that. We also offer various high-risk e-commerce tips on our blog. While we still are likely to recommend NMI as the payment gateway for your business, we’d like to take a moment to talk about MOTO card payments and whether they can benefit your business. MOTO stands for Mail-Order/Telephone-Order and is a common payment practice even in the internet age.