There are certain items that cannot be sold using the Payme platform because they either violate the laws in the countries where we and our users conduct business or they are prohibited by our third party payment providers. If you’re unsure whether your business activity or product is prohibited on Payme, please contact us and we will clarify it with you.

You cannot conduct these type of businesses or sell these types of products or services on Payme:

1. Age restricted products or services
2. Any product or service that infringes upon the copyright, trademark or trade secrets of any third party
3. Any product, service or activity that is deceptive, unfair, predatory or prohibited
4. Bail bonds
5. Bankruptcy lawyers
6. Banned adult products
7. Bidding fee auctions
8. Blood, bodily fluids or body parts, either human or animal
9. Chain letters
10. Check cashing, wire transfers or money orders
11. Collection agencies
12. Copyrighted or branded goods that you do not own or have all the necessary rights to offer for sale or promote
13. Counterfeit goods
14. Credit card and identity theft protection
15. Cruise lines
16. Currency exchanges or dealers
17. Door-to-door sales
18. Drug paraphernalia
19. Embassies, foreign consulates or other foreign governments
20. Engaging in any form of licensed or unlicensed aggregation or factoring
21. Engaging in deceptive marketing practices
22. Essay mills
23. Evading Card Scheme’s chargeback monitoring programs
24. Extended warranties
25. Firms selling business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting or reduction, credit counselling, repair or protection or real estate purchases with no money down
26. Flea markets
27. Fortune tellers
28. Gambling (including but not limited to lotteries, Internet gaming, contests, sweepstakes, or offering of prizes as an inducement to purchase goods or services)
29. “Get rich quick” schemes
30. Hazardous or restricted items
31. Human hair, fake hair or hair-extensions
32. Illegal drugs
33. Illegal products or services
34. Mail-order brides
35. Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
36. Money transmitters or money service businesses
37. Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
38. Negative response marketing
39. Offensive material
40. Offering substantial rebates or special incentives to the Cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
41. Online or other non-face-to-face pharmacies or pharmacy referral services
42. Online or other non-face-to-face tobacco related product
43. Passive income products
44. Personal computer technical support
45. Personal information in any form
46. Police badges or uniforms
47. Prepaid cards or vouchers, unlock codes
48. Prescription medication
49. Pseudo pharmaceuticals
50. Quasi-cash or stored value
51. Securities brokers
52. Selling social media activity, such as Twitter followers, Facebook likes or Youtube views
53. Selling video game or virtual world credits (unless you are the operator of the video game or virtual world)
54. Sexually-oriented or pornographic services
55. Shares, securities or other financial products
56. Sharing Cardholder’s data with another merchant for payment of up-sell or cross-sell product or service
57. Shipping or forwarding brokers
58. Sports forecasting or odds making
59. Stolen property
60. Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
61. Telemarketing
62. Timeshares
63. Travel agencies or travel clubs
64. Virtual currency that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital goods or services or otherwise exit the virtual world
65. Visa and/or immigration services
66. Weapons, explosives or ammunition

We do our best to keep this list up to date; however, because legislation and rules from our third party providers change regularly, this list may change quickly and without prior notice to you.