Restricted industries incur a higher fee structure due to the riskier nature of these industries. Generally there are a greater number of transaction disputes and chargebacks related to these industry types.
Please review the User Agreement that all members agree to upon sign up: https://www.alertpay.com/info/UserAgreement.aspx
34.0 Restricted Account Types/Industries
Accounts/Industries that fall under the Restricted category must be verified account holders and incur fees associated with a Restricted account type. The fee structure can be viewed here: https://www.alertpay.com/info/Fees.aspx
Restricted
- DVDs
- Telephone Service, Long Distance, VoIP or PC-to-Phone Service, SMS
- Plants, Seeds, and/or other horticultural products
- Seminars, Event Tickets
- Food - perishable, non-prepackaged foods
- Police and other Government Identification and Equipment
- Body modification (penis/*** enlargement) Products
- Tobacco Products, Smoking Mixtures or Tobacco Substitutes
- Mature Toys, Novelties, paraphernalia, etc.
- Drug Paraphernalia
- multi-level marketing (MLM) and pyramid selling services, matrix programs, or online income opportunity programs
- Pay-to-click, pay-to-read and any other related industries
If you would like to discuss your specific account related fees, please continue interacting with our Customer Support staff via our help desk.