Using Paypal on my website selling Adult toys?

amebb
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I need some advice here.

We design and make silicone sex toys and we wish to sell them on our website and then have PayPal as the credit card merchant.

 

Even though the website has not been launched, PayPal has suspended my account.

 

My question is, there are other online shops that sell sex products and use PayPal as their merchant, so why can i not do that?

 

On my website, there is NO nudity at all. Just toys for Adult sexual wellbeing.

 

So, why is Paypal so rigid for some sellers and not for other sellers?

 

Thanks

 

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Easyshopstore
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for three reasons:
- Paypal does not say that approval is required first
- I read the terms and conditions of use in the "adult articles" section and I fall within the permitted ranges
- Other sites with more explicit images and texts use Paypal

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kernowlass
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@Easyshopstore 

 

Yes they do, read ...

 

https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/acceptableuse-full?locale.x=en_US

 

Activities Requiring Approval

PayPal requires pre-approval to accept payments for certain services as detailed in the chart below.

 

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Mature Audience Content

Any adult content delivered digitally including video on demand (VOD) and web-cam activities. PayPal may be restricted from processing payments in certain jurisdictions for adult DVD’s, magazines and other adult themed products or services.


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