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Bramlett: Stripe and PayPal close supplement merchant accounts at scale

Cody Bramlett · From $0 to Half a Million in 30 Days Without Running a Single Ad · Apr 30, 2024 · at 18:35

Cody Bramlett, founder of Science Natural Supplements, explains payment processor restrictions and risks for supplement e-commerce companies.

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“So if you use Stripe, which you can't really use in the supplement space, especially at scale or PayPal, they will close your accounts.”

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The claim, plainly

Stripe and PayPal will close merchant accounts in the supplement space, especially when operating at scale.

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Assessment

Both Stripe and PayPal explicitly classify nutraceuticals, pseudo-pharmaceuticals, and dietary supplements with health claims under restricted or prohibited business categories requiring specialized pre-approval and underwriting. Industry documentation and payment processing analyses confirm that because both payment facilitators use instant onboarding with delayed underwriting, supplement merchants operating standard accounts frequently face automated reviews, reserve holds, and account terminations when scaling transaction volume.

Stripe's published Prohibited and Restricted Businesses documentation lists 'Nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals' as restricted activities requiring explicit prior written approval, with automated risk systems triggering account termination upon unapproved scaling.
PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy and User Agreement prohibit products posing consumer safety or regulatory risks and enforce account limitations, 180-day fund holds, and terminations for scaling high-risk merchants.
Payment industry analyses (DirectPayNet, PaymentCloud, TailoredPay) corroborate that standard PayFac onboarding without dedicated high-risk underwriting leads to account freezes and closures as supplement sales scale.

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[1] stripe.com [2] reddit.com [3] stripe.com [4] stripe.com [5] bopple.com [6] getpayment.com [7] paypal.com [8] paypalobjects.com

Stripe supplement merchant account prohibited restricted Stripe restricted businesses nutraceuticals supplements PayPal acceptable use policy supplements nutraceuticals PayPal merchant account closure supplements high risk

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