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Does DalPay prohibit the registration or sale of specific goods and services?
 
Here we list a summary of Prohibited Products, and Restricted Products as well as General Guidance if your product or service is in either list.

DalPay prohibits the registration or sale of the following goods and services:

Prohibited items:

Adoption services,

Sexually explicit services:

You may NOT supply any Adult subscription services, including chat or webcams, or any pornography (pictures, videos, DVDs, magazines), Supplier Sites may NOT contain any pornographic content (preview images or streaming videos are also prohibited unless part of an implemented Tangible Adult products site).
Tangible Adult products are permissible - see Restricted Products below.


Age-verification services,

Auctions, or selling through auction sites unless Supplier maintains a distinct web site for use with DalPay Retail,

Alcoholic beverages,

Animals by mail order,

Benefit/incentive programs,

Betting/gambling operations, casino gaming chips, off-track betting and wagers at racetracks, lotteries or raffles;

Certain gambling related products and services are permissible - see Restricted Products below.

Cable converter boxes,

Cable TV descramblers or 'filters enabling free Pay Per View',

Check cashing services,

Coin dealers,

Collection agencies,

Commodity exchanges, precious metals,

Companion/escort services,

Credit card protection services,

Credit repair services,

Debt consolidation/credit counseling/restoration, financial aid,

Degrees or diplomas (unless accredited by a recognized authority such as the U.K. BAC, British Council, U.S. CHEA, ASPA, etc.)

Donations or any structure in which the value of the transaction is significantly greater than the value of the goods or services purchased,

e-wallets, e-cash, payment processors, or any merchant aggregation type services;
services using credit card transactions as deposits or credits,

Firearms, ammunition, high capacity magazines, tasers, air guns, and other related items except those stocked as part of a retail sporting goods store,


Fireworks or pyrotechnic devices or supplies,

Freight forwarding,

Future order fulfillment beyond three months,

Hazardous materials, combustibles, corrosives,

Hotel, airfare, accommodations, car rental, travel services,

Human Body Parts, Fluids, and Remains,

'Investment opportunities'; especially 'HYIP', items sold by matrix, single-level, multi-level, other similar marketing techniques,

IRC Chat Hosting,

'Money making schemes' - i.e. get-paid-for-surveys, home mailing, secret shopper services, etc.,

Mortgage payment/reduction services,

Outbound marketing,

Phone chat lines,

"Pixel-Ad" Sites (i.e. like milliondollarhomepage.com),

Pre-Adult content - pictures, videos, etc. of individuals under the age of 18 years,

Prescription drugs or other controlled substances, drug paraphernalia,

Psychic readings or fortune telling,

Replica and name brand 'knock off' products,

Satellite signal decoding products, cards and card programming,

Securities trading, insurance, currency exchange,

Services or products to circumvent locks, programming codes or security features to gain access to features/services not paid for,

Shell hosting accounts,

Sites promoting hatred, racism, religious persecution or the initiation of force against others,

Unsolicited email services, products and services designed to deliver unsolicited electronic communications, Spyware, Spamware,

Videotext, services or products sold via Short Messaging Service AKA "Texting",

Warranty programs/warranty sales,

Products illegal in the Supplier's or DalPay's operating jurisdiction(s).

 
DalPay permits the registration or sale of the following goods and services, but you must contact the DalPay Risk Dept for a risk assessment as DalPay may assess a higher Transaction Fee and Reserve for these Products.

Restricted items:

Tangible Adult products: adult lingerie, adult toys, sexual aids, novelties, etc.,

Cultural artifacts, Antiquities, Native American artifacts,

Dating/marriage sites (but not companion/escort services which are Prohibited Products),

Fantasy league services,

Food - perishable, non-prepackaged foods,

Gambling supplies (such as chips, slot machines, etc),

Online Game Items (i.e. Game "Gold", "Pieces", "Armor", "Credits", "Currency", etc.) within Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs),

Online Privacy services including web surfing and proxy services,

Phone cards, long distance, VoIP or PC-to-Phone service,

Pre-recorded CDs, DVDs or video cassettes,

Penis or breast enlargement products,

Seminar or event tickets,

Stamp collections,

Sports Gambling Prognostication, and Handicapping services,

Tobacco products, Smoking Mixtures or Tobacco Substitutes.




What if my product or service is on the Prohibited List, or I am not sure?

If you are concerned that the products/service you wish us to resell may be mistaken for Prohibited Items, but are not, please make this clear when you apply to DalPay for a site review.

DalPay Retail is an authorized retail sales outlet for Suppliers worldwide. Supplier websites found to be supplying prohibited products or services are subject to immediate account termination, freezing of funds/possible forfeiture of funds, fines, and/or order cancellations, all without notice as governed by our Operating Regulations.

If you are a higher volume business incorporated in, or with a branch office in, the European Economic Area/EU or Switzerland we may be able to assist you in opening your own direct merchant account even if your product/service appears on the above Prohibited Product list. Consider applying for a direct merchant account today.