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DAMNMAN · 11-04-2003

I'm wondering if I'm the only one or is any other content provider(s) having problems with Card Services International and Authorize.net?

ZMASTER's Card Services merchant account was terminated without so much as a how ya doin'. Apparently they looked at ZMASTER and decided we were a run of the mill adult membership site not a shopping cart based site selling goods.

Card Services cited that we were selling payperview adult movies, ZMASTER has an AEBN video on demand payperview link on the index page and as we all know it is just a sponsor link page. But Card Services swore up and down that ZMASTER was doing the billing for the payperview. (AEBN)

I finally got Card Services to see that this AEBN page was an affiliate program and not billed through ZMASTER's merchant account and made them see that they had made a mistake.

Now by way of covering their own asses for their mistake they are saying that B2B ZIP licensed adult content downloads fall under the same guidelines as membership based sites.

Now they are trying to charge ZMASTER the VISA $750.00 and $1000.00 for Master Card to process content sold on ZMASTER.com.

I am currently trying to explain to them what ZMASTER does, but I may have to remove all content downloads from the ZMASTER.com site and just sell the CDs via mail again like in the old days to keep my merchant processing. I'm sure I will loose a large portion of my business at that time so I'll most likely pay the extortion charge.

To say that the people I have spoken to over at Card Services are stupid would be doing a disservice to stupid idiots eveywhere.

Is anyone else having issues with processing for content sales?

11-04-2003	#1
DAMNMAN Members Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 246	I'm wondering if I'm the only one or is any other content provider(s) having problems with Card Services International and Authorize.net? ZMASTER's Card Services merchant account was terminated without so much as a how ya doin'. Apparently they looked at ZMASTER and decided we were a run of the mill adult membership site not a shopping cart based site selling goods. Card Services cited that we were selling payperview adult movies, ZMASTER has an AEBN video on demand payperview link on the index page and as we all know it is just a sponsor link page. But Card Services swore up and down that ZMASTER was doing the billing for the payperview. (AEBN) I finally got Card Services to see that this AEBN page was an affiliate program and not billed through ZMASTER's merchant account and made them see that they had made a mistake. Now by way of covering their own asses for their mistake they are saying that B2B ZIP licensed adult content downloads fall under the same guidelines as membership based sites. Now they are trying to charge ZMASTER the VISA $750.00 and $1000.00 for Master Card to process content sold on ZMASTER.com. I am currently trying to explain to them what ZMASTER does, but I may have to remove all content downloads from the ZMASTER.com site and just sell the CDs via mail again like in the old days to keep my merchant processing. I'm sure I will loose a large portion of my business at that time so I'll most likely pay the extortion charge. To say that the people I have spoken to over at Card Services are stupid would be doing a disservice to stupid idiots eveywhere. Is anyone else having issues with processing for content sales? __________________ EXCLUSIVE ZMASTER REALITY VIDEOS Phone 561-964-8883 " Prepare yourself for the most impure tale ever to spring from the mind of man!"