Prohibited Businesses

The following categories of businesses and business practices are prohibited from using the Jamatto Service (“Prohibited Businesses”). Most, although not all, of these Prohibited Business categories are imposed by the requirements of our banking providers or processors. If you are uncertain as to whether your business is a Prohibited Business, or have questions about how these requirements apply to you, please contact us.

By registering for Jamatto, you are confirming that you will not use the Service to accept payments in connection with the following businesses, business activities or business practices:

  1. Online or other non-face-to-face tobacco, e-cigarette sales, or related items (such as personal vaporizers or e-juice)
  2. Weapons and munitions
  3. Virtual currency that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital products or services or otherwise exit the virtual world
  4. Sexually-oriented or pornographic products or services
  5. Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
  6. Door-to-door sales
  7. Offering substantial rebates or special incentives to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
  8. Negative response marketing
  9. Engaging in deceptive marketing practices
  10. Sharing cardholder information with another merchant for payment of up-sell or cross-sell product or service
  11. Evading Card Network’s chargeback monitoring programs
  12. Engaging in any form of licensed or unlicensed aggregation or factoring
  13. Airlines
  14. Age verification
  15. Age restricted products or services
  16. Bail bonds
  17. Bankruptcy lawyers
  18. Bidding fee auctions
  19. Collection agencies
  20. Chain letters
  21. Check cashing, wire transfers, or money orders
  22. Counterfeit products
  23. Currency exchanges or dealers
  24. Embassies, foreign consulates, or other foreign governments
  25. Firms selling business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting or reduction, credit counseling, repair or protection, or real estate purchases with no money down
  26. Credit card and identity theft protection
  27. Cruise lines
  28. Essay mills
  29. Flea markets
  30. Drug paraphernalia
  31. Extended warranties
  32. Psychic services
  33. “Get rich quick” schemes
  34. Gambling (including but not limited to lotteries, Internet gaming, contests, sweepstakes, or offering of prizes as an inducement to purchase products or services)
  35. Sports forecasting or odds making
  36. Illegal products or services
  37. Mail-order brides
  38. Money transmitters or money service businesses
  39. Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
  40. Online or other non-face-to-face pharmacies or pharmacy referral services
  41. Prepaid phone cards, phone services or cell phones
  42. Pseudo pharmaceuticals
  43. Quasi-cash or stored value
  44. Securities brokers
  45. Shipping or forwarding brokers
  46. Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
  47. Telemarketing
  48. Telecommunications equipment and telephone sales
  49. Timeshares
  50. Centralized travel reservation services or travel clubs
  51. Personal computer technical support
  52. Selling video game or virtual world credits (unless you are the operator of the video game or virtual world)
  53. Selling social media activity, such as Twitter followers, Facebook likes, or YouTube views
  54. Any product or service that infringes upon the copyright, trademark, or trade secrets of any third party
  55. Any product, service or activity that is deceptive, unfair, predatory, or prohibited by one or more Card Networks
  56. Funding any of the items included on this Prohibited Businesses list