Find Tobacco Merchant Account?

[hookah]

The online sale of tobacco has come under fire lately due to a few illegal sites selling to minors. Consequently the entire merchant account industry is jumping ship. The sale of tobacco online is now either totally prohibited or considered a "high risk" account from most merchant providers.

We're looking for a merchant account provider who will accept the sale of tobacco and related products online. We're a Canadian registered business but we ship from the US as our customers are primarily American. Any suggestions would be welcome, thank you. Here is our site, http://www.hookahhub.com/

[MichelH]

I only know that Etelegate specializes in high risk merchant accounts. I am not sure if they allow tobacco resellers as the credit card organizations no longer support the business model. You might want to check on www.Etelegate.com

[jestep]

Tobacco Companies are now 'Offshore Only' for processing. The US government stepped in and put regulations down. The merchant account industry didn't do it by choice. They were forced out just like all of the tobacco businesses that were processing through them.