I must admit, the past few weeks i have been shopping around and comparing processing rates with a variety of billing companies and, i was really surprised to see the difference in processing fees between adult and non-adult IPSPs.
For example, right now on EC Suite (CCBills non-adult processor) i have a rate of 4.9% for transactions yet, on CCBill true, my rate is 12.5%.
Now, bear in mind, both types of sales we're running through these processors are membership based, it just happens that one type of product is marketed to non-adult surfers (with some adult promotion thrown int he mix) and one type if purely 'porn'.
Why such a huge difference in processing fees? I know we are led to beleive that porn site memberships are considered 'high risk' by these companies but, when running membership sites in both adult and mainstream, would it not make sense for them both to be considered high risk?
Your thoughts? Do you think we get to pay higher processing fees in adult because it is 'porn'?
Regards,
Lee
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