Dear Awesome Reader!
You read that right! Due to unforeseen circumstances we cannot currently accept credit cards. We are investigating getting up and running with a new processing company, but it’s taking much longer than expected.
Our last day accepting orders was January 1st. All the orders for printed comics were processed and mailed out on January 4th. While we also can’t accept new orders for our Digital Comics, you can still download previous purchases.
We’ve had a few kind readers suggest that we accept Paypal, Venmo, Stripe, Square etc… Unfortunately, all of these services prohibit adult content. We used to have accounts with them, but were eventually terminated.
Fear not! We have full plans on continuing to create high-quality erotic gay comics for a long time to come. This will only be a temporary interruption! We will update you when we have more news!
All the best,
Patrick and Fraser
P.S. If you want to help us keep things running in the interim, feel free to subscribe to Patrick’s Patreon, leave something in his Tip Jar, or buy us a Cup of Coffee!
UPDATE #1 – Jan 10th.
Because so many concerned readers are asking great questions, we figured that we should post information here. Credit card processing is fairly complicated and there are usually six parties involved who all have to agree on what’s going on. We’ll list them below this post*.
In short, we (the Merchant) apply to a Payment Processor, who takes our info to the Acquiring Bank, who underwrites (decides if we are too risky or not based on our content and their guidelines) the acceptableness of our business.
So far we have heard back that because we are based in Canada, there are far fewer Acquiring Banks who accept adult companies, and they are quite a bit more restrictive than if we were based in the USA.
At this point we’ve applied to several Payment Processor’s without success.
UPDATE #2 – Jan 19th
We’ve enquired with / applied to more Payment Processors and been declined by the banks underwriting them. Without the acceptance of the Acquiring Bank, the Payment Processor can’t help us. All the Payment Processors have been very supportive and understanding.
From what we can understand, the Acquiring Banks that underwrite us are erring on the side of caution and applying all the concerns that would be present with real peoples and live actors.
We are asked if our comics contain violence, blood, weapons, water sports, the exchange of bodily fluids etc… Obviously they do, but obviously no real person is being harmed. The rules are there to protect real people, not illustrations!
We currently have two open applications with International Payment processors, including CCBill. We have our fingers crossed, along with every other bendable appendage!
Keeping high hopes,
Patrick and Fraser
*Parties involved in a Credit Card purchase:
Merchant: The business owner who accepts credit card payments online.
Payment Processor: The go-between for merchants and the acquiring bank, they facilitate credit card transactions.
Acquiring Bank: The “merchant bank” which settles & distributes credit card payments to business owners.
Card Brands: Visa, Mastercard, Amex are card brands that allow payments to be processed via their card network.
Issuing Bank: These are the banks who supply the credit card to the customer to use.
Cardholder: The customer using the network to make purchases.
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