High-Risk Industries We Serve
GivePayments boards high-risk and mid-risk businesses across health, subscriptions, retail, services, travel, B2B, nonprofits, and specialized consult-only categories, each with a published fee range and an honest approval path. A business is high-risk for its MCC or billing model, not because it's illegitimate.
- 25+ verticals boarded
- Published fee ranges
- Mid-risk too
One payments problem
One reason these businesses are all here
A nutraceutical brand, a moving company, a SaaS platform, and a church look nothing alike, what they share is a payments problem. Each trips something a mainstream processor is built to avoid: a high-risk MCC, a chargeback profile, a recurring-billing or free-trial model, a large average ticket, a long delivery window, or a regulated product.
So they get declined at signup or, worse, boarded fast and frozen the moment volume or disputes climb. Every vertical below is underwritten on a dedicated account sized to its real risk, grouped by what it does, no internal tier labels.
Health & Wellness
Health & wellness
Subscriptions & Memberships
Subscriptions & memberships
Subscription & continuity billing
Recurring revenue defended, not frozen, clean renewals and disputes kept under threshold.
Subscription boxes
Recurring physical-goods billing underwritten for the model.
SaaS & software billing
Recurring software revenue on accounts built to defend it.
Online courses & e-learning
Info-product billing and refund exposure handled up front.
Fitness studios & gyms
Membership recurring billing and cancellation flows.
Retail & E-commerce
Retail & e-commerce
High-risk e-commerce & dropshipping
Long shipping windows spike disputes; we underwrite the fulfillment reality up front.
High-ticket & luxury retail
One large chargeback is a serious exposure, we underwrite the ticket size.
Pet products & auto-ship
Recurring auto-ship billing underwritten for the model.
Tobacco & vape
Age-verification and shipping-law requirements built into underwriting.
Services & Coaching
Services & coaching
B2B & Specialized
B2B, invoicing & specialized
B2B & invoice payments
Recurring amounts, deposits, and disbursements handled cleanly.
Property management
Recurring rent and deposit flows underwritten properly.
Moving & relocation
Deposits and disbursements with clean handling.
Money services (MSB), consult-first
Boardable with BSA/AML gating.
Online gaming & fantasy sports, consult-first
Boardable, gated on state-by-state lawfulness.
Dating services, consult-first
Non-adult only, handled consult-first.
FAQ
Industries FAQ
What industries does GivePayments support?
We board a wide span of high-risk and mid-risk verticals, health and wellness (nutraceuticals, peptides), subscriptions and memberships, retail and e-commerce (dropshipping, high-ticket and luxury goods), services and coaching, travel and events, B2B and invoicing, nonprofits and faith-based giving, plus specialized consult-only categories like MSBs, online gaming, and MLM. Each has a dedicated page with its fee range and approval notes. If you don't see yours, it's worth a conversation, the list isn't exhaustive.
What types of businesses are considered high risk?
A business is classed high-risk for reasons that have little to do with legitimacy: a high-risk MCC, elevated chargeback exposure, card-not-present volume, recurring or free-trial billing, large average tickets, long delivery windows, or a regulated product. Any one of these can get a business declined or frozen by a mainstream processor. The common thread isn't that the business is doing something wrong, it's that the risk needs to be underwritten properly rather than waved through and then dropped.
Does GivePayments board mid-risk businesses too?
Yes. Plenty of the verticals here, SaaS, property management, moving, fitness, pet products, nonprofits, sit at the mid-risk end and get declined or frozen by aggregators more for their billing model or category than for genuine danger. We underwrite them on accounts sized to their actual risk, which often means better terms than the high-risk label would suggest.
What if my industry isn't listed?
Talk to us. The pages here cover the verticals we see most, but underwriting is model-by-model, not a closed list, and some boardable categories are handled consult-first rather than getting a marketing page. The fastest way to find out whether your business is boardable is to tell us what you do; we'll give you a straight answer.
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Don't see your category?
Underwriting is model-by-model, not a closed list. Tell us what you do and we'll give you a straight answer.