by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Mar 28, 2021 | E-Commerce, Industry News, Tips & Insights
Whether you are a retail, online, or hybrid cigar shop, there comes a time when you might decide that you want to develop a private label brand so you can have unique products and be more competitive with other shops. To be clear, we are discussing products...
by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Mar 21, 2021 | E-Commerce, High-Risk Merchants, Payment Processing Solutions, Tips & Insights
Suppose you’ve recently decided to launch an e-commerce cigar business or expand your brick-and-mortar cigar shop to offer online purchases. In that case, you’re probably wondering how to best accomplish building your e-commerce website. There are many...
by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Mar 14, 2021 | Industry News, Tips & Insights
No matter what your personal feelings are about Covid, one thing is sure, it has changed the landscape of the Cigar & Tobacco Industry. The pandemic has accelerated an existing trend of consumers doing more shopping online rather than shopping at traditional...
by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Mar 7, 2021 | High-Risk Merchants, Payment Processing Solutions, Tips & Insights
Has your e-commerce cigar business been rejected for being considered too “high-risk” by merchant card processors? Has your account been terminated without explanation? Are you being hit with hidden and increasing fees you didn’t know about? If any of these...
by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Feb 28, 2021 | Industry News, Merchant Processing Fees, Payment Processing Solutions, Tips & Insights
We are all breathing a sigh of relief now that Americans are receiving Covid-19 vaccinations and cases seem to be declining (at least for now). But we’re not out of the woods yet. With new variations of the disease circulating and herd immunity months away, the...
by Premium Tobacco Payment Processing | Feb 21, 2021 | High-Risk Merchants, Merchant Processing Fees, Tips & Insights
If you are processing card-not-present (CNP) payments for tobacco products, you need to be aware that you must register with Visa® and MasterCard®. If this sounds bizarre, you may be at risk of your merchant account being terminated. Worse yet, you could be fined in...
