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Financing - restricted business types

Updated over 2 weeks ago

What business types do financing providers support and prohibit?

Financing (Splitit, Klarna, Sezzle, AfterPay, and Zip Pay) work best for digital creators and businesses with low dispute rates and processing history. However, there are a number of business types that our financing partners cannot support.

If your product or service falls under a restricted category, you won’t be eligible to use financing — even if you’re on Whop.

  • Adult entertainment or materials

  • Bail Bonds

  • Banks, Credit Unions, Mortgage lenders

  • Blood & Organ banks

  • Brokerage

  • Call centers & answering services

  • Collection agencies & debt buyers

  • Contracted Management services

  • Counterfeit goods

  • Credit repair or restoration, Reputation or Debt relief, Credit insurance, Credit card and identify theft protection

  • Dating or Matchmaking services

  • Debt Counseling services

  • Debt and Tax reduction services

  • Discount travel clubs / subscriptions

  • Drug paraphernalia and Dispensaries

  • Energy Generation & distribution

  • Escort services

  • Factoring & Purchase order Financing

  • Farming

  • Financed payments via credit card

  • Financial Transaction processing

  • Firearms - Guns & ammunition sales or manufacturing

  • Flea markets

  • Fortune tellers, horoscope, or astrologists

  • Future service liability greater than one year

  • Gambling, Gaming, Raffles, or Lotteries

  • Government, Non-profits, or Charitable organizations

  • Investment opportunities and advice

  • Liquidation companies

  • Logistics and freight forwarding

  • Magazine subscriptions

  • Manufactured or Mobile home dealers

  • Massage services

  • Medical marijuana from all types

  • Mining

  • Money services businesses

  • Negative response marketing techniques by any type of merchant

  • Non-Bank Finance Companies

  • Non-truck-based freight transportation

  • Nutraceuticals, pseudo-pharmaceuticals and other products that make health claims that have not been approved or verified by the applicable local and/or national regulatory body, or make specific claims about weight loss or improved sexual performance

  • Online auctions

  • Pay per click and parked websites

  • Payroll companies

  • Political fundraising, Political Action Committees, or Political Campaigns (all types)

  • Pornography

  • Precious metal sales

  • Products or services with unreasonable guarantees or claims

  • Property managers

  • Real Estate brokers, agencies, consultants, or lessors

  • Religious Organization

  • Search engine optimization (SEO)

  • Securities & commodities dealers or brokers

  • Social networking sites

  • Sports & performing arts groups or venues

  • Sports forecasting

  • Telecom merchants and transactions (pre-paid cards, rechargeable phone cards, or recurring phone services)

  • Telemarketing companies with the following operations: free gift or prize with purchase of a product, chain letters, sale of any prohibited product or service, hodgepodge product mix, solicitation with outbound phone calls via fax blasting, email spamming, etc.

  • Timeshares, resellers, or fractional ownership

  • Title companies or Escrow agents

  • Video rental

  • Weight loss (none face to face)

If you're unsure whether your business qualifies, feel free to reach out to our team and we’ll take a look with you.

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