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Introduction – Our Law Firm clients frequently request merchant accounts for their corporations and businesses. Merchant accounts are never included automatically with a bank account in any jurisdiction. They require separate application and processing.
Minimums – We can accept clients doing as little as $10,000 per month in charges. New startups are possible to get merchant accounts for as well. The rate you pay will vary based on what you sell, the history you have accepting credit cards, etc.
Maximums – There is no maximum.
Products We Cannot Accept – Pharmacy products, gambling, gaming, replicas, copyright or trademark violating products, lottery, porn, e-wallets, gold and silver sales, medical marijuana, and virtual currencies. Anything that is illegal in your country or in the countries you do business in, with or ship into we will not accept. Copyright violation, trademark violation is illegal and we cannot touch this.
Fees – The bank fees vary based on what you are processing per month. Fees are normally 8% and can go higher. Yes this is expensive compared to what you might be paying in your home country but then again there is a reason why you wish to process offshore or you would not be reading this page. No one goes offshore expecting to save money or pay the same rates as they would get in their home city.
For an exact rate you have to fill out an online application and we need to submit it. There are no personal merchant accounts. It always need to go through a corporation that we have formed. We cannot work through a corporation formed by another law firm.
Payout – This can be negotiated generally every other week. The money gets deposited in your corporate bank account. The corporation is an anonymous bearer share corporation. The bank has bank secrecy. You are free to wire the funds out of your corporate account anywhere. The bank account will have full online banking.
Holdback – There is usually a holdback of one pay period so you are getting paid one pay period behind.
Chargebacks – The processor will accept a 1% chargeback rate. If it hits 2% you will hear about it and could have your account closed although warnings would be customary but not mandatory. If you go to 6% chargeback rate the account will be closed. Termination of your account can include the processor retaining funds for a period of six months to cover any chargeback’s that may come through after the account is closed down. After six months there will be a settlement.
The merchant account providing offshore banks are not interested in maintaining accounts with high chargeback rates. If you have high chargeback rates now this program is not for you. We do not know of any high chargeback rate programs. It is incumbent upon the merchant to abide by the policies and conditions of the merchant account agreement. We are not responsible for termination or cancellation of the account with the merchant account provider.
Offshore Merchant Accounts – This is the same thing as an offshore credit card processing account or an offshore online payment solution. All of these are going to treat you as a hi risk merchant account. This is predominantly because you are not located in the country of the merchant account provider. This puts the bank as a disadvantage when it comes to collection and underwriting credit. If you wish to pay low risk rates then you need to use a local bank in your country that knows you, to get a low rate. The offshore merchant account market is not geared to low rates, instead they offer a tax free solution for credit card processing offshore. The tax free advantages discount the higher rates most advantageously.
Brick and Mortar Businesses – We do not offer this program to businesses doing in person swipe through transactions like a restaurant, bar, shoe store etc. You must have an online presence with international clientele.
Cost – The fee for the merchant account is $4995 and this includes the corporation and bank account opening. We will only assist in the opening of a merchant account with the purchase of an offshore corporation and bank account through our law firm.
Anonymous Merchant Accounts – There is no such thing. The merchant account provider would be bankrupt so fast you would never get your money. Any firm offering this is a fraud. The bank will want a passport scan, driver license scan and information about your business.
Offshore Merchant Account Online Application – Click here to Apply
The way to start is to let us look at a completed application. This enables us to quickly see what we are dealing with and thus quickly make an intelligent query to the appropriate source for the merchant account. We also can send these applications to our sources for an opinion if needed. It will only take you three minutes to fill out the application. Thank you for your cooperation in advance.
Questions – Questions are welcome by email, phone or Skype.
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*Offshore Legal Associates Law Firm.We have no legal ties or associations with any other law firm or corporation with similar or like sounding names anywhere and should not be so confused with any other entity having a similar or like sounding name.