Comments on: Hobby Search says: “No more ADULT goodies for you!”

By: Humberto Saabedra

Humberto Saabedra — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:58:28 +0000

Yup, PayPal doesn't like its processing service to be used for buying "adult goods" which are defined as "relating to sales of items that are considered obscene and "certain sexually oriented materials or services" although they do make an obvious exception for ebay.

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Wait so its Paypals fault that they dont offer adult stuff anymore?
Im actually really grateful for paypals existence since I dont own a creditcard and it iosnt as common over here as in other countries

By: Humberto Saabedra

Humberto Saabedra — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:56:07 +0000

That makes a lot of sense and in the case of Hobby Search, would definitely work as they still have the third-party processor strictly for credit cards, but PayPal’s policies on allowed merchandise bother me on principle.

By: relentlessflame

relentlessflame — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:49:12 +0000

What some other stores have done to “address” this issue is open a second parallel site without PayPal that only deals with the stuff that the main site can’t. That way they get the benefit of being able to process PayPal for most things without losing the sales of the other products. Not sure if that’s what they have planned, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Depends on if they figure it’s worth their while.

By: Humberto Saabedra

Humberto Saabedra — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:58:20 +0000

I hope it doesn’t become a trend, especially knowing PayPal’s policies may do more harm than good in the long run.