Ever-changing regulations, litigation, and questions over enforcement have made it very difficult to obtain an e-cigarette merchant account, which are necessary if you want to accept and process credit card payments. Banks have classified them as “high-risk” because of these issues. Though all of these factors make it difficult, you can still obtain a e-cigarette merchant account if you keep...
For years, some mainstream merchant account providers have processed e-cig merchant accounts. While not all did so, some did, as this “high risk” industry could function as any other in terms of the government and its regulations. Recent changes have caused an uproar: E-Cigs are now stuck into the “high risk” category – and many mainstream retailers will be stuck...
E-cig, or electronic cigarette, merchants know the industry is big business. While sales are up, merchants need to watch out for fake products. While most merchants are careful to vet their suppliers, not everyone is careful. Also, not all suppliers check out who their product came from, which can lead to even bigger issues down the road, if there is...
Photo Courtesy of TBEC Review The state of Kentucky is home to the largest population of adult smokers in the United States. But even in this bastion of cigarette smoke and nicotine, a competitor is quickly gaining ground threatening to replace traditional cigarettes in the lives of smokers. Electronic cigarettes or e-cigs, are projected to outpace the sale of combustible cigarettes...
Since the growth of the electronic cigarette and the popularity of the product, this business area is booming. These cigarettes are different and not part of the standard regulations and this gives people who use them more opportunities to do so. Smoking in some public places have seen a ban in recent times, depending where you live. These electronic cigarettes...
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are all the rage. They are not age-limited, as users from 18 to 80 seem to love them for their cigarette-replacement. While doctors and lawmakers are still at odds over if e-cigs are safer than traditional tobacco cigarettes, consumers are buying fast. Another aspect that e-cigs offer is flavored “vapors”, the substance that omits tobacco or...
With new taxes and bans on cigarette smoking around the country, merchants with e-cig merchant accounts may have thought they were on the losing end of the battle. If there are fewer customers ordering traditional cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco, what was going to happen to their businesses and profits? The large tobacco companies were not and are not going...
Tobacco cigarette bigwig Reynolds just made a major purchase by the name of Lollilard E-Cigs. While everyone knows that e-cigs are big business, they became that way by marketing themselves as a safer alternative to the average tobacco cigarette. Many are now wondering what happens now that big tobacco has gotten ahold of a “safer alternative”. E-Cigs have been hotly...
Electronic cigarette sales have been exploding across the United States. By 2017 they are expected to reach over $10 billion annually. Though there is much debate regarding the regulation and distribution, parties on both sides of the fence can see that the economy will expand as a result. Electronic cigarette sales have been steadily increasing over the last years. Analysts...
The electronic cigarette market is seeing a boost not only in the sales of the products but also in the products available, with an estimated 240 new flavors appearing on the market each month used to fill up the e-cigarette. Many of these flavors are new to this type of product and market, they can range from a mint flavor...
