Tobacco & Vapes
Merchant accounts for vape and tobacco shops
Vape and tobacco sales are age-restricted, taxed and limited by state and country. One application reaches the acquirers that board them, matched to how and where you ship.
- CheckingAcquirer AUnited States
- CheckingAcquirer BUnited Kingdom
- CheckingAcquirer CEuropean Union
- CheckingAcquirer DUnited States
- CheckingAcquirer EEuropean Union
What acquirers look for
What an acquirer checks before boarding tobacco and vape shops.
Online tobacco and vape sellers must verify age at checkout and at delivery, respect shipping bans in some states and countries, and in the US comply with the PACT Act's registration, reporting and delivery rules.
Age verification
Age checks at checkout and adult signature on delivery where the law requires it.
Shipping restrictions
Blocking for states and countries where your products cannot be shipped or sold online.
PACT Act compliance (US)
Registration and reporting with the authorities, excise tax collection, and compliant delivery for sales into the US.
Product compliance
Products that meet local rules on nicotine strength, flavours and labelling in each market.
Clear site policies
Published age policy, shipping restrictions, returns and support contact.
You must hold the licenses and registrations your markets require. Approval is always the acquirer's decision; we make sure your application reaches the ones whose rules it fits.
How Orchestrapay helps
Get approved, stay live, keep the accounts.
Get boarded
Fill in one KYC application. We pre-match it to the boarding rules of each acquirer in our network of 40+ that boards tobacco and vape shops, taking MATCH status into account, and send it only where it fits.
Never depend on one account
Run on several merchant accounts at once. Smart Routing splits traffic and fails over when one is paused, and your customers' cards stay in a vault you own.
Keep your accounts
Stay under the card schemes' dispute and fraud thresholds with alerts that stop disputes early, deflection that stops them being filed, and 3D Secure where fraud risk is high.
What tobacco and vape shops ask us.
Most mainstream processors exclude tobacco and vapes. We send your application to acquirers in our network that board age-restricted goods.
Tell us about your tobacco & vapes business.
Share what you sell, where, and how you process today. We will tell you which acquirers in our network are a realistic match before you fill in anything else.
- One application, many acquirers
- Matched to boarding rules before it is sent
- Several accounts behind one integration