Prohibited Goods and Services with Square Point of Sale
Square strives to provide a safe environment for both buyers and sellers. As such, we do not permit the sale of certain goods and services that are listed in Square’s General Terms of Service. In this agreement, you confirmed that you will not accept payments in connection with the following businesses or business activities:
Any illegal activity or goods
Credit counselling or credit repair agencies
Credit protection or identity theft protection services
Direct marketing or subscription offers or services
Infomercial sales
Internet/mail order/telephone order pharmacies or pharmacy referral services (where the fulfilment of medication is performed with an Internet or telephone consultation, absent a physical visit with a physician including re-importation of pharmaceuticals from foreign countries)
Unauthorised multi-level marketing businesses
Inbound or outbound telemarketers
Prepaid phone cards or phone services
Rebate based businesses
Up-sell merchants
Betting, including lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, Fantasy Football, off-track betting, and wagers at races
Financial institutions offering manual or automated cash disbursements
Prepaid cards, cheques, insurance or other financial merchandise or services
Sales of money orders or foreign currency by non-financial institutions
Wire transfer money orders
High-risk products and services, including telemarketing sales
Automated fuel dispensers
Adult entertainment-oriented products or services (in any medium, including the Internet, telephone or printed material)
Sales of (i) firearms, firearm parts or hardware, and ammunition; or (ii) weapons and other devices designed to cause physical injury
Drug paraphernalia
False, misleading or deceptive advertising or marketing
Hate or harmful products
Escort services
Bankruptcy attorneys or collection agencies engaged in the collection of debt
Unsolicited vendors that require immediate payment for the future provision of products or services (e.g. door-to-door organisations)
Products designed to circumvent copyrights or otherwise facilitate illegal use of copyright materials
Internet/mail order/telephone order of age-restricted products (e.g. tobacco)
Timeshare and timeshare maintenance
Fulfilment houses
Payment processing service providers
For more information, review Square’s General Terms of Service.