Getting Fucked by Stripe
Stripe CEO here: In general, selling anything related to illegal drugs is strictly prohibited by our banking partners. I wish we could be more permissive here, particularly as marijuana legalization gathers pace. That said, it's still illegal at the federal level, and the government doesn't mess around on this stuff.[1] Software is an interesting case; I'm going to go talk to our compliance team to see what we can do.<p>In general, we try to make our prohibitions clear[2], and we try to give a grace period (the five days referenced) in order to minimize disruption.<p>If anyone has suggestions for how we could do this better in a world where stringent prohibitions exist, we're all ears. (I'm patrick@stripe.com) We don't like imposing others' rules, but that's part of the reality in operating in the US and on Visa's/MasterCard's/etc. networks.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point</a><p>[2] <a href="https://stripe.com/us/prohibited-businesses" rel="nofollow">https://stripe.com/us/prohibited-businesses</a>