We build the stores everyone else turns away.
Banned by the website builders. Frozen by the payment processors. Dropped by the hosts. Approved Commerce is the done-for-you agency for high-risk and regulated products. We get you live, get you paid, and keep you approved.
The website was never the hard part.
Anyone can build a store in a weekend. The reason your business cannot get off the ground is everything around it. That is the part we solve.
The builders ban you
Mainstream site platforms suspend high-risk merchants without warning and take the storefront down with them. You rebuild from zero, again.
The processors freeze you
Get flagged once and your payouts are held, your account is closed, and your funds sit in limbo for months. No card payments means no business.
The hosts drop you
Generic hosts and registrars enforce acceptable-use policies that quietly forbid your category. One complaint and your domain goes dark.
A full storefront, and the infrastructure to keep it standing.
We do not just hand you a website. We deliver the four things a high-risk store needs to survive, set up and connected for you. Hover to see what each one covers.
Apply to work with usGetting paid is the whole game.
A beautiful store that cannot take a card is a brochure. We treat payment processing as the product, not an afterthought. That means the right acquirer for your category, and a backup processor ready so a single shutdown never takes you offline.
- Matched to acquirers that approve your specific category
- A primary plus a backup processor for failover
- Card, ACH and crypto options where they fit
- Underwriting paperwork prepared with you, not dumped on you
Categories we know how to launch.
We lead with peptides, where we have gone deepest on processors and compliant copy. The rest of these we set up too.
We only take on products that are legal to sell in the markets you ship to. See the compliance section below, and the full terms.
From application to live in four steps.
Apply & qualify
Tell us your product and volume. We confirm it is something we can legally launch and quote you a fixed scope.
Build & connect
We build the store and run payment underwriting in parallel, so the processor is approved by the time the site is ready.
Launch & get paid
We go live on durable hosting with card processing active, age gates on, and compliant copy in place.
Stay approved
Optional ongoing care: backup processor monitoring, migrations, and fast recovery if anything upstream changes.
Payment processors set up per store, primary plus backup
Of stores ship with age gates and required disclaimers
Fixed-scope quote before any work starts, no surprises
Clear scope, fixed price, no platform that can ban you.
Every build is quoted to your category and volume. These are starting points. We confirm the exact number before we begin.
Launch
Get a clean store live and taking cards.
- Custom storefront for your products
- One high-risk processor set up
- Durable hosting, domain and email
- Age gate, disclaimers, compliant copy
Failsafe
Built to survive a shutdown, not just launch.
- Everything in Launch
- Primary plus backup processor for failover
- ACH or crypto rails where they fit
- Migration of an existing store if needed
- 30 days of post-launch support
Uptime
Ongoing care so you never go dark.
- Processor and uptime monitoring
- Fast recovery if an upstream policy changes
- Ongoing store and compliance updates
- Priority on new processor relationships
We say yes carefully, and that protects you.
High-risk does not mean anything goes. The line we hold is what keeps both of us out of trouble and keeps your processor relationships intact.
What do you take on?
Products that are legal to sell in the markets you ship to, including categories that mainstream platforms refuse on policy rather than law. Peptides positioned for research use, supplements, hemp where permitted, and similar.
What will you not do?
We do not launch products that are illegal to sell where you operate, and we do not write false health or earnings claims. Aggressive or unproven claims are exactly what gets a merchant account closed.
Who is responsible for the products and claims?
You are. Approved Commerce builds technology and connects infrastructure. We do not manufacture, stock, or ship anything. Our agreements put product, labeling, and regulatory responsibility on the merchant, and we help you meet the basics like age gates and required disclaimers.
Is this legal advice?
No. We are builders, not lawyers. For your specific labeling, licensing, and regulatory questions we will tell you to confirm with a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction, and we build to whatever they confirm. Our full terms set out exactly where responsibility sits.
Everyone else told you no.
Tell us your product and where you got stuck. If we can launch it, we will quote you a fixed scope and get you live.
Apply to work with usWe reply to every application. No automated rejections.