SwirlsGirl

I agree totally and would submit this for consideration as a possible explanation as to what is sort of handcuffing us as webmasters/producers/merchants....

Like Mobius Mike said...we will have to wait and see...but if you examine the history of situations like this past and present ibill-paymonde-ecommerce global-epassporte- no credit card-safe charge-I know there are more, they have almost never ended favorably for any of us.

Maybe thats why I generally have a zero tolerance policy with regard to processing companies.

In principle our relationship with them is much like that of a record company and recording artist.

I learned from The Musical Genius known as Prince years ago, how as an artist or producer, you need to be able to access and engage in commerce with your fans/consumers of your product without a middle man...ie record company or processing company.

Now this may get a little deep or disturbing but they are in fact parasites by definition. They cannot survive or exist without a host....being us webmasters,producers,merchants,artists

record companies are not artists and do not invent,create,or produce art. Processing companies do not produce,invent,or create erotica or porn.

However they both insert themselves between the consumers of art/music or porn/erotica at the point of sale transaction to act as money changers.

They collect and reap the profits from our hard production efforts and we cannot even verify if they are crediting us with all sales.

So whether we stand or fall, there existance is sort of fail safe because they have positioned themselves in the consumer/producer relationship and it ultimately requires us to charge more for our product, and pocket less of the revenue.

If and when this industry can come up with a way to remove them from the equation, and we can directly engage in commerce with our fans,consumers...us as merchants producers artists, and consumers will be much happier and less restricted.