Payment processor requirements for peptide stores
This matrix records what each payment processor publishes about prescription, nutraceutical and high risk categories. Where no relevant rule was found on the page fetched, the row says UNKNOWN. No processor listed here pays for placement or is an affiliate. A published rule on a broad category is not a ruling on your business, so confirm with the processor.
| Processor | Published rule text | Source and retrieved date |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals Pseudo-pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals that are not safe or make harmful claims | Source: stripe.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| PayPal | 8 Prescription Items The sale of any product(s) requiring a prescription or prescription dispensing services. | Source: paypal.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Braintree (PayPal) | prescription drugs, illegal drugs or substances designed to mimic illegal drugs | Source: braintreepayments.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Checkout.com | Internet pharmacies (including referral sites) or prescription drugs/devices; Mail Order or Telephone Order companies (MOTO); Proprietary trading firms; Pseudo-pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals and food products (highly regulated), including, but not limited to CBD related products | Source: checkout.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Shopify Payments | Certain categories of businesses and business practices are prohibited from using the Payments Services (" Prohibited Businesses "), or require additional review and approval by us to use the Payments Services (" Restricted Businesses "). | Source: shopify.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Square | UNKNOWN Page fetched (HTTP 200); no peptide, nutraceutical or high risk category rule found in its text. The prohibited and restricted business help article returned only a page shell to curl (raw/squareup_com_help_us_en_article_5022-prohibited-and-restricted-businesses.html). | Source: squareup.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Adyen | UNKNOWN No public rule retrieved: URL returned HTTP 404 to curl in this run. | Source: adyen.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Authorize.net | UNKNOWN No public rule retrieved: URL returned HTTP 404 to curl in this run. | Source: authorize.net Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Worldpay | UNKNOWN No public rule retrieved: URL returned HTTP 404 to curl in this run. | Source: worldpay.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Helcim | UNKNOWN No public rule retrieved: URL returned HTTP 403 to curl in this run. | Source: helcim.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Klarna | UNKNOWN Page fetched (HTTP 200) but contains no merchant prohibited category text in the rendered content. | Source: klarna.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Clover | UNKNOWN Page fetched (HTTP 200) but contains no prohibited category list in the content returned to curl. | Source: clover.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |
| Amazon Pay | UNKNOWN Page fetched (HTTP 200) is the Unauthorized Transaction Policy and contains no peptide, nutraceutical or high risk category rule. | Source: pay.amazon.com Retrieved October 7, 2026 |