Question : How does one exactly define an adult content merchant account?

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Answer by stymiee73
An adult merchant account, also known as a high risk merchant account, is usually required for websites that contain adult content. Adult content is usually described as offering pornography for download or for sale through a website. Videos, full length movies, and photographs of sexual acts and nude models are your typical examples of adult content.

But just because a product is adult in nature doesn’t mean it necessarily is adult content. What isn’t adult content are tangible adult products that aren’t pornography. Stores that sell adult toys and apparel typically can establish a merchant account without any extra work or hassle. This is because those kind of products do not share the same high rate of chargebacks as pornography does.