Merchant Processing for Furniture Retailers

Moneybox can help secure a furniture retailer merchant account for your business when many other processors are unwilling to cooperate.

Credit Card Processing for Furniture Retailers

The furniture industry has seen a significant shift towards online sales in recent years, boosting profits and transforming how furniture businesses secure merchant accounts. With the rise in online furniture purchasing, driven by advancements in payment processing and shipping, the average transaction value in furniture retail has soared, presenting unique challenges for obtaining merchant accounts. Moneybox offers tailored furniture retail merchant accounts, ideal for processing credit card transactions for online sales, in-store pickups, or specialized direct shipping services.

As the home furniture sector has embraced online sales, it’s tapped into a broader, internet-savvy customer base, with sales potential limited only by inventory and shipping capabilities. However, this digital pivot introduces heightened risks. Traditional credit card processors often view furniture sales online and in physical stores as high-risk due to the high ticket prices and potential for chargebacks. Despite furniture sales not immediately appearing risky, the perspective from credit card processors and merchant service providers differs. Suppose you’ve struggled to secure reliable and secure merchant services through conventional means. In that case, Moneybox stands ready to assist, providing solutions that understand and cater to the specific needs of the furniture industry.

Challenges in the Furniture Retail Sector

Despite the growing success of online furniture sales, financial institutions often impose stricter criteria for merchant accounts for online businesses compared to traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Here are the reasons why banks consider online furniture retailers high-risk:

  • High Chargeback Rates: The furniture industry experiences a notable rate of chargebacks, often due to dissatisfaction or damage during shipping.
  • Large Ticket Sizes: Furniture purchases typically involve high-value transactions, which inherently carry more risk for processors.
  • High Order Volume: The sheer number of transactions can overwhelm standard processing systems.
  • Buyer’s Remorse: The nature of furniture purchases can lead to regret, especially if the item doesn’t fit or meet expectations upon delivery.

Despite these challenges, Moneybox offers streamlined solutions to quickly and efficiently set up your merchant account, understanding the unique demands of the online furniture retail space.

Securing Your Furniture Retail Merchant Account

In some sectors, the risks perceived by credit card processors might be exaggerated, but for furniture retail, these risks are tangible. However, economic activity would suffer significantly if every high-risk business were denied secure payment processing. This is where Moneybox steps in, offering tailored merchant services designed to tackle the specific challenges faced by furniture businesses.

Starting with Moneybox for your online furniture merchant account is straightforward. Our application process is easy and designed to maximize your chances of approval. We provide fully customizable merchant account services, ensuring you can accept credit card payments without complications.

Frequently Asked Questions

Moneybox offers merchant services to a diverse group of home furnishing business in retail stores, eCommerce, and dropshipping. These include custom, luxury, boutique furniture and in decore space.

Moneybox Merchant Services supports the following payment gateways Authorize.net, NMI , TSYS, and Firstpay.

What industries does Moneybox Merchant Services accept as clients? Moneybox specializes in mid-risk as well as specific high-risk industries (the terms “mid-risk” and “high risk” are used here from the perspective of the merchant services industry). We are proud to serve the following industries:

  • Accounting & Tax Prep
  • Adult
  • Airlines
  • Alcohol
  • Antiques & Collectibles
  • Apparel & Clothing
  • Automotive
  • B2B
  • Bad Credit
  • Bail Bonds
  • Bar & Restaurant
  • Cigars & Tobacco
  • Cleaning Service
  • Clothing & Apparel
  • Collectibles
  • Continuity / Subscription Products
  • Continuity-Subscription
  • Credit Monitoring
  • Debt Consolidation
  • Dental
  • Digital Downloads
  • Digital Streaming
  • Document Preparation
  • Drop Shipping
  • Ecommerce
  • Educational Seminars
  • Electronics
  • Events
  • Furniture & Home Furnishings
  • Guns & Firearms
  • Gyms, Fitness & Yoga
  • Hair & Beauty Salon
  • Health & Fitness
  • Healthcare
  • High Volume
  • Hotel & Hospitality
  • Hotels & Lodging
  • Hunting & Outdoor Equipment
  • Insurance
  • Insurance / Warranty
  • Jet Charter
  • Law Firms
  • Legal Services
  • Magazine Subscriptions
  • Medical Billing & Coding
  • Medical Supplies
  • Membership & Recurring Billing
  • MLM Companies
  • Moving Companies
  • Nonprofit
  • Nutraceuticals & Supplements
  • Online Dating
  • Pawnbrokers & Pawn Shops
  • Pet Products
  • Precious Metals
  • Property Management
  • Real Estate
  • SaaS Companies
  • Self Defense, Tasers & Stun Guns
  • Seminars & Coaching
  • SEO & SEM Services
  • Smoking Accessories
  • Survivalist & Tactical Gear
  • Taxes and Accounting
  • Tech Support
  • Telemedicine
  • Ticket Agencies
  • Tobacco & Cigar
  • Transportation & Moving
  • Travel & Timeshare
  • Travel Agency*
  • Utility
  • Vape / e-Cig / eJuice*
  • Veterinarians
  • Web Design Services

Please note, this is NOT a complete list; Moneybox Merchant Services Inc. serves hundreds of additional mid and low risk industries, too. We do not have a full list of industries we can work with, instead we keep a list of business that we currently can not support. See our FAQ page for more info. If the opportunity is right we will of course try to be considerate.

Sorry, we are unable to provide merchant services for foreign or offshore businesses, or any company that is headquartered, or operates, outside of the USA. We are also unable to provide merchant services for any business whose owner does not have a valid SSN and US issued identification (driver’s license, US passport, etc). That said we are working to fix this issue and should have a solution early 2025.

Yes, your startup or new business can be approved by Moneybox Merchant Services for a merchant account. We love startups! While newer businesses without processing history sometimes encounter hurdles when it comes to approval, Moneybox has helped many brand new businesses get their start in payment processing.

A high-risk merchant account is designed for businesses deemed as “high-risk.” These types of businesses have a greater likelihood of chargebacks, fraud, or other financial risk factors. High-risk businesses require such accounts to be able to accept credit and debit card payments.

Various industries are considered high-risk because of their inherent attributes. Some examples include CBD (Cannabidiol) products, e-cigarettes, vape products, stun guns, credit repair services, multi-level marketing, adult products/services, pawnshops, dietary supplements, SEO services, and tech support.

No central authority determines a business’s high-risk categorization. Every payment processor or bank sets its own standards, often based on internal risk management criteria. Providers assess businesses based on several detailed information bits to ascertain risk levels.

Factors contributing to a high-risk business include being a new business, having poor credit records or low credit scores, operating in controversial or highly regulated industries, relying heavily on international sales, and previous placements on the MATCH list by payment processors.

High-risk merchant accounts differ from regular accounts in several ways such as having a longer application process, higher payment processing fees, cash reserve requirements, volume caps in credit card processing, higher chargeback fees, and additional requirements based on the business type.

A high-risk business should ensure it maintains healthy cash levels, tries to reduce chargebacks, discloses all relevant information during the application process, keeps its financial documents ready, and adheres to the guidelines set by its payment processor.

A high-risk business can find a suitable merchant services provider by researching and listing down payment processors that cater to their industry. Businesses should consider factors like the processors’ experience in their industry, processing fees, equipment provided, customer support, experience with businesses in the same industry, and support for diverse payment methods.

Moneybox Merchant Services Inc. may not cater to all high-risk businesses (e.g. CBD merchants). It offers an upfront underwriting process that identifies risk factors early, saving the merchant time and potential costs. However, if Moneybox cannot service a particular business, they may recommend a processor better suited to your needs.

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