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Acceptable Use Policy

What products and services can be sold through Commet.

Commet acts as Merchant of Record for transactions processed through Commet-managed payment connections. This policy defines which products we can support on that payment rail. Customer-owned payment connections remain subject to their provider's own rules and do not make a product eligible for Commet-managed processing.

Have questions about your specific use case? Contact our support team before starting your integration.

Basic eligibility requirements

Every product sold through Commet-managed processing must:

  1. Be lawful, transparent, and consistent with payment-provider requirements
  2. Be sold directly by the business that owns or holds the rights required to distribute it
  3. Be a working digital product delivered automatically or with minimal human involvement
  4. Match the product, pricing, ownership, and fulfillment described in the merchant's submission and website

Ordinary customer support does not make an automated digital product a human-delivered service.

Allowed categories

Software, SaaS, and automated digital services

Mobile apps, desktop software, SaaS, AIaaS, developer tools, hosting, analytics, dashboards, website information services, and other electronically supplied services are allowed when the product is standardized and automatically delivered.

This includes SEO and marketing software for analytics, diagnostics, content planning, approval, or scheduled publishing. Serving a financial, medical, or other regulated industry does not by itself turn software into the regulated activity. The software must not perform any prohibited activity listed below.

Digital content and downloads

Code repositories, templates, eBooks, PDFs, magazines, newsletters, icons, fonts, design resources, photos, videos, audio files, video games, and owned digital directories or information databases are allowed when the seller holds the necessary rights.

Premium access and self-service education

Subscription content, gated digital experiences, private repositories, community access, and self-service online courses are allowed when access and fulfillment are automated. Live one-to-one coaching and instructor-delivered services are not included.

Categories requiring manual review

These categories are not confirmed policy violations. They require a person to verify the identified fact before approval.

Pre-orders and paid waitlists

Pre-orders and paid waitlists require evidence of a defined digital product, delivery schedule, refund terms, and a credible history or plan for fulfillment.

Unclear or incomplete business evidence

A business requires review when its submission and available website evidence do not establish what the customer buys, who owns it, whether fulfillment is automated, or whether the website describes the same offering. A collection problem alone is not a reason to deny the business.

Products and business models Commet does not support

The categories below cannot use Commet-managed processing. Some are lawful businesses that fall outside our Merchant of Record product; others are prohibited by payment-provider, network, legal, or risk requirements.

Physical goods, professional services, and live events

  • Physical goods or anything requiring shipping or physical fulfillment
  • Human-delivered professional services, including consulting, accounting, tax preparation, marketing, design, development, managed services, or tech support
  • Live one-to-one coaching, instructor-delivered services, staffing, or recruitment services
  • Tickets or access to live in-person events

Software used by professionals remains allowed when the customer buys the software rather than the professional's work.

Marketplaces, third-party sales, and advertising inventory

  • Marketplaces, job boards, or creator platforms that collect payment for third-party sellers, workers, or creators
  • Unauthorized resale or distribution, including software licenses and third-party game items or virtual currency
  • Advertising placements sold in websites, email, or social media
  • Payment facilitation, aggregation, or receiving settlement proceeds for products or services supplied by another merchant

Travel, donations, fundraising, dating, and file sharing

  • Travel reservations, travel clubs, timeshares, charter travel, airlines, or cruises
  • Donations, charitable contributions, fundraising, crowdfunding, raffles, or sweepstakes
  • Dating and matchmaking platforms
  • Cyberlockers and file-sharing services

Financial products, cryptocurrency, and stored value

  • Investment strategies, trading signals, wealth management, tax advice sold as a service, brokerage, funded prop trading, or trading services
  • Lending, bank-account funding, money transmission, remittances, currency exchange, escrow, neobanks, custody, or transaction facilitation
  • Cryptocurrency exchanges, wallets, mining, staking, ICOs, NFT products, or secondary NFT sales
  • Third-party gift cards, prepaid cards, monetary credits, stored value, or game currency

Software that only analyzes information or provides operational tools does not become a financial service unless it executes, controls, intermediates, or advises on the regulated activity. Credits usable only for the seller's own software are not third-party stored value.

Regulated and age-restricted products or services

  • Gambling, betting, lotteries, or wagering
  • Weapons, firearms, or regulated weapon components
  • Alcohol, tobacco, vaping products, cannabis, CBD, or illegal drugs
  • Pharmaceuticals, online pharmacies, prescription products, regulated medical devices, telemedicine, unsafe nutraceuticals, medical advice, or weight-loss products making medical claims
  • Any product or service requiring a license or regulatory approval that the business cannot document or that our provider does not support

Unsolicited marketing, deceptive engagement, and data abuse

  • Automated unsolicited outreach or telemarketing
  • Bulk SMS, WhatsApp, email, or other messaging that risks spam
  • Automated mass submission, fake engagement, fake reviews, or traffic sales
  • Selling, distributing, or scraping personal contact data without authorization
  • Services that undermine user privacy or data security

Generating content, analyzing marketing data, or scheduling approved posts is not prohibited by itself.

Deceptive, abusive, or nonfunctional products

  • Pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing, or get-rich-quick schemes
  • Misleading identity, pricing, trial, testimonial, fulfillment, or earnings claims
  • High-pressure or predatory sales practices
  • Products that are nonfunctional, cannot deliver what is sold, or provide no meaningful value
  • Document falsification, card testing, chargeback evasion, or transactions without a real product or service

Illegal activity and intellectual-property violations

  • Products or services that violate laws in the business's jurisdiction or target markets
  • Counterfeit goods or infringement of copyright, trademarks, patents, privacy, or other third-party rights
  • Products the seller does not own or have permission to distribute
  • Services designed to breach or bypass another platform's rules
  • Products or services that exploit, endanger, or unlawfully target minors

Adult content and sexually oriented services

  • Pornography or sexually explicit media designed for sexual gratification, including AI-generated content meeting those criteria
  • Prostitution, escorts, sexual live chat, fetish services, or platforms primarily selling that content or those services

Viewer ratings, mature themes, romance, adult situations, or genre labels do not establish prohibited adult content by themselves.

Malware, evasion tools, and unauthorized media

  • Malware, spyware, viruses, suspicious remote-support tools, or privacy-invasive monitoring software
  • Cheating tools, hacks, ban-bypass tools, IP or API cloaking, or services designed to evade enforcement
  • IPTV or unauthorized streaming services
  • eSIM or telecommunication services

Provider requirements

This policy incorporates applicable payment-provider requirements, including Stripe's prohibited and restricted businesses and dLocal's restricted and prohibited activities. Provider approval for a restricted category must be documented in writing; an internal Commet approval cannot replace it.

The lists above are representative rather than exhaustive. Commet may review, suspend, or stop processing when new evidence shows illegal, misleading, unsupported, or materially different activity.

Related

  • Merchant of Record — How Commet handles taxes and compliance as your MoR
  • Finance Overview — Balances, payouts, and transaction history

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Basic eligibility requirements
Allowed categories
Software, SaaS, and automated digital services
Digital content and downloads
Premium access and self-service education
Categories requiring manual review
Pre-orders and paid waitlists
Unclear or incomplete business evidence
Products and business models Commet does not support
Physical goods, professional services, and live events
Marketplaces, third-party sales, and advertising inventory
Travel, donations, fundraising, dating, and file sharing
Financial products, cryptocurrency, and stored value
Regulated and age-restricted products or services
Unsolicited marketing, deceptive engagement, and data abuse
Deceptive, abusive, or nonfunctional products
Illegal activity and intellectual-property violations
Adult content and sexually oriented services
Malware, evasion tools, and unauthorized media
Provider requirements
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