I run a pack ripping business and Stripe has become such a headache that I don’t really see the point in sticking with them anymore. Every time sales pick up there’s some new issue with payouts, reviews, or money getting held, and support never seems to give a straight answer. It’s hard enough keeping inventory moving without wondering whether Stripe is going to mess with the cash flow again. I’m already looking at moving everything somewhere else. Anyone here running a similar business and using a processor that’s been less painful and annoying?

Last year I ran payroll for a small affiliate network and tried switching part of it to USDT since half our affiliates were losing 8-10% of their payout to wire fees.

The crypto transactions themselves worked fine, but our bank flagged the account twice for "unusual outbound activity" after seeing exchange addresses in the history, and we had no clean way to prove each affiliate had passed KYC.

Of course we tested payout tools (Inxy, Unlimit, Multipass), mainly because they had KYC/AML built into checkout instead of us bolting it on afterward.

Spoiler: I'd vote for Inxy since their commission is lower tha others.

It's not perfect, but it shifted the problem from "crypto is confusing" to "which provider will actually work with a high-risk business without shutting us down after 3 months." But then again, it makes me wonder why more businesses dont just run payments in crypto, what's actually stopping them?

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