BDSM businesses span a wide range — content platforms, domination and femdom sites, education and workshop providers, and gear retailers — and each is underwritten differently. Centurion places BDSM merchants with acquiring relationships that understand the category, and helps structure the one thing that decides most of these applications: consent documentation.
Card networks permit consensual adult BDSM content, but their standards draw hard lines, and acquirers verify that platforms can document consent — to the acts depicted, and to publication — for every piece of performer content. Sites that build this into their workflow get approved; sites that treat it as paperwork after the fact struggle.
Reviewed against card network standards for depicted acts, with documented performer age and consent verification as the central requirement. Consent must cover the specific activities and distribution.
Tribute and session-payment models get extra scrutiny because the 'product' is less tangible — clear service descriptions and no-refund terms disclosed at payment reduce dispute losses.
Classes, coaching, and community events are among the most approvable models in this space — closer to event ticketing than adult content, though still adult-classified.
Physical BDSM gear retail underwrites like adult toy retail: tangible goods, shipping evidence, and comparatively low chargeback ratios.
Aggregators exclude all adult content by policy. Some adult-capable banks additionally avoid BDSM because depicted-consent review requires category expertise they don't staff for. The path through is documentation: platforms that can demonstrate performer consent processes, enforced content policies, and clean dispute ratios are underwritable by acquirers that know the category. Centurion's role is preparing that file and putting it in front of the right banks.
We assess your model — content, sessions, education, or retail — against network standards, help you close documentation gaps before a bank sees the file, and submit to acquirers with BDSM category experience. Availability varies by business model, location, and processing history; every approval is an underwriting decision, and we'll give you a realistic read before you commit.
For BDSM merchants, consent and content documentation carry the most weight:
Documentation requirements vary by processing partner and business model. This list is a general guide, not a universal checklist.
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Speak with Centurion Payment Services about your business model and available processing options. Processing options are subject to underwriting and vary by business model, location, and processing history.