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Gun store ecommerce, explained straight.
Guides for FFL dealers selling online — platform policies, payment processing, and real costs. Written to be useful whether or not you ever run a SiteTac store.
The 10 Best Gun-Friendly Payment Processors for FFL Dealers (2026)
Ranked: who actually holds firearms merchant accounts in 2026, from Authorize.Net and NMI to the high-risk specialists, plus the aggregators that will shut you down.
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How to Get a Firearms Merchant Account in 2026 (Approval Checklist)
What underwriters ask for, what gets FFL applications declined, whether you need a gateway or a merchant account or both, and how long approval really takes.
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Stripe, Square, PayPal and Shopify Payments Ban Gun Sales: What FFLs Use Instead
Each platform’s firearms policy line by line, what happens when they catch you, and the merchant-account-plus-gateway setup dealers switch to.
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Can You Sell Guns on Shopify? The 2026 Policy, Line by Line
Shopify Payments bans firearms and ammo outright, and the platform rules restrict the rest. What the documents actually say, and where the third-party-gateway workaround breaks.
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