MATCH list placements are not evenly distributed across industries. High risk merchant categories that generate elevated chargeback rates are disproportionately represented on the list, because chargeback ratios are one of the most common triggers for the account terminations that result in MATCH list reporting. Industries with high dispute rates, including online gaming and gambling, travel and timeshare, nutraceuticals and supplements, CBD and cannabis, and subscription-based businesses of all kinds, produce MATCH list placements at rates well above the general merchant population. For merchants in these categories, MATCH list placement is a foreseeable outcome of operating in an industry where chargeback exposure is structurally elevated, even when the merchant manages its operations carefully.
27 Blockchain works with MATCH list merchants across all of these industries as a regular part of its client base. The MATCH list status does not affect the integration process or the terms of the crypto payment processing arrangement. What it does affect is the urgency of getting a functioning payment solution in place, because a MATCH list merchant is typically operating without conventional payment processing at the time the conversation with 27 Blockchain begins. The integration timeline is a priority that 27 Blockchain factors into the process from the first assessment, with the goal of minimizing the period during which the merchant is unable to accept digital payments.
