We have appreciated the business of our vendors who sell academic writing services; however, after careful deliberation, our experience with such sales and our consideration of related legal issues in the United States leads us to conclude that we can no longer support those services.

We will no longer be accepting new accounts to sell term papers and similar products. We will add these items to the next update of our Prohibited Products List.

On January 15, 2009, existing accounts that are selling term papers, dissertations, etc., will no longer accept sales. All current 2CO vendors who are selling term papers are strongly encouraged to begin switching to an alternative sales solution as soon as possible in order to avoid or minimize any disruption of your business operations.

If you have any questions about this policy as it relates to your account, please contact our Risk department directly at risk@2co.com.

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Before continuing further, please be aware that services of this type are restricted to US based operations only. The item must be shipped to, and serviced from, locations within the continental United States.

The Risk Management department of 2CO is prepared to allow repair/data transfer/maintenance services to be accepted with a 10% rolling reserve per the “Restricted Product” guidelines of our Allowed Products list, based on the following conditions:

1. The supplier must supply proof of a surety bond in an amount equal to 8x the approximate value of the items that would be shipped serviced. 2Checkout does not supply or facilitate bonding services, we would recommend you contact either your insurance company or http://www.nasbp.org for assistance in obtaining the bond. The bond must list the supplier as the principal for the bond, with 2Checkout.com as the obligee. The bond shall state the vendor will perform the contracted service on the product and return it to the customer in a condition equivalent to or better than it’s original condition. This would insure the funds to cover any losses 2Checkout may incur from loss of customer property due to negligence or loss on the part of the supplier.
2. Both purchasers and supplier must provide shipping insurance/delivery confirmation for the packages sent. We recommend the usage of DHL, Fed/Ex, USPS, or UPS shipping to ensure transparency of the timeframe in which the item(s) shipment was initiated/received. Your site must state this requirement to the customer clearly before the transaction takes place.
3. 2CO will require a guarantee that will protect us from the possibility of the service not being rendered through supplier inability, or other circumstances that may result in large numbers of cancellations or refunds of funds that we would have paid out to you before the service was completed. This should be a written statement, signed by the account holder, specifically stating 2Checkout bears no responsibility for reimbursement of repair/transfer/service for which the vendor has already been paid in the case of inability to service the request.
4. All products within the account must be listed as tangible, and no order may be marked as shipped until the merchandise has been shipped by the supplier. Valid tracking information must be entered at the time of delivery.
5. 2CO will also require a completed copy of the Risk Form and a record of your business history faxed to 614-921-2451 ATTN: Risk.

If you agree to these conditions, please respond with the requested paperwork and completed Risk Form.

You will be required to provide extra business and personal information because some products/services are “restricted” by 2co. Contact risk@2co.com for further information.

Please see the Prohibited Products list of products and services that CANNOT be sold using 2CheckOut, Inc.

It must be stated very clearly on the website that the site is NOT guaranteed to be up for more than one year. If you do not have any guarantee about how long the site will be online, then that must be clearly disclosed to prospective buyers.

In addition to the one-year limit on the guarantee, additional restrictions that 2Checkout is now placing on such sites include:

• 2Checkout will require a copy of a receipt from the site’s hosting service as evidence that hosting has been prepaid for the time that the site is guaranteed.
• Pixel site vendors must complete a Risk Form and return it to 2Checkout.com (I will attach a copy of the form to this e-mail).
• 2Checkout.com will withhold a reserve amount higher than our regular accounts. Reserve level will be 20 percent.

If you would like to use 2Checkout.com services for an account with these restrictions, please contact risk@2co.com for a copy of the risk form.

The terms outlined in our Supplier Agreement and Operating Regulations are geared towards the standard purchase of goods and services, and are not readily serviceable for conferences, events and seminars. It is a requirement of the card association that goods/services be rendered at the time when the credit card is actually charged for a sale. In the case of a seminar/conference/event, the product is not supplied until well after the time in which the credit card is charged.

The Risk Management department of 2CO is prepared to allow for your conferences/seminars/events to be accepted per the “Restricted Product” guidelines of our Allowed Products list, based on the following conditions:

1. 2CO will hold-back 25% of each sale in a “reserve fund” pending verified completion of the event. The 25% hold-back will be released in 2 installments. The first installment will be released no earlier than 1 week following the event. This is required to allow the 2CO verification department ample time to verify that the event took place, and that there are no initial customer complaints. At this point 80% of the hold-back (approximately 20% of your total sales) will be released to you. The remaining funds will be released on the pay period 90 days after the completion of the verification process.For example:
   If your event is scheduled to take place on January 1st, the hold-back payout would be as follows:
   • approximately January 10th — 20% of total sales
   • approximately April 10th — remaining 5% of total sales (less refundsand chargebacks)

   Please note: Verification will NOT take place until after you inform 2CO that the event has taken place.*

2. Purchasers/attendees must be provided with some tangible evidence of purchase, such as a ticket, a certificate of registration, etc., at the point when the sale is made.
3. 2CO will require a guarantee that will protect us from the possibility of the event not taking place, or other circumstances that may result in large numbers of cancellations or refunds of funds that we would have paid out to you before the conference/event takes place. This should be a written statement, signed by the account holder, specifically stating 2Checkout bears no responsibility for reimbursement of ticket costs for which the vendor has already been paid in the case of canceled events.
4. 2CO will also require a completed copy of the Risk Form, a record of your business history, as well as documentation of a previous event (you may submit a newspaper posting, copy of a brochure, etc.) faxed to 614-921-2451 ATTN: Risk.

If you agree to these conditions, please respond with the requested paperwork and completed Risk Form.

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A review of the site will need to be done prior to opening an account. Procedures for ‘Restricted’ accounts:

Completed Risk Form

Your return policy must agree with ours (see Operating regulations) https://www.2checkout.com/documentation/operating.html

Agree to the following: Reserve level will be 10% for initial 6 month period. Processing fees will be 7.5% + $0.55 USD.

There can be no nudity, adult DVD’s or porn links on the site. If you agree to these terms, the site has been approved and you open an account please, forward the seller ID you will receive to risk@2co.com. You will receive a risk form at this time. Please fax to 614-921-2451 attn:risk