I have tried to delete every word on my site that I can find about cbd and health related claims.  They give you no direction about what they see and then just deactivate you.  My whole entire business is just up in flames.  There is no other option for a subscription brand like mine that also sells non-cbd products.  We have been on this plaform since 2019.  We only a month ago went through an audit and then past and then 30 days later back to being harassed. YOu can't speak to a human in this department.  It's the worst customer service on the planet.  

Does anyone have any suggestions?  My whole busienss is set to go away in 30 days.  

 

 

 

We recently reviewed your account, and have unfortunately found activity that violates our Terms of Service including but not limited to the following:

  • Section 3 General Terms
  • Section 3 Payment Terms
 
We are sorry to inform you that due to this activity, your account will be deactivated in 30 days, and we will no longer be able to accept payments related to your business. We are giving you advance notice of this deactivation to allow you time to transition to a new payment processor.
 
 
 
 
Sincerely,
Square Compliance Team
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@thewelltheory Square rolled out the ability to appeal deactivation decisions.  There should be a button on your dashboard when viewing that message that allows you to submit the appeal.  Have you done that?  Honestly, it is the ONLY path to possible reconsideration.

 

Otherwise, since you mentioned CBD, I'm going to throw this out there.  If you EVER had CBD, etc, listed on your site or in your stores, and you didn't sign up to be part of the closely monitored CBD program, that might be all it takes.  Especially now.  The federal government (and many states like Ohio which is my neighbor) CBD is being either outlawed again or severely restricted.  Square (and other POS providers) is having to be proactive and get ahead of this.  There is even a great chance that this administration (federally) is going to go back to the bad old days of regulating it like a hard drug again.  I'm imagining chaos is the norm and Square is just trying to keep ahead of the government regulators at their doorstep.

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Thank you for taking the time to respond.  I've been in that program. 

I understand why they are doing what they are doing.  What I don't understand is why can't they generate a list of pages that they feel are in violation of terms.   I would be happy to go and clean them up.  After being in business so long and employees not understanding what a health claim looks like, I am unable to go through 1000s of pages.  They have AI tools that could easily generate a list.  Instead, they want to put us out of business.  It's so frustrating.  

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And on that topic, you have my complete support and understanding.  I wish I could say that they are in the minority of tech companies, though.  Transparency about decisions such as these is rare, sadly.  Thankfully, mine is an ice cream shop with little chance of running afoul of the TOS.  I had a company refuse to allow me to create an account once, and would not even give me the courtesy of saying what it was about my business model they didn't approve of.  That is frustrating, so I understand your frustration.  Sorry I can't be more help, but I will say that I'm going to flag your post to the Square powers that be here in the Community.  Maybe on of them can shed some light (privately) on your situation.

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Thank you so much!  I appreciate you taking the time to help. 

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I'm so sorry for this frustrating experience @thewelltheory.

 

You should have received an email from our dedicated support team regarding this issue. Everything should be back up and running now but do let me know if you have any further question. 

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