VISA site approval time?

[Chris Corn]

How long does it generally take VISA to approve a paysite? CCbill is usually pretty fast, but I'm finding VISA is taking a long time. Last site was about 4 weeks. Is this normal? What's the fastest they can do it?

[HC-Majick]

It depends....

here's a previous thread with times from 3 days to 25 days or more

http://greenguysboard.com/board/showthread.php?t=30997

[bDok]

If it's taking longer than 2 weeks I would start calling people.

[Chris Corn]

Originally Posted by HC-Majick

It depends....

here's a previous thread with times from 3 days to 25 days or more

http://greenguysboard.com/board/showthread.php?t=30997

Perfect thanks

[Beaver Bob]

a month or so ago it was all messed up. i put a bunch of sites in, 2 weeks later i put in another site, and then that site comes back and the others still weren't approved. took about a month for some of them. its a good idea to call them about it regularly and make sure its not caught up somewhere.

[DMc]

Since when does Visa approve sites? To my knowledge they don't. Could you possibly be mistaking Visa with the acquiring bank?

FWIW, we can get you approved within about a week provided you get all the required paperwork back to us in a timely manner.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by DMc

Since when does Visa approve sites? To my knowledge they don't. Could you possibly be mistaking Visa with the acquiring bank?

FWIW, we can get you approved within about a week provided you get all the required paperwork back to us in a timely manner.

Do you know nothing about your own industry?

[Beaver Bob]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Do you know nothing about your own industry?

I think they are a European company and things may work a little different over there. Not positive on that.

[DMc]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Do you know nothing about your own industry?

UW...euh...yes I do which is the reason for my comment. The credit card companies don't typically get involved with approving websites; they give the acquiring banks guidelines and the acquiring bank interprets those guidelines. This is how content policies can differ across payment processing companies. Also, in this way, if the CC companies don't like something they always have recourse since they never approved the site in the first place. Most people don't understand this and often think that it is indeed the CC companies doing the approval when it's not.