What Pro adds
The theme takes payments from day one. Velvet Pro saves you checking your bank and wallet for every advertiser, and adds phone verification for advertisers.
| Included with the theme | With Velvet Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout for Premium, Featured and VIP | Yes | Yes |
| Interac, bank transfer and crypto | Yes | Yes |
| Invoices with reference codes | Yes | Yes |
| How payments are confirmed | You click confirm | Interac and crypto confirm themselves |
| Upgrade switches on after payment | Yes | Yes |
| Your own payment methods | One | As many as you need |
| Cash deposit, MoneyGram, Pix, UPI and more | No | Yes |
| Unique amounts, reminders and a review queue | No | Yes |
| Payment exports for your accountant | No | Yes |
| Phone verification by SMS for advertisers | No | Yes |
Already use WooCommerce?
Turn on the WooCommerce connection and Premium, Featured and VIP become WooCommerce products. Any payment gateway you already have works with them, including adult-friendly card processors and crypto gateways.
Card payments
Direct connections to card processors that work with adult businesses are planned for Velvet Pro. They are not available yet.
- Segpay cards, for owners based in the US, UK or Europe
- NOWPayments crypto, and cards paid as crypto, for owners anywhere
- CoinGate an EU-licensed crypto alternative
Why not Stripe or PayPal?
Stripe, PayPal and most mainstream payment companies don't allow adult-related businesses. Sites that use them anyway risk having their account closed and their money held for months, often without warning.
That's why Velvet is built to take payments without them. Bank transfers, Interac and crypto go straight to you, and nobody in the middle can freeze them.
Payment questions
Does Velvet hold my money?
No. Advertisers pay into your own bank account or wallet. Velvet Pay only keeps track of who has paid and switches their upgrade on.
Do you take a percentage of my sales?
No. You pay for the theme, and for Pro if you want it. Your bank or crypto network may charge its own small fees.
How does a payment confirm itself?
For Interac, you forward Interac's emails to a payments mailbox, and Velvet Pay reads them and checks they are genuine. Fake look-alike emails are ignored. For crypto, it watches your wallet address for the exact amount. Anything that doesn't match goes to a review queue instead.
I don't have a Canadian bank account. Can I still use it?
Yes. Bank transfers, international wires and crypto work wherever you are. Interac is simply one option among many.
Can I add a payment method that isn't listed?
Yes. Write your own instructions, and advertisers enter a reference when they've paid. One custom method is included; Pro lets you add as many as you need.
What if an advertiser has no bank account or card?
They can pay in cash through MoneyGram, Western Union or Ria, deposit cash at your bank, or buy crypto at a Bitcoin ATM and pay your wallet. Pro includes a ready-made help page explaining how.