FBT Carbon Shaft | With Colibrix, credit card payment, Apple Pay and Google Pay are now possible for UNIC Revolution and SuperErgo carbon shafts

FBT Carbon Shaft | Colibrix enables credit card payment (Master Card & Visa), Apple Pay and Google Pay for UNIC Revolution and UNIC SuperErgo carbon shafts in the online shop | Fine Ballistic Tools

Innovation in weapon technology meets groundbreaking innovation in e-commerce. The Made in Austria UNIC Revolution and SuperErgo carbon handles from Fine Ballistic Tools (FBT) set the absolute standards in terms of ergonomics, vibration damping, weight reduction and shooting precision.

They transform high-quality hunting weapons like the Blaser R8, Mauser M12 or Steel Action in ultra-light, weatherproof precision tools for the discerning hunter. But those who wanted to purchase these technological masterpieces online have so far often encountered a massive and frustrating obstacle: the checkout process.

While buying gun accessories in local specialty stores is completely straightforward, major online payment service providers often categorically refuse to provide their services. Thanks to our new partnership with Colibrix Does this problem affect customers of ddoptics.shop from now on, the past is a thing of the past.

The hurdles in online purchasing of firearm accessories: Absurd double standards

Every hunter and shooter knows the everyday situation: You are in the local gun shop, buying ammunition, high-quality accessories, or even a firearms that require a permit, and of course you pay in cash. Registration desk with his credit card or via smartphone.

The transaction is authorized in seconds without any objections from the bank. In E-commerce On the other hand, there is a an almost paradoxical double standard. If one tries to reproduce exactly the same article – or even completely Freely available weapon parts Like a carbon shaft – paying in an online shop is mercilessly blocked if the shop uses standard payment providers.

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The mere mention of the words „weapon part“ or „weapon accessory“ in the shopping cart often is enough to land you on a blacklist immediately. This unequal treatment between brick-and-mortar stores and online shopping represents a massive inconvenience for specialized retailers and end customers alike.

The rigorous rejection by PayPal, Klarna and Stripe

If one takes a detailed look at the so-called Acceptable Use Policies (Terms of Use) of global market leaders such as PayPal, Stripe or Klarna, The dilemma becomes clear quickly. PayPal prohibits worldwide the use of its services for transactions involving ammunition, firearms, or „certain firearm parts and accessories“. Stripe explicitly lists regulated firearm parts and accessories in the „Prohibited Businesses“ section.

The invoice and installment purchase provider Klarna, which is very popular in the German-speaking world, also rigorously excludes the processing of purchases involving weapons and their accessories.

One might now think that at Example from the USA – the home market of most of these tech giants – online sales of weapons parts via PayPal or Stripe do not pose a problem due to the liberal gun laws. But that is a fallacy! Even in the USA, Where the possession of weapons is protected by the Second Amendment, the tech companies will leave. Silicon Valley an extremely restrictive and politically independent corporate identity line. American gun dealers and even pure accessory shops are equally mercilessly blocked by Stripe and PayPal and must resort to specialized, expensive „2A-friendly“ (Second Amendment friendly) payment providers in the USA.

The real problem for us in Europe: This strict, American corporate policy is blindly rolled out to the global market through automated „zero-tolerance“ filters. The algorithms do not differentiate. One in Europe in full compliance with the gun laws UNIC SuperErgo carbon shaft that can be sold freely, While the new hunting weapon merely raises the level of a hunting weapon in terms of its feel and weight, it is generally lumped into the same category as prohibited goods by the filters. The consequences for European online retailers are often frozen funds without warning, and for the customer, in the end, they usually only receive the outdated and cumbersome advance payment via bank transfer.

The rocky road to certification: banking onboarding and the solution provided by Colibrix

In order to be able to offer you, as a customer, modern, fast and secure payment methods, we had to change our payment system. ddoptics.shop taking a very demanding and cost-intensive route. Anyone who moves away from the big plug-and-play providers has to undergo a deep onboarding process with specialized banks. This process is akin to a true forensic audit.

The examinations of banks are extremely rigorous and time-consuming. First, an in-depth assessment is carried out. KYC (Know Your Customer) verification as well as a Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Analysis of the entire corporate structures. After that, the financial institutions manually review the product range of the store and item by item.

We had to provide detailed legal evidence that premium items like the UNIC carbon shafts actually in accordance with European law freely marketable and not subject to the Firearms Act for essential parts that are subject to a purchase requirement. In addition, complete invoices and shipping records must be disclosed. Only when risk analysts and compliance officers at the bank – often over weeks and months – have verified every single regulatory requirement will the payment interface be released to the merchant.

After this intensive certification process, we are all the more pleased to be able to present Colibrix Having found a licensed European e-money institution that specializes in such complex but completely legal and regulated e-commerce niches.

Colibrix understands that hunting and sporting equipment is a legitimate premium market that deserves modern payment methods as long as all legal requirements are fully met.

As a Principal Member of Visa and Mastercard, Colibrix about the necessary infrastructure to ensure that transactions can be processed smoothly, quickly, and in full compliance with the law.

For you as a customer, this breakthrough means ultimate convenience with your next equipment upgrade. The days of having to pay for high-quality carbon fiber parts in advance and waiting for the payment to arrive are finally over.

From now on you can have your new UNIC Revolution or SuperErgo carbon shaft Quick, discreet and absolutely secure via Credit card payment, Apple Pay or Google Pay pay.