High Risk and Problematic Products
Guidance and monitoring solutions to help platforms identify, assess, and manage products that pose elevated safety, compliance, or regulatory risks.
Some products pose higher safety or compliance risks for teams in charge of product monitoring or merchant monitoring. LegitScript helps online platforms and payments companies better understand the challenges and considerations of supporting higher-risk products. With our insights, trust and safety teams can develop better policies, make faster decisions, and reduce regulatory risk.
Supplements, which consistently draw regulatory scrutiny, are expected to exceed $218 billion in sales in the coming year. Companies with effective policies and enforcement mechanisms can take advantage of growing industries like this while staying compliant.
Upcoming Webinar
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Thursday, May 21 at 1 p.m. Eastern | 10 a.m. Pacific
60 Minutes
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
Blog Articles
Latest Blog Article
Illicit IPTV: What Every Payments Team Needs to Know
April 16, 2026
Streaming piracy isn’t just a headache for Hollywood — it’s a growing liability for payments companies. Learn how illicit IPTV works, why it almost always involves transaction laundering, and what payments teams should look for when assessing merchant risk.
Key Takeaways: Problematic Products and Regulatory Trends Driving Risk in 2026
In our recent webinar, Problematic Products and Regulatory Trends Driving Risk in 2026, LegitScript experts unpacked the product and enforcement trends creating the greatest risk for payments companies, e-commerce marketplaces, and online platforms this year. For risk and compliance teams, the message was clear: product risk in 2026 isn’t just about what’s illegal – it’s…
March 4, 2026
What to Know About 7-OH and Other “Gas Station Highs”
While drugs like fentanyl and cocaine may be top of mind regarding threats to public health, a potpourri of lesser-known products are posing increasing risks to consumers, payment processors, and online platforms. And they’re all surprisingly easy to get. Read more about these “gas station highs.”
February 19, 2026
Guides
Top 10 Problematic Products for 2026
Problematic products are evolving rapidly, creating new compliance and consumer safety risks for payments companies and online platforms. From unauthorized peptides to emerging illicit substances, knowing what to watch for is essential to avoiding regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm. This guide highlights the top 10 problematic products for 2026 and explains how to recognize and manage these risks.
26 pages
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Understanding Peptides
Peptides are gaining in popularity, but not all are legal or safe. For payments companies and online platforms, it’s critical to recognize the red flags of unapproved peptide sales to protect consumers, stay compliant with regulations, and avoid reputational harm. Read the guide.
24 pages
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The Top 10 High-risk Trends in Payment Processing and E-commerce
In this updated guide, LegitScript shares new high-risk trends that companies should be aware of to avoid fines and brand damage.
24 pages
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Internet Pharmacy Guide For Payments
Understand the rules around the sale of pharmaceuticals online in the US and around the world, then develop policies to stay compliant.
13 pages
Webinars
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Thursday, May 21 at 1 p.m. Eastern | 10 a.m. Pacific
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
On Demand
IPTV: How Payments Teams Can Detect and Prevent Hidden Risk
Streaming TV has become mainstream — but for payments companies, illicit IPTV merchants represent a fast-growing and highly evasive risk category. In this webinar, we’ll break down how illicit IPTV operators infiltrate payment ecosystems — and how you can detect and stop them.
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On Demand
Problematic Products and Enforcement Trends Driving Risk in 2026
Peptides, 7-OH, and forced reset triggers are just of few of the latest products vexing payment service providers and online platforms. Register for this webinar to learn about our full list of trending high-risk products: what they are, why they’re problematic, and how to spot them.
