The Why Behind LegitScript
Why LegitScript?
As the leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring in the e-commerce and payment sectors, LegitScript helps companies mitigate risk, build trust, and grow their business.
Our Data, Technology, and People Is What Set Us Apart
We help risk & compliance and trust & safety teams keep ahead of problematic activity, stay updated on emerging trends, and explore growth into new markets.
Our People
We have the industry's largest team of investigative analysts and regulatory experts to provide the most accurate analysis and reporting, ensuring your teams can expand into new markets with confidence.
Our Data
We have spent more than 15 years classifying problematic products, e-commerce listings, and online merchant content to develop the world's most robust data sets of problematic product and merchant activity online.
Our Technology
LegitScript's AI-powered merchant and marketplace intelligence platform ingests millions of data points daily, which are analyzed through our proprietary machine learning to yield relevant and targeted insights.
Multilingual. Multinational. Multitalented.
LegitScript analysts and policy experts come from more than 20 different countries and collectively speak more than 18 languages. We track over 175 regulatory bodies in more than 100 countries, giving our customers the global insight and regulatory expertise to confidently grow their businesses.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Why trust LegitScript? Because some of the world’s leading organizations already do. That includes Google, Microsoft, and Meta in the online space; Shopify, and North American Bancard in the payments space; and leading trade and advocacy groups in addiction treatment and healthcare.
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Card Networks Are on Notice: What Concerns About the ENDS Market Means for Payment Processors
A group of state attorneys general just told major card networks to stop processing for illegal vape sellers. Learn what the letter is asking card networks to do, and the exact questions banks, ISOs, and PSPs need to answer before regulators come knocking.
Understanding the Risk Landscape in Brazil and Latin America: Key Takeaways
Brazil has embraced digital payments faster than almost anywhere else in the world. That growth is a genuine success story — and it has created an entirely new risk landscape that payments companies and online platforms cannot afford to ignore. Read more.
What the July 2026 FDA Advisory Committee Meetings on Compounded Peptides Mean for Healthcare Businesses
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) met to evaluate several peptide substances and make recommendations to the FDA regarding whether they should be included on the list of bulk drug substances. Keep reading to learn what this means for peptides businesses and their partners.
Documentation Is Your Best Defense: A Smarter Way to Resolve Violative Merchant Activity
The better you can document a violation and your response to it, the less exposure your business carries. Keep reading to learn more about best practices for documenting violative merchant activity and how to incorporate it into your work.
Navigating the ENDS Market Report
This report, compiled by LegitScript, examines the regulatory landscape shaping the ENDS market and what it means for the payment providers underwriting and monitoring these merchants. Download it now for valuable insight and analysis on how to compliantly manage ENDS merchants.
Online Prediction Markets and Sweepstakes Casinos
When you think of gambling, you might think of buying a lottery ticket or making a sports bet. But what about prediction markets and sweepstakes casinos? In this webinar, we’ll discuss the popular yet legally contentious state of online prediction markets and sweepstakes casinos and discuss their evolving risks.
Safety Gate and Dangerous Products in the EU
The Safety Gate system in the EU is designed to find and remove dangerous products, but navigating it can be difficult. Failure to enforce these recalls can result in regulatory action and reputational damage. Learn more about Safety Gate and the products that are falling into its crosshairs.
Fraud, Compliance, and the New Rules of Risk in Brazil and Latin America
Brazil and Latin America are not just grappling with fraud — they are at the epicenter of a global stress test exacerbated by AI-powered schemes that make merchants and sellers harder than ever to trust. In this webinar, we discuss the risks and regulatory challenges facing companies engaged in digital transactions in Brazil and LATAM. Sign up now.
EU and UK Product Safety Alert Intelligence
This report, compiled by LegitScript, looks at product safety alert intelligence in the first half of 2026 for the European Union and the United Kingdom, which have some of the strictest and most aggressive product safety measures. These regions often set trends for product safety policy globally and therefore offer insight into potential trends globally. Get it now.
What Is Telehealth Infrastructure-as-a-Service (TIaaS) — and Does Your Platform Qualify for an Enterprise Referral Partnership?
Telehealth Infrastructure-as-a-Service (TIaaS) providers build the platforms other digital health brands run on. But when your clients can’t advertise or process payments because they lack LegitScript Certification, that’s your problem too. Learn what TIaaS means, whether your platform qualifies, and how Enterprise Referral Partnership turns compliance into a core part of what you deliver.
How AI Is Reshaping Merchant Underwriting, For Better and For Worse
Merchant underwriting used to follow a checklist process, but AI has turned that approach on its head, forcing underwriting teams to think differently. Learn more about how payments companies are rethinking their approaches to stopping merchant fraud in an era where technology is rapidly changing.
7-OH-Mitragynine: A Dangerous New Trend in the Kratom Industry
A new class of high-potency kratom derivatives is rapidly gaining traction across e-commerce, with 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH-mitragynine) leading this dangerous market shift. Learn about the problems and dangers of this popular new product.
How Marketplaces Are Managing Risk Among Shifting Global Regulations
The regulatory environment for online marketplaces is more dynamic than ever, with new laws around the globe reshaping how platforms think about seller accountability. Read key takeaways from our recent webinar on how e-commerce marketplaces are successfully navigating global regulations.
Ivermectin and Fenbendazole: The Rise of White Label Antiparasitics
Two antiparasitic drug ingredients that are making waves across e-commerce: ivermectin and fenbendazole. Keep reading to learn about what these drugs are, how they are being marketed, and what makes them problematic for customers, payment processors, and marketplaces.
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.
How Marketplaces Are Managing Risk Among Shifting Global Regulations
This session brings together practitioners on the front lines of e-commerce compliance to discuss what’s working, what’s not, and what’s coming next. Whether you’re navigating multi-jurisdictional requirements or trying to build a scalable risk program, get frameworks and insights you can act on. Watch now.
Illicit IPTV: What Every Payments Team Needs to Know
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…
Payment Processing as a Frontline Compliance Signal in Telehealth
As telehealth and digital pharmacy models mature, what began as a convenience-driven expansion of care has evolved into a structurally important component of the healthcare ecosystem. With that maturity comes new demands, not just in how care is delivered and marketed, but in how it is paid for. Read more.
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.”
















