Acceptable use
Restricted services
The Town Works may not be used for unlawful transactions. Town Works also prohibits or restricts transactions that Town Works, Stripe, financial partners, insurers, regulators, or applicable law determine cannot be supported.
Examples may include:
- illegal goods or services
- controlled substances
- weapons or explosives
- sexual services
- gambling
- fraudulent or deceptive activity
- money laundering or unlicensed money transmission
- transactions designed primarily to move money rather than pay for legitimate goods or services
- sale of stolen property
- transactions involving exploitation or abuse
- services requiring licenses that the provider does not possess
- other activities prohibited by Stripe's Restricted Businesses rules or Town Works policy
Some lawful activities may require prior approval or additional verification. Town Works may pause, reject, cancel, or restrict transactions when reasonably necessary to comply with these requirements.
No peer-to-peer money transfer
Town Works payments must correspond to bona fide goods or services. Town Works is not a general-purpose service for sending money between friends, holding funds, storing value, or transferring money without an underlying transaction.
Do not create fictitious jobs or purchases to transfer money between accounts.