dear_bruce
Newbie
- Apr 15, 2025
- 12
- 14
Hey everyone,
I’ve been running a small-scale IPTV service for about 3 years now, purely through word-of-mouth referrals. Never did any public marketing, just loyal customers paying manually via bank transfers or local apps.
Recently, I had some serious conversations with a friend of mine who’s experienced in e-com and media buying. We decided to scale things up.
We launched a Facebook Ads campaign just to test the waters and within 24 hours we were flooded with traffic. It confirmed what we already knew: demand is still massive.
I already have an IPTV-focused website running, not some generic clean front, but a real one that reflects the actual product. However, we’re absolutely willing to build a whitehat/clean site if we end up incorporating a company in another country (e.g. UK LTD or US LLC) and going for Stripe or any sensitive gateway.
We now need a real payment gateway. Something stable, not one that will shut us down at the first chargeback or keyword trigger.
This is not a newbie hustle. This is a real, functioning service that’s now getting too big for manual payments. I’m trying to lock in a legit and scalable solution before revenue gets bottlenecked.
If you’ve been in this game: IPTV, high-risk niches, stealth setups, or just know people, I’d really appreciate a DM or comment.
— Dear Bruce
I’ve been running a small-scale IPTV service for about 3 years now, purely through word-of-mouth referrals. Never did any public marketing, just loyal customers paying manually via bank transfers or local apps.
Recently, I had some serious conversations with a friend of mine who’s experienced in e-com and media buying. We decided to scale things up.
We launched a Facebook Ads campaign just to test the waters and within 24 hours we were flooded with traffic. It confirmed what we already knew: demand is still massive.
I already have an IPTV-focused website running, not some generic clean front, but a real one that reflects the actual product. However, we’re absolutely willing to build a whitehat/clean site if we end up incorporating a company in another country (e.g. UK LTD or US LLC) and going for Stripe or any sensitive gateway.
Here's where I’m stuck:
We now need a real payment gateway. Something stable, not one that will shut us down at the first chargeback or keyword trigger.
What I’ve already researched/tried:
- Stripe: possible with a whitehat presentation, but I know they manually review stores — and bans are permanent, funds frozen.
- Shopify Payments: saw horror stories of bans within hours when selling replicas or IPTV, even with frontend cloaking.
- Crypto: horrible conversion rate. Most customers either don’t know how to use it or give up during KYC.
- Cloaked Stripe/PayPal: checkout speed too slow, leads to drop-offs. Still risk of manual review = not worth the long-term stress.
- UK LTD vs US LLC: I’ve studied both routes. US LLC is safer, but takes a few more days. UK LTD is fast but requires a consistent IP setup, VPS or residential proxy.
- I fully understand the whitehat vs greyhat vs blackhat spectrum — I'm looking for something that’s sustainable and low-stress, not something that breaks in a week.
What I’m looking for now:
- A payment processor that allows IPTV or at least tolerates grey-area services
- Fast payouts (within 48h to 7 days max)
- Real-world experience or referrals from people actively scaling in similar niches
- Willing to pay for intros or join private networks if it’s worth it
- Maybe a good service provider for setting up a US LLC
This is not a newbie hustle. This is a real, functioning service that’s now getting too big for manual payments. I’m trying to lock in a legit and scalable solution before revenue gets bottlenecked.
If you’ve been in this game: IPTV, high-risk niches, stealth setups, or just know people, I’d really appreciate a DM or comment.
— Dear Bruce