we need to receive about 50k sms messages per day. We have a deal with a couple MVNO's where they give us wholesale prices on physical sim cards, but putting them into sms gateways takes a ton of time and the devices are expensive

well I also get a bunch of non-critical notifications on pushover, so just doing this would mess with my sleep

Pushover allows per-message sound settings, so you could configure just alerts from your monitoring to play a sound and send at priority 2 which will bypass your device's quiet settings and repeat to wake you up.

https://pushover.net/api#sounds

https://pushover.net/api#priority2

Some small-time registrar that I chose back when I didn't know if the business will take off or not. A shop where you can pay with a card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge and sent a complaint to the registrar. Instead of giving us time to investigate/explain/refund, they locked the domain first. Also, that is what chargebacks are for, I want a registrar that at least knows that much.

Thanks. $100-$500 a year for a com I can understand, unfortunately I have 1 domain that needs top-notch support, so IDK if I can justify $10k a year for 1 domain.

Who said something about godaddy? Namecheap looks decent with their 24/7 support, but there are some horror stories here on HN how they mess with the domains too.

A shop where you can pay for goods with a credit card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge.

Thanks, will try that. Is there an option of blocking by the name of the issuing bank? The bank that I'm trying to block has a lot of BINs that change constantly.

USA. What do you mean by "get an account"?

Setup a merchant account and a gateway that suits your needs for fraud detection and 3DS support. Depending on volume it will be cheaper then Strip.

Sounds totally legit. Not at all a scam.

Edit: /s because some people need all the help they can get.

You have no idea what you are talking about and stop telling people everything is scam because you have no idea what you are talking about.

No, not "everything" is a scam.

Just random dudes posting comments "I can get you a [merchant] account" sounds extremely scam-y.

It's like a guy at a train station opening a coat and offering you a "Rolex".

Stripe support specifically told us they don't provide BINs and they don't make exceptions.

Cause I redirect the customer to Stripe hosted page. I'd really prefer not to go into the whole PCI DSS thing for this. Also, why should I jump through hoops when it's Stripe that chooses to make life harder for me? I'd rather find a better alternative.