Live and taking card payments in 24 hours*. Competition websites for Irish entrants, with Ireland specific terms, entry controls and EUR settlement through eCom Pay.
*Approval time depends on how quickly we receive your documents. Free website for trading businesses processing £5k a month or more through eCom Pay, with start-ups looked at case by case. Pay monthly from £50 otherwise.
Ireland has its own rules for prize competitions, and the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 set up the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. A competition website for Irish entrants needs Ireland specific terms, entry controls and EUR payments. eCom Pay works with competition operators and eCom Pro builds the site.
24
hour approval*
150+
currencies processed
T+1
next working day settlement
0
rolling reserve
Ireland is a natural next market for UK operators, but the rules are not the same as the UK and the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 created a new regulator. We help you get the format right for Ireland and the payments approved in EUR.
Built as product features your customers use, and the features that keep your account healthy once you are live.
Competition terms written for Irish entrants.
Accept entries from Ireland, the UK or both, per competition.
Irish entrants charged in EUR, settled in EUR or GBP.
Built into every competition, logged per entry.
Every draw, ticket cap and winner logged and exportable.
One platform for UK and Irish competitions.
Free for trading businesses above £5k a month in card revenue through eCom Pay, with start-ups looked at case by case. Pay monthly below it or for a custom build. Already have a site you like? Use our payments on their own.
Before launch, the same people who handle your payments setup review your competition website and ask for any changes your business needs. Every business is looked at individually, which is why we never publish a checklist and never build to one. The site and the application go through together.
One form starts both your website build and your eCom Pay application.
Our payments team reviews the site as it is built, so nothing is left to chance at launch.
Approved and taking payments in 24 hours* once your documents are in. Next working day settlement, no rolling reserve.
Sharfin designed and built our new website to enable us to accept online payments. The new website looks amazing and navigating around it so simple compared to what we had before. Sharfin and his team have always been available when we have required any technical support or assistance.
Done all our website. It now accepts payments and it was very complex. Reachable at all sorts of odd hours, and had a very simple journey with sharfin. Highly recommend them and their expertise.
Sharfin was an absolute pro. Took time to really try to understand our needs and propose solutions which fit our budget and timescales. He made smart suggestions without being pushy but improving the plan so we didn't waste time or resources on things we don't need.
Every competition website we build is reviewed by the eCom Pay team before anything is submitted, so the pages a payment provider reads are right first time. That is why approval takes 24 hours once your documents are in, not weeks.
The questions founders ask before they apply, including the ones about Stripe, PayPal and Shopify Payments.
Stripe restricts or reviews ireland competition businesses more closely under its terms, so many UK competition businesses use a specialist provider. eCom Pay works with ireland competition merchants. The setup is handled by experienced people, and approved accounts get next working day settlement with no rolling reserve.
Shopify Payments runs on Stripe, so the same terms apply. Shopify lets you add a third party payment gateway instead. eCom Pay connects to Shopify and WooCommerce, so competition businesses can take card payments with next working day settlement.
Ireland competition is a specialist category that mainstream processors restrict or review closely. eCom Pay works with ireland competition businesses in the UK, with 150+ currencies and next working day settlement once approved.
Download your transaction and customer records first, then talk to a specialist. eCom Pay works with ireland competition businesses, the setup is handled by experienced people, and approved accounts get next working day settlement with no rolling reserve. eCom Pro can move your site across while you keep trading.
No. Ireland has its own law, and the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 set up the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. Take Irish legal advice on your format before you open entries to Ireland.
Yes. eCom Pay processes 150+ currencies, so Irish entrants can pay in EUR and you can settle in EUR or GBP.
Approved and taking payments in 24 hours* once we have your documents. The only thing that slows approval is how quickly the documents come back.
Free for ecommerce businesses already trading and processing £5k a month or more in card revenue through eCom Pay. Start-ups are looked at case by case. Below that, pay monthly websites start at £50 a month plus VAT and include the same payments and review.
Live and taking card payments in 24 hours*. Built with skill questions, free entry routes and draw records, for the UK, Ireland and Europe.
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View GuidePlatforms, policies and what happens between applying and taking your first payment.
Read the guideOne form. We build the site, our payments team reviews it, and eCom Pay approves your account. Approved and taking payments in 24 hours* once your documents are in.
*Approval time depends on how quickly we receive your documents.