You deliver results.
Your processor sees risk.
We close that gap.

White-glove payment infrastructure for high-ticket professional service providers.

A free review of your payment setup against bank and card brand standards, with specific fixes you can implement today. Yours to keep whether you become a client or not.

But I was approved...

Unless your processor has done all of the following, they approved your application, not your operation.

Policies

Reviewed each of your offers and terms.

Standards

Looked at your client agreements and refund language.

Process

Reviewed your processing history and chargeback exposure.

Approval

Approved you for what your business actually does.

That gap between what you do and what they approved you for is where the risk lives.

What you agreed to.

Your processing agreement has terms that govern what happens when volume spikes, disputes come in, or something goes sideways. Here are a few that matter.

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Chargeback Threshold

Two chargebacks out of 100 transactions puts you at a 2% ratio, well above the 1.5% threshold that triggers card brand monitoring programs.

Volume Spikes

Your processor sets expected volume parameters around your account. Step outside them and an automatic review is triggered.

Marketing Claims

Card brand policy has specific rules about income claims, guaranteed results, and how you describe outcomes.

Refund Language

If your refund policy conflicts with what the card brand considers reasonable for your transaction type, the bank sides with the cardholder.

The thresholds your processor sets internally can be activated by your activity or by an uptick in risk across your industry code. You do not have to directly violate these terms to end up on monitoring, reserves, freezes, or termination.

With the right infrastructure...

The difference between being exposed and being prepared.

Your launch volume is coordinated with the bank before you go live.

A dispute hits and you pull a complete evidence packet in minutes.

Your terms and your marketing hold up under review because they were built to.

Your chargeback ratio is monitored in real time.

When something goes wrong, your team talks to the underwriting team directly, presents the documentation, and makes the case for your business.

Your plan in 3 simple steps

Step 1: Your Stability Plan

You receive a packet that shows you exactly where your business is exposed and copy-paste fixes for each gap. Offers, terms, refund policy, marketing claims, billing structure, processing history, and pricing are all reviewed against bank and card brand standards. Where your pricing can be optimized, we show you the math.

It is 100% free. No sales call. No pitch. No commitment.

Step 2: Application

We present your case to a bank that reviews your model and approves you specifically. Not a credit check. A real underwriting review by people who understand what you do and how you deliver it. Approvals typically come back in 24 to 48 hours after submission.

Step 3: Go Live

Your current processor stays running until your new account is live and operational. Nothing changes until you say go. You now have a direct banking relationship with an institution that reviewed and approved your business, and a team that advocates for your account.

ScaleSafe

Every transaction tells a story. ScaleSafe makes sure you can prove yours.

Consent capture

Every client acknowledges your terms, refund policy, and deliverables before their card is charged. Timestamped and stored.

engagement logging

Session completions, milestone acknowledgments, communication touchpoints, resource access. Captured automatically inside the tools you already use.

evidence generation

When a chargeback comes in, ScaleSafe pulls your stored records and generates a complete evidence package formatted for the specific card brand and reason code.

ScaleSafe is not a guarantee against chargebacks. It is a system designed to reduce your exposure and respond with stronger evidence.

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Where do you stand?

Three ways to process payments. One of them is yours.

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the aggregator
the standard merchant
the wholepay solution

Aggregators get you live in minutes. But they lack the infrastructure to support high-ticket professional service businesses where outcomes are subjective and delivery is digital. WholePay takes more time upfront. In exchange, you get infrastructure that matches the seriousness of what you have built.

Others sell processing access. WholePay helps you become a business the financial system can actually support.

Who we serve

Your clients are great. Your business model works. But the financial system was not built for what you do, and the one-off situations that come with high-ticket services can create real problems if your infrastructure is not ready for them. We help you tighten that infrastructure before those situations arrive.

Coaches + Consultants

You run high-ticket engagements where the outcomes are subjective and the delivery is digital. One disengaged client who files a chargeback instead of having a conversation can move your ratio above the threshold.

Digital Agencies

You take on larger clients with larger scopes, and every project comes with milestone decisions that can turn into disputes. One unhappy client can skip the conversation with you and go straight to their bank.

Info Products + Masterminds

You sell access, community, and transformation, none of which come with a tracking number. One successful launch can trigger the same monitoring response as fraud if volume is not coordinated in advance.

Professional Services

Your clients pay large retainers before the work is complete. One advance payment can look like unaccounted risk to a bank that does not understand your timeline. Dedicated pages for each vertical with specific solutions.

People stay because it works

Clients go where they are being served and our clients win because we serve them.

I built WholePay because I spent twenty years watching an industry put its own margins ahead of the businesses that generated them.

I know how the system works from the inside. From sitting in the rooms where pricing gets built, where risk policies get written, and where decisions about merchant accounts get made.

The system is not broken. It works exactly as designed. It is designed to move money and manage liability for the institutions involved. It was never designed to protect you. That is not a conspiracy. It is a business model.

The businesses driving this economy deserve infrastructure that matches the seriousness of what they have built. A real relationship with a real institution that has reviewed their business and approved it specifically. And someone on their side who knows how the system works, plays it on their behalf, and picks up the phone when it matters. That is what you get when you work with us.

Phil Korniotes WholePay Founder

Frequently asked questions

You ask. We answer everything about high-ticket payment processing.

Is high-ticket "high risk"?

To the financial system, yes. What changes is whether that risk is managed intelligently or left unaddressed.

What is the Stability Plan?

A free analysis of your payment infrastructure with specific findings and actionable fixes. No sales call. No commitment. Details in Step 1 above.

Do I have to switch banks or stop using my current processor?

No. Your new merchant account deposits directly into your existing business bank account. You keep your current processor running until your new account is live and tested. There is no interruption to your business.

Ready to learn more?

WholePay helps you become a business the financial system can actually support.