High Risk and Problematic Products
Guidance and monitoring solutions to help platforms identify, assess, and manage products that pose elevated safety, compliance, or regulatory risks.
Some products pose higher safety or compliance risks for teams in charge of product monitoring or merchant monitoring. LegitScript helps online platforms and payments companies better understand the challenges and considerations of supporting higher-risk products. With our insights, trust and safety teams can develop better policies, make faster decisions, and reduce regulatory risk.
Supplements, which consistently draw regulatory scrutiny, are expected to exceed $218 billion in sales in the coming year. Companies with effective policies and enforcement mechanisms can take advantage of growing industries like this while staying compliant.
Blog Articles
Latest Blog Article
Documentation Is Your Best Defense: A Smarter Way to Resolve Violative Merchant Activity
July 23, 2026
The better you can document a violation and your response to it, the less exposure your business carries. Keep reading to learn more about best practices for documenting violative merchant activity and how to incorporate it into your work.
Safety Gate and Dangerous Products in the EU
The Safety Gate system in the EU is designed to find and remove dangerous products, but navigating it can be difficult. Failure to enforce these recalls can result in regulatory action and reputational damage. Learn more about Safety Gate and the products that are falling into its crosshairs.
July 7, 2026
by Ryan Baker
7-OH-Mitragynine: A Dangerous New Trend in the Kratom Industry
A new class of high-potency kratom derivatives is rapidly gaining traction across e-commerce, with 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH-mitragynine) leading this dangerous market shift. Learn about the problems and dangers of this popular new product.
May 11, 2026
by Erin Feebeck
Guides
EU and UK Product Safety Alert Intelligence
This report, compiled by LegitScript, looks at product safety alert intelligence in the first half of 2026 for the European Union and the United Kingdom, which have some of the strictest and most aggressive product safety measures. These regions often set trends for product safety policy globally and therefore offer insight into potential trends globally. Get it now.
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Top 10 Problematic Products for 2026
Problematic products are evolving rapidly, creating new compliance and consumer safety risks for payments companies and online platforms. From unauthorized peptides to emerging illicit substances, knowing what to watch for is essential to avoiding regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm. This guide highlights the top 10 problematic products for 2026 and explains how to recognize and manage these risks.
26 pages
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Understanding Peptides
Peptides are gaining in popularity, but not all are legal or safe. For payments companies and online platforms, it’s critical to recognize the red flags of unapproved peptide sales to protect consumers, stay compliant with regulations, and avoid reputational harm. Read the guide.
24 pages
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The Top 10 High-risk Trends in Payment Processing and E-commerce
In this updated guide, LegitScript shares new high-risk trends that companies should be aware of to avoid fines and brand damage.
24 pages
Webinars
On Demand
Connecting the Dots: How Investigation Teams Build Networks and Disrupt Criminal Ecosystems
This session from the 2026 San Francisco Marketplace Risk Management Conference features a panel discussion on how investigation teams build network intelligence to disrupt criminal ecosystems. The speakers, including representatives from TikTok and LegitScript, explore the complexities of identifying coordinated bad actors.
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On Demand
Trust and Safety Isn’t a Cost Center: It’s a Growth Engine
This session from the 2026 San Francisco Marketplace Risk Management Conference covers the role of trust and safety teams as a “growth engine” and how professionals in this field can navigate internal challenges and perceptions. Watch now on demand.
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On Demand
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
