SuperWeb and FlashFreak:
Let me clear some of this up for you.
Epassporte is aware of some acceptance problems with Electron Card Holders attempting to make purchases at POS merchants. The problem however is caused by merchants/banks that do not adhere to the strict electronic processing rules put forth from Visa. Since this is a factor outside of our control, we are working on other methods of authentication and risk management which would allow for optimum acceptance until the banks of the world catch up with the technology of today.
A hosting service or content provider that you would like to pay via epassporte simply needs their own epassporte account to take advantage of instant and inexpensive payments from you or any other epassporte account holder (which by the way number in the thousands).
The stats are being revised to be more user-friendly and any errors that were reported have been corrected. A better interface is coming as early as next week.
As for blocked accounts, I can assure you that if an account was blocked there was a reason. Or, if it was temporarily suspended that it was a simple matter of risk management looking into a matter and halting transactions until the matter was resolved. This has indeed happened to a few people that we have corresponded with personally. Risk models for this type of product are extremely important during the initial launch and if a measure appears to be over-zealous we apologize for any inconvenience but that's the way it is. As more transactions take place on epassporte accounts these issues will go away.
The double charge issue you speak about is not actually a double charge. The merchant, whomever it was, did a pre-auth on your card and instead of closing the pre-auth with the sale he simply charged your card again. That means that you had funds reserved for a sale that was still pending because the merchant did not follow proper protocol. Pre-auth's will fall off automatically ususally within a few days but it could take as long as 30 days.
Epassporte is a product built for the needs of online commerce. It is a Visa product. It's functionality holds great potential for those who understand how it works. We have every reason to respond to your questions and concerns because it helps epassporte to be a better product.
Hit me up if this didn't answer your questions.
