MCC 5961
Mail Order Houses Including Catalog Order Stores, Book/Record Clubs (No longer permitted for U.S. original presentments)
What is MCC 5961?
5961 is the Merchant Category Code for Mail Order Houses Including Catalog Order Stores, Book/Record Clubs (No longer permitted for U.S. original presentments). It sits within the broad specialty-retail and consumer-services range — restaurants, salons, repair shops and more. Card networks — Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express — assign a four-digit MCC like this one to every business based on what it primarily sells, and it travels with each card transaction the business runs.
Who's assigned MCC 5961?
Businesses classified as Mail Order Houses Including Catalog Order Stores, Book/Record Clubs (No longer permitted for U.S. original presentments) are typically assigned MCC 5961 when their merchant account is boarded. Your payment processor sets the code based on how your business is described and what it sells — so a business whose primary activity matches this category will usually carry 5961.
How MCC 5961 affects your processing
Your MCC influences your interchange rates, how the card networks classify your risk, and which programs apply to you — reward categories, debit routing, and surcharge or cash-discount eligibility. For a standard-risk category like this, the thing that matters most is simply making sure your code is accurate and your markup over interchange is fair — that's usually where merchants quietly overpay.
Is 5961 the right code for your business?
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