Editing AllOfMP3 (section)

===Payment methods===

The sites operate using a pre-paid balance method. Users fund their account using a [[Credit card|credit]] or [[debit card]], in increments of US$10 or more.

However, action taken in late 2006 by [[Visa (company)|Visa]] and [[MasterCard]]<ref>"[http://news.cnet.com/Visa+halts+its+service+for+allofmp3.com/2100-1027_3-6127168.html Visa halts its service for allofmp3.com]" [[CNET]], October 18, 2006</ref><ref>"[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/allofmp3_attacks_visa_and_mastercard/ Blacklisted AllofMP3 slams 'capricious' Visa and Mastercard]" [[The Register]], October 19, 2006</ref> made it impossible for users to fund their accounts at the main AllOfMP3 site.

Users outside UK and US can also pay using a variety of credit cards at ChronoPay processor. ChronoPay had announced on March 20, 2007, that they would no longer be processing payments from online Russian music stores that only hold a [[Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems|ROMS]] license (e.g. AllOfMP3), but this does not apply to MP3Sparks which has an [[:ru:ФАИР|NP FAIR]] license.<ref>"[http://www.chronopay.com/en/content/view/218/121/ JSC ChronoPay accepts Russian music stores with NP FAIR license only]" ([http://www.chronopay.com/ ChronoPay] press release)</ref>

Between April and June 2007, it had become difficult for users to fund their AllOfMP3 accounts themselves, and a number of users and sites began selling AllOfMP3 gift vouchers on the Internet. However, in May 2007 a man who had been selling vouchers was arrested in London,<ref>"[https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070521-allofmp3-voucher-operation-shut-down-in-europe.html AllofMP3 voucher operation shut down in Europe]" [[Ars Technica]], May 21, 2007</ref> and this led many other voucher sellers to shut down their operations.