As a second-year corporate sponsor we are excited to participate in this upcoming year. Even though last year was unprecedentedly dismal, we have had explosive growth. Some background: in 2017 Nicholas Aluotto set out to create a different kind of merchant company. A company that by any means necessary;
found bank partners that would promote freedom at all costs. That company was Spread Your Wings LLC DBA Yellowbirdy, DBA Greenbirdy and DBA Freedom Birdy.
https://freedombirdy.com/
Many legal industries ranging from Firearms, Knives, Hunting, Smoke shop, CBD, and various nutricucals are prevented from operating their business as any legal industry would on a day-to-day basis even though they are perfectly legal entities operating perfectly legal and sound businesses.
All too often businesses of these different types wake up to have their merchant accounts turned off, their websites shut down, their social media pages scrubbed. How can this happen? Nameless, faceless “woke” drones practicing cancel culture. Simply put it is all because someone at the bank has inserted their personal morals into the business.
In America freedom of speech is sacred as is the ability to participate in commerce of any legal business type you choose to operate and should be considered equally sacred. Prior to the acceptance of credit cards, we didn't see these issues when everything was cash. Consumers began to heavily rely on credit and debit for spending as a result of the numerous incentives they received from the interchange fees and airplane miles.
Banks from all political spectrums imposed policies on various businesses that they determined were too risky to accept credit cards. This left many legitimate industries by the wayside. Greenbirdy, the name coined by longtime client, friend Nathan Todd helped create our company that focuses on the legal CBD sector. Nathan was a visionary that helped shed light on the struggle many smoke shops have been fighting in the marketplace for years.
The struggle against banking censorship is very real in the smoke shop industry but we are making headway and day by day it's getting better.
Yellowbirdy, in contrast, focuses on everyday mom and pop businesses with a unique twist. We reinvest the credit card fees we collect back into the business owners’ websites and social media marketing. The fees you paid before went right to the bank account of the merchant processor. Yellowbirdy will match your current fees and give you a free website and build you an effective social media presence all for the same fees you are paying now.
What sets the Birdys apart is they don't have a contract. I can’t stress the importance of this concept. Everything we do across all our brands is month to month. We don't enjoy locking people into contracts.
Finally, most importantly, there is Freedom Birdy. The Second Amendment is sacred and many 2nd Amd. businesses have been under attack not only by their credit card processing company; also by their web hosting, domain providers and they even have had their bank accounts shut off simply for making parts for guns. Just being a gun related product can get you banned these days.
We've seen high volume gun businesses destroyed overnight over these types of “woke” policies. Freedom Birdy sees this injustice in the marketplace and brings permanent long-term solutions for processing, web, social and domain hosting. You don't have to own a gun or enjoy CBD products if you don't want to...but if the business is legal and the product is legal you should be able to run your business without
looking over your shoulder.
Case closed, right?
America is rebuilding right now after a long and difficult struggle. We need less judgment, especially towards legal businesses, and more understanding. Our goal is to create unity and fairness in the marketplace. We believe whole heartily in the American entrepreneur. Consequently, our goal - our mission - is to help them Spread Their Wings and reach their fullest potential as we rebuild together.
Cancel culture and “wokeness” didn’t make America great or keep her safe. The Second Amendment and entrepreneurship did… our companies remember, cherish and honor our traditions.
