Tickle.Life

What Tickle.Life does

Tickle.Life is a San Francisco-based private company founded in 2019 that operates TickleCharge, a payment processing solution purpose-built for high-risk online merchants. Its core product serves three named verticals — iGaming, Adult entertainment, and Forex — by enabling online card acceptance (Visa, Mastercard, other cards) for businesses that mainstream payment processors typically decline due to elevated chargeback risk and regulatory scrutiny.

The platform is delivered as a single unified payment gateway with risk-based, customized pricing. Merchants input average ticket size, Visa/Mastercard volume, other-cards volume, and total monthly volume into an online rate calculator; low-risk profiles receive instant estimates, while higher-risk businesses are routed to a direct-inquiry sales motion for tailored quotes. The company's stated differentiation is domain specialization in high-risk verticals rather than proprietary technology — no APIs, SDKs, or technical infrastructure beyond a quote-calculator front end are disclosed. Shakun Sethi serves as CEO and founder, with Angel Russell as COO.

Tickle.Life generates revenue via transaction-based fees on processed card volume. The go-to-market is sales-led and global in stated scope, relying on direct online inquiry rather than named marketing channels. A notable data inconsistency exists: the firmographic description characterizes Tickle.Life as a "sex-positive content" / sexual wellness platform, while all operational evidence describes a high-risk merchant payment processor. This mismatch is unresolved in the source material and constitutes a meaningful diligence flag.

Name

Tickle.Life

Website

https://tickle.life

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tickle.Life operates TickleCharge, a payment processing platform serving high-risk online merchants in iGaming, Adult, and Forex verticals through risk-based transaction-fee pricing and a global direct-inquiry sales motion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

High-Risk Merchant Payment Processing

akta.pro primary industry

iGaming Platform Providers (Turnkey/Casino & Sportsbook Platforms) (MPAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Poker Payments, Wallets & Cashier Services (MPAEAEAJ)

Keywords

• High-risk payment processing
• IGaming merchant services
• Adult merchant payments
• Forex payment gateway
• Online card processing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Payment Processing: Transaction-based payment processing fees charged to high-risk merchants for online payment acceptance including Visa, Mastercard, and other card volumes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Tickle.Life, operating as TickleCharge, provides online payment processing solutions tailored to high-risk merchants in iGaming, Adult entertainment, and Forex verticals. The platform enables secure card payment acceptance (Visa, Mastercard, and other cards) with risk-based, customized transaction fee pricing derived from average ticket size, monthly volume, card mix, and industry type.

Product overview

Tickle.Life offers TickleCharge as its core payment processing product, specifically designed for high-risk merchants. The single unified product provides payment gateway services tailored to businesses in iGaming, Adult, and Forex sectors, offering customized rate structures based on average ticket size, monthly volume, and card type distribution (Visa/Mastercard/Other Cards).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TickleCharge Payment processing solution designed for high-risk merchants operating in industries such as iGaming, Adult entertainment, and Forex. The platform enables safe and secure online payment acceptance with tailored rate structures based on merchant risk profiles and transaction volumes.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TickleLife

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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