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Re: Ask HN: Paypal alternatives for vendors outside the US?

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Post by grobmeier »

bojanz wrote: post #16
MarkCole wrote: post #5

For European businesses Paymill might be an alternative. It works pretty much exactly the same as Stripe, just available in more/different countries. http://www.paymill.com

For our European SaaS we had to switch from Paymill to Stripe because a large percentage of US customers would get their cards rejected when paying via Paymill. (Paymill is Europe-only, and when a US bank detects a payment going out to Europe, it flags it as fraud. Thanks, US banks!)

Oh my god. I saw this by random. I see clear now. Thank you.

Re: Ask HN: Paypal alternatives for vendors outside the US?

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Post by SyneRyder »

aboutus wrote: post #26
egomaksab wrote: post #18

I recommend Fastspring ( http://www.fastspring.com ). Yes, it's more expensive than others but it has a lot of features that make it worth it. The main selling point for us was that essential you sell your product wholesale to Fastspring and they become the seller. This makes accounting and taxes much easier, especially for EU customers.

At first glance, Fastspring looks fantastic. It even accepts PayPal, so I don't have to miss out on those sales. Hopefully it's the real deal.

Fastspring is great, I've used them for the last 5 years. They handle VAT as well, one of the main reasons I use them (I'd rather not deal with that bureaucracy myself).

It's still a good idea to have a second payment processor, in case one has downtime or a customer has a problem charging their card. I've never had problems with Fastspring, but I occasionally had problems with others - I have a switch in my backend where I can flip to a second payment processor instantly.

Re: Ask HN: Paypal alternatives for vendors outside the US?

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Post by jakobegger »

egomaksab wrote: post #18

I recommend Fastspring ( http://www.fastspring.com ). Yes, it's more expensive than others but it has a lot of features that make it worth it. The main selling point for us was that essential you sell your product wholesale to Fastspring and they become the seller. This makes accounting and taxes much easier, especially for EU customers.

I can also vouch for Fastspring. The reseller part is really important. It means they take care of billing and VAT, similar to the App Store. It's a bit more effort to set up compared to the Mac App Store, but they take less and pay out faster. Customer support is really good. Their API is a bit annoying to work with, but gets the job done, and the customer support makes up for unclear docs. I'm really happy with them.

Re: Ask HN: Paypal alternatives for vendors outside the US?

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Post by walshemj »

thejetset wrote: post #14
walshemj wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Computer technical support is in the high risk category?

I'd imagine that's the result of both somewhat dishonest advertising and scams that are being run by companies that advertised themselves as technical support or "Fix Your PC" companies. Like the "I'm calling from Microsoft" scam - http://www.howtogeek.com/180514/the-%E2%80%9Ctech-support%E2...

ah yes I see the point now
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