How to Send Money to Non PayPal-Friendly Countries

Posted by admin_mwc on 7 March 2009 1:47 AM in Outsourcing | 2 Comments

A lot of countries are still not PayPal-friendly. People in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and a lot of other developing countries have a vey hard time trying to get PayPal to work.

While this is none of our business if you we don’t live in these countries, it is our business when he hire freelancers from countries like the ones above.

I have used 3 of them – Western Union, Xoom and MoneyBookers. I cannot use eMoneyGram because I am not an American. I have not tried iKobo because you need to use their iKobo card to withdraw money from an ATM machine. It seems like an interesting idea but I have not tried it yet.

I would avoid Western Union because the fees are quite high and process of sending and collecting the money is a pain in the neck. You may only send money online through Western Union to a handful of countries. Otherwise, you would have to visit your local Western Union branch to do it.

The best one I have used so far is Xoom. The money goes straight into the bank account of the recipient. The fees are reasonable and the list of countries is quite extensive.

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admin_mwcVince is a web designer & developer with a passion for creating web sites with clean and functional designs and source code that is valid, efficient, readable, secure and search engine friendly.

Vince is also an animal lover and vegetarian. He is currently taking his first baby steps to realise his dream of living off-the-grid in Australia so that he can live freely in a self-sufficient and eco-friendly manner.

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2 Comments On “How to Send Money to Non PayPal-Friendly Countries”

Freddy

On 12th March 2009 1:14 AM, Freddy said:

Thanks.. Do you have any thoughts on MoneyBookers? I am considering Xoom, but $14.99 is a fair chunk of change….

Vincent

On 16th March 2009 5:02 AM, Vincent said:

I am not sure what you mean by the $14.99 by Xoom. How much are you sending? The commission charges depends on the amount of money you are sending.

I have used MoneyBookers once and I do not like it at all. Not many people use it, the fees are high and the process is complicated.

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