Ask HN: Best way to accept online payment from Egypt?

2 points by dxjones 16 years ago | 1 comment

I have a small online business. Most customers are in North America and pay using PayPal. I have an inquiry from someone in Egypt, where they use Moneybookers and PayPal is not available.

What is the best way for a Canada/US web company to accept online payment from Egypt?

Moneybookers doesn't seem to support withdrawals to Canada/US bank account. PayPal doesn't seem to support customers in Egypt.

I am confident there are lots of Ycombinators who have already figured out the best way to serve customers in countries like Egypt.

Any advice or pointers would be very much appreciated.

David Jones djones@pairwiseaffinity.com http://pairwiseaffinity.com

dxjones 16 years ago |

I received email from someone at MoneyBookers. Apparently they can do a Bank Transfer to a US or Canadian bank for a flat fee of 1.80 Euro (about $2.40).

Just in case anyone else wants to accept online payments from locations where PayPal is not available.

-- dxjones