try ikobo money transfers services

www.ikobo.com

much reliable

twah

try google checkout. i think they offer similar services.

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Hi thanks guys for the contributions.

I have checked out ikobo. Now my problem is that getting your avarage American to use that might be difficult since they are so used to PayPal and besides,every major store or online business advertises PayPal as their preferred merchant.

I have also checked out google checkout.....was expected to come in with a big bang like most google products but alas!They messed up kidogo during the start and now E-bay and stores like Levi have banned use of it on their site.

So i guess im stuck with a PayPal that does not cater largely for the african market when it comes to receiving payments.I have a friend who uses the brother's account in US to recieve payments......now im starting to think thats the only way out.Ama?

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@Sizzla,

But can you withdraw your PayPal balance while in Kenya or receive payments while in Kenya?That's all I need.

As in if a guy in US sends $50 to my PayPal account,how will i redeem it here in Kenya?

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@bird man

you really do not need paypal to do online business. It helps but it is not mandatory. As long as you can accept visa and mastercard logos,paypal is not important in online business.

If you must use paypal when in Kenya you can

1. Ask your brother to set it up for you from abroad.....the risks are too much in my opinion.......
2. open an account with etrade or hsbc and verify your paypal account with the debit cards they will give you.....
3. Open a merchant account with 2chekout. that should take care of that
4. I don't know which bank it is but I think theres a Kenyan bank that you can use to open a foreign account. Use that .......

@ all thinking of paypal

I use paypal but it is prudent if you are going to do business online to understand what you are getting yourself into.

Paypal can and does with frequency limit accounts. Such a lock out can be a minimum of 6 months. They are always auditing their systems and trust me,they are efficient.

There are a number of well known reasons why they will limit your account

* Size of withdrawals
* Some proxies & IPs of unsupported countries
* Many refunds/chargebacks
* Amount of money going through account
* Credit/debit card that does not check out
* Types of products being sold
*using different too many ips to login to your account. Now if you are using safaricom,you know you can have even 5 different ips in a day!

If you have any of these with your account,they will find you out some day. the problem is that it always happens when you have a lot of money in there.

Talk to your paypal agent. They will inform you that if you login to your account from a different country from where it is registered,you are likely to have your account limited. Just because they haven't locked you out yet does not mean that they won't.

I have looked for a solution for Kenyan merchants and the safest for them is simply using another merchant.

Kenyans have the option of using plimus or 2checkout and in my humble opinion,they work just as well as paypal. You can also use moneybookers.

Do a google search on paypal limiting accounts. You will be surprised at the number of accounts locked out and the risk you are taking for your long term business.

If you wish to be happy with paypal,please follow their TOS. You can bookmark this post for future reference but if you are using paypal for Kenyan business,sooner or later,they will limit your account and it is not fun.

Trying to upgrade my Paypal account from Personal to Premier or Business so I can escape the limit on personal accounts and avoid issues in future. Anyone done that before or with insights on potential pitfalls or problems it might portend?

@Alma - Your advise here would be appreciated. And any other expert.

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