Comments on: One step closer to Paypal

By: fatima

fatima — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:11:10 +0000

Just want to get email adress for Eve Dmochowska as i need a paypal account to recieve payments for data entry work done and many companies only wish to pay into a paypal account.I have to then try and access these funds but it seems impossible with the current paypal situation. Any help would be appreciated.

By: mundundu

mundundu — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:21:26 +0000

paypal is nice.

two of my clients pay me via paypal, and i can choose which account i want it to go to, based on which bills i need to pay. it’s fantastic.

also, wizeman… i looked at that site, and there are WAY too many misspelled words for me to feel comfortable with using it.

WAY too many.

By: Wizeman

Wizeman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:23:41 +0000

Hi I found this website http://www.webs.co.za they have a work around to accept PayPal payments from your website.

By: naeem

naeem — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:50:20 +0000

FWIW i have had a good success rate with Moneybookers especially freelancing & selling once off goods to European & South American clients.

For USA Trade, paypal dominates.

By: Graeme Sacks

Graeme Sacks — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:12:49 +0000

I’d love more info on how to go about using Paypal.

I sell CDs through a U.S. company, and they will only deposit the proceeds into a Paypal account or post me a cheque. With the state of our Post Office and the high costs of depositing foreign currency, this is not working out very well.

Please tell me how I can us paypal to receive funds.
Graeme

By: Eve Dmochowska

Eve Dmochowska — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:55:13 +0000

@lynne
You’re right, Setcom is a good alternative, but with much higher fees.

@ALX
I did not say Paypal is fraud-proof. I said that the cc information is not submitted to the merchant, and thus potential fraud is avoided (should the merchant not be legit). I stand by that statement.

@mundundu
The only way that you know that is if you’re me, and you’re not, so you don’t.
But I have heard that the fact that Paypal is not here has actually nothing to do with the Reserve Bank, but rather with with Paypal’s aversion to potential fraud and abuse by an “African” country.
But who knows?

@Andrew
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that Paypal was ever here “in full”. Can you direct me to some online links re that? Thanks.

@Gustav
Thanks for this link, where you can read more info on online payment options in Africa
http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2007/09/26/is-a-common-african-e-commerce-platform-possible/

By: Constant Flux › Setcom Beats South African Paypal Restrictions

Constant Flux › Setcom Beats South African Paypal Restrictions — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:51 +0000

[...] (28 Aug): Eve has spotted Payfast, another online payment system to add to the lineup. Let’s see if they can do better than the [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:20:11 +0000

To those, like Mike A, who think that PayPal might “take an interest in SA” please remember that PayPal was here in full .. they were driven out by the protectionist and anti-competitive practices of our banks and by SARB’s paranoia over maintaining currency controls ..between them, they have cost the country billions of rand in lost opportunities. Well done Payfast – I shallbe implementing it asap.

By: mundundu

mundundu — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:16:33 +0000

i know you have bank accounts in another country, lady. since you’re probably a permanent resident, at the very least, do you admit income paid into them or into your paypal account?

because that’s a major reason south africans aren’t allowed to have paypal. they can keep it in their paypal account, use their paypal credit or debit card to access it, and not report a single cent to sars.

sars doesn’t like that.

By: Mike A

Mike A — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:46:32 +0000

Great stuff! Thank you for letting us in on this. I know a number of people like artists who would really like to sell their work online. Setting up online shops is fairly easy, but payment has always beent he bugbear.

I just wonder whether Paypal will suddenly start to show interest in South Africa.