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I got a problem with service like Stripe, paypal.. etc that's not available in my country. The only solution is local bank and I'm not buying it. Another solution is to open bank account in country like US, not possible.
@GTHell It sounds like your options are limited, then. You need to either use a payment gateway that is available in your country (but can’t help as you didn’t tell us what country you’re based in); or use a service that is available in another country. But it depends on where your customers are based as to the route you go down.
@GTHell where are you from?
I'm from Cambodia. Paypal can only accept credit card but can not withdraw it back to my visa card. I'm literally stuck. Everyone in US can open an ebusiness so easily with just woocommerce and registering a business is so cheap there.
The local bank here require a lot of paper work and without a ton of money, the paper work can take really long. Company registration, patent, 6 months of transaction.... how can a startup has 6 months of transaction, seriously?
I wonder if there a solution that work globally? If payment gateway is a problem then is there any design that an ecommerce could use, like bank wire?
Everyone in US can open an ebusiness so easily with just woocommerce.
@GTHell Well not quite, as even a WooCommerce website still needs to use a payment gateway to accept money but yes, it’s much easier in the US than Cambodia.
I Googled “payment gateway Cambodia” and got the following result. Is it of any help? https://cambodesign.com/online-payments-in-cambodia/
Sounds like if you want to make a boatload of money, go into the cc processing industry in Cambodia. With very limited competitors, you'd make a ton of money. Probably a lot more than you are with whatever project you're working on. You could retire in a year or two, very wealthy lol. You could be the Elon Musk (of paypal fame) of Cambodia! He only made $180 million, after taxes, from selling paypal though... it might not be worth it lol
WooCommerce use stripe that why I said it's even easier to run ecommerce. That link you refer to, I've already take a look before. It's seem like I have no option left.
@Cronix Come here join me and become a millionaire together. What do you think?
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