Foreign Payments Options other than paypal?

cafenervosa_2

As each day passes I get more wary of Palpal all the time as I read all these chargeback horror stories. What are the other options of recieving payments from outside the UK that are secure if any. I don't want to not offer worldwide shipping with my sales but on the other hand I want a method of payment that I can trust.

Whats your views ?

1jim

not sure about this one, safest bet would be to acept paypal i think, nochex does not accept overseas payment. if the cash value is low you could accept sterling cash, i have done this for a customer from ireland and they were happy to accept the risk of it going missing in transit.

cafenervosa_2

1jim wrote:

not sure about this one, safest bet would be to acept paypal i think, nochex does not accept overseas payment. if the cash value is low you could accept sterling cash, i have done this for a customer from ireland and they were happy to accept the risk of it going missing in transit.

Yea I have had quite a few buyers from overseas and the payments have so far turned out fine with palpal when they have paid in sterling.

I was thinking of taking the palpal links off my auctions all together as I've signed up for nochex so can use that for the uk payments. But if someone from overseas wins the item then I would arrange an payment using paypal without the need for ebay getting involved. This is something i'm going to trial out next week.

Oh one more question about Nochex, does the link to pay show up when you send an invoice like it does with paypal ? or will they have to go back to the auction page and click the nochex pay now link ?

1jim

am not sure about that
only use nochex for website (lower cost) but still use paypal for ebay items. i think that nochex has an icon you can use for ebay but dont know if this links to them or not,

1jim

one more thing
why dont you go to ebay chat rooms/help forums, either the general help one or the technical issues one, i bet someone there knows
they have been very friendly and helpful to me in the past
jim

cafenervosa_2

ok cheers I will try that.

Tight_Old_Git

Moneybookers accepts foreign currency and there are no ridiculous 3.4% fees or chargebacks and is secure

https://www.moneybookers.com/app/?rid=542731

cafenervosa_2

1jim wrote:

one more thing
why dont you go to ebay chat rooms/help forums, either the general help one or the technical issues one, i bet someone there knows
they have been very friendly and helpful to me in the past
jim

I had a quick look last night and I must say I don't like the layout of it all. Its not as easy on the eye as something like this for example.

1jim

I agree with the layout of ebay chat rooms but the advice is given pretty quickly, usually within 2-3mins of posting. boards always seem very lively and good for a debate. (not to say this one is not)
lol

Jim

mccawz

Buyers from abroad can pay you by Bank Transfer.
You will need to give them your IBAN (International Bank Account Number) and BIC Swift Code. These can be found on your bank statements.
Your buyer will probably have to pay a fee to their bank but it shouldn't cost you anything to receive payments.