Loosing sales?

[clevercast]

Hiya All,

Who else here is loosing sales because they don't have paypal? I use epassporte and moneybookers and I've never had any problems with either.

ePassporte was very easy and quick to sign up for.

Thoughts?

Peace,
Lee

 

[GT Web]

firstly, its losing sales, not loosing sales...

I have never used anything other than Paypal, although am I not its biggest fan there really aren't any other major choices since 95% of the players in this game also use it.

Unless it was a really big/great deal, I would probably not do business with someone through MoneyBookers or EPassporte.

 

[khuldun]

I am having the same problems as well, i dont have paypal and i cant get into any good deal but i cant do anything because everyuone likes to trade via paypal only! I cant even withdraw my DNF$ from out of here

 

[clevercast]

I know what you mean. It's like if you don't have paypal you have some sort of disease or something. Which is a real shame. You would think that they would take other payment methods to make a sale. My money is as green as other peoples and it spends at stores too!

Peace,
Lee

 

[khuldun]

Yep, true! Its like they are creating a monopoly for Paypal, and its the same people who are against Microsoft's monopoly!

 

[Honan]

I know what you mean. It's like if you don't have paypal you have some sort of disease or something. Which is a real shame. You would think that they would take other payment methods to make a sale. My money is as green as other peoples and it spends at stores too!

Peace,
Lee

Hi Lee
Like many other sellers here, I accept direct deposit to bank account by wire.
You only need to ask a seller in a PM if thare are other payment options
For example I accept paymate

 

[khuldun]

Well mostly people tend to stick to paypal, but thats another case, i guess we need to sort out the payment options before we start a deal.

 

[dotNetKing]

For my sales which are mostly in the $250 to $1000 range I use the following non-paypal methods, together with approximate percentage of sales:

sedo.com external transfers 40%
transfer to UK bank account 10% (mainly for European purchasers)
escrow.com 5% (mainly larger sales)
Western Union 1% (mainly smaller sales)
US$ cheques 0.5% (NetSol and awkward institutions)

I find it's just a question of negotating the best solution. For me US$ cheque is a very bad solution, but I use it as a last resort.

Obviously for sales at the $10 to $50 level non of the above options (except for cheque) are very good due to the fees involved.

 

[khuldun]

In sedo you can put your money on hold and then withdraw it whenever you feel like, so you can have a few 10-50$ sales and then withdraw it out.