hi, sunflowers. i recently signed up with alertpay but havent had any buyers who used them yet. the only problem i had during signup was that they didnt like the only picture ID i have (which is a sams club card). so i cant be a verified user, even tho i gave em 3 proofs of address & linked my account to a checking account i've had fer 25 years. sheesh! so why do they need to know what i look like?

nopaypal";p="50404 wrote: › hi, sunflowers. i recently signed up with alertpay but havent had any buyers who used them yet. the only problem i had during signup was that they didnt like the only picture ID i have (which is a sams club card). so i cant be a verified user, even tho i gave em 3 proofs of address & linked my account to a checking account i've had fer 25 years. sheesh! so why do they need to know what i look like?

I have some experience with Alertpay, nopaypal. The picture ID verification is used to prevent fraud and other illegal activities. Being such a new service, it's really difficult getting buyers to sign up for it and use it. Many of them will tell you flat out that it's Paypal or nothing.

To top it off, Aletpay isn't currently accepting credit card payments and buyers can only upload funds from their checking/savings account to pay. Most buyers welcome the convenience of being able to pay for goods on the internet using their credit card. I'm not sure of this situation has changed. The last time I spoke with Alertpay's CS they said that they were working on it.

So, keep your fingers crossed

p.s.I believe that ID such as your state's drivers license would be more acceptable.

Does anyone have experience with "Neteller"?

hi, howrude!

Quote: › Aletpay isn't currently accepting credit card payments

hunh? they say they do in the banners they give to members for use in their listings! this isnt true?

Quote: › p.s.I believe that ID such as your state's drivers license would be more acceptable.

i sent them that too, but it doesnt have a picture. which is why i also sent em my sam's club card--it's the only picture ID i have!



oh btw, i also just found out they charged me a 50 cent fee to make the microdeposits which verify my bank account! GRR!



to answer yer ? about neteller--i had an account there too, but i thought it was quite complicated to use.

nopaypal";p="50563 wrote: › hi, howrude! Quote: › Aletpay isn't currently accepting credit card payments hunh? they say they do in the banners they give to members for use in their listings! this isnt true? :

Well, I don't know what the situation is now, but the last time I spoke to CS they told me that they were working on it...I'm clueless. I haven't used their service in weeks. I'll have to log in to my account and see what the latest updates are.

things seem to happen pretty fast over there...hard to keep up, but i guess those guys are at least on the job!

elphin wrote (View Post): › I also have ecount. HTTP://www.ecount.com You get a visa/atm card just like Paypal (which costs a couple bucks initially) but its a great way to accept payments with ZERO FEES which IMHO is very cool

I use PayPal right now and I am soooo disappointed in them. I need a good alternative to paypal. I see you said you use ecount but I just checked out their site and I see nothing about them offering service to internet business. Or did I miss something?? I hope you will still see this post for I liked that you said they offer a atm card like paypal does.

oh my! i see EasyPay80.com's website has been suspended!

*sigh* if it sounds too good to be true...

Run-A-Bay wrote (View Post): › What about these two? Ikobo PPPay

There's another one I happened to typo my way into -- www.PayPay.com -- looks like a PayPal competitor trying to cash in on typo of "y" for the "l". Are these guys even legit?

Quote: › I use PayPal right now and I am soooo disappointed in them. I need a good alternative to paypal. I see you said you use ecount but I just checked out their site and I see nothing about them offering service to internet business. Or did I miss something?? I hope you will still see this post for I liked that you said they offer a atm card like paypal does.

StormPay offers an ATM debit card.
They also have free auction listings along with
lots of new features recently added.
http://www.stormpay.com/?973&psdc

Terri

I read somewhere that StormPay had a lawsuit against them and that they were being investigated.

Ran into some interesting sites. First up was a typo: www.paypay.com -- but it turned out to be a direct competitor to paypal that I've never heard of before, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of information on them readily available.

Then I got to thinking... it seemed like one reason for picking out a hokey name like paypay (aside from the typosquatting potential) is that pay.com wasn't available. So I entered www.pay.com, and sure enough -- it looks like a startup paypal competitor. The page is a placeholder (which as any experienced internet marketer knows, is a gigantic error) that says:

Quote: › Coming Soon Thankyou to All Investors We are soon to Go Public on the NASDAQ. A prospectus will be available shortly. Any questions please email us at invest@pay.com A Safe & Secure Payment Service without the expensive fees! Copyright 2006 Pay Group International. All Rights Reserved. This service is brought to you by Pay Group International (18 Roswell Street, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia 3150).Use of this Web site is subject to our Terms and Conditions . None of the information contained in this website constitutes, nor should be construed as Financial Advice.

Doesn't seem to be any shortage of folks that want to take on PayPal, although IMNSHO, competing head-on with PayPal is a solid loser. In the crowded field, GBuy is what I'm betting on, in spite of the fact that their screwups in China give cause to wonder if they have the required spinal stiffness.

Latest update on online payment sites:

6/19/06

2000Charge.com (USA or international)
3Delta Systems with Level 3 Detail (USA or international)
ABANCO International LLC (USA or international)
Apriva Wireless Credit Card Terminals (USA or international)
Auctionchex.com (USA or international)
BitPass Micropayments (USA only)
CacheCard Services (USA or international) (down?)
CCAvenue eTransactions (USA or international)
CCNow (USA only)
Certapay (Canada only)
Ecount (USA only)
e-gold Ltd. by Nevis Corporation (USA or International)
GreenZap.com (USA or international)
hyperWALLET (USA and Canada only)
iKobo Money Transfer (USA or international)
Moneybookers.com (U.K. site) (USA or International)
MoneyZap by Western Union (formerly Achex) (USA only)
Nash Cash
Nochex E-mail Money (U.K. site) (U.K. only)
PayingFast Money Orders
PayMate Australia (USA or International)
PaymentOne (formerly PayPlace) (USA or International)
PayPad Person-to-Person Payments (USA only)
PayPal (USA or International)
Payso Micropayments (USA or International)
Paystone Online Payment (USA and Canada only)
PaySwiss.com (Switzerland site) (USA or international)
PepperCoin Micropayments (USA only)
PPPay.com (U.K. site) (USA or international)
ProPay (USA only)
Secure2pay (announced but not yet opened)
StormPay (USA or International)
VirtualBankCard (USA only)
WorldPay (USA or International)

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Currently defunct online payment sites:

6/19/06

Beenz Internet Currency
BidPay by Western Union (formerly Auction Payments)
BillPoint / eBay Payments (replaced by PayPal)
CitiBank's c2it
CyberCash
DigiCash
eFlow Multi Currency (formerly Energy Flow)
eMoneyMail
EwMerchant Secure Online Payments
ExchangePath
EZCardinc
FastPay U.K.
Fidesic (formerly Checkspace, dropped auction payments)
Flooz E-currency
Mad-Cows Moola!
MoneyMover.com
Moola Zoola
MooPay.com
PayDirect by Yahoo!
PayCaddy.com
Place2pay International (formerly PAYpoint2000)
RocketCash
Starpay.com
Tradenable (originally i-Escrow)
Tradesafe
X.com (assimilated by PayPal)
YowCow
Zoom-Cash.com

elgato wrote (View Post): › Latest update on online payment sites: 6/19/06 <snip> GreenZap.com (USA or international) <snip>

Hard to believe that Ponzi scam hasn't been shut down by the Feds yet. Hope nobody here has sent those people any money...

References:
http://www.greenzapscam.com/
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=2190
http://honeyfrog.com/learn/greenzapscam.htm

psunite wrote (View Post): › www.bidpay.com Bidpay allows a buyer to purchase a Western Union money order online using a Visa or Mastercard. The buyer pays the fees for the item to be shipped either regular, 2-day or overnight delivery. Payment is sent to the address provided by the buyer. Alternatively, sellers can register to have the payments directly deposited to their bank account via an ACH transfer. The seller has no risk of chargebacks on bidpay transactions as Bidpay is the merchant. Perfect service for international buyers or buyers with low feedback to help minimize the risk to the seller.

BIDPAY.com has CHANGED ALOT!! THe site got recently bought out this june and they no longer support western union. BIDPAY.com is now one of the best alternatives to paypal.com