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Wow! This solve so many problems that our startup (www.worldpackers.com in Brazil) have! We are a global marketplace, so we have to charge people from everywhe
by soneca 11y ago
Wow! This solve so many problems that our startup (www.worldpackers.com in Brazil) have!
We are a global marketplace, so we have to charge people from everywhere, and stripe still doesn't cover Brazil.
Opening a Delaware company is a must have as we are starting a series A fundraising.
And the network, wow!
BUT... I wonder how achievable is the direct application as a way for getting in the beta. We are not part of any accelerator by choice (except YC that rejected us on the interview phase). We have a great company, just not important friends.
So, a question to the community: What is the better aproach: Direct application or look for someone to refer us?
- karussell 11y agoDon't you have a local payment processor being able to process global payment? Or what about paypal?
- soneca 11y agoWe accept international credit cards through a local processor, but the stripe solution has some advantages.
- michaelschade 11y agoHey! I work at Stripe. Worldpackers looks pretty cool -- nice job! We kicked off a private beta in Brazil not too long ago that might interest you. You can sign up here: https://stripe.com/global#br https://stripe.com/global#br. (Once you have a Stripe account, you can accept payments from anyone, no matter where they're based.) If you end up deciding to incorporate in the US (say, if it helps with your fundraising), the best approach during the beta is a referral through the Atlas network. We're eager to expand this as we learn more from entrepreneurs like yourself.
- soneca 11y agothanks for answering, Michael! I will see if our CEO can hustle out a referral! :) And I didn't know about the private beta here also, thanks!
- joelcollinsdc 11y agolove the idea for your startup. hope to use it this summer!
- soneca 11y agothanks! If you want a promocode for that, email me at rodrigo @<the above domain>