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Paypal should work. I routinely use Paypal to pay for international vendors. I know this is not the preferred option, but they are well integrated with our Indi

by sharmi 10y ago

Paypal should work. I routinely use Paypal to pay for international vendors. I know this is not the preferred option, but they are well integrated with our Indian banks. As far as I know, Stripe and other similar options don't work in India. I also remember using Amazon payments a couple of years back but that was to pay an US provider not Australia, so your mileage may vary.

danieltillett 10y ago
Are you sure PayPal works as we actually use PayPal as our payment processor for small payments and the Indian customers told me the payment would not go through? I have a feeling for it to work you have to have it linked to one of the tiny number of Indian credit cards that allow international payments. Edit. This quora link suggests it is a known problem [1] and this link goes into more detail [2]. 1. https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-international-payments-when-most-of-Indian-bank-debit-cards-are-not-supported-by-Paypal https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-international-payments... 2. https://www.isaumya.com/paypal-google-wallet-indian-debit-card-support/ https://www.isaumya.com/paypal-google-wallet-indian-debit-ca...
- sharmi 10y ago
  My bad, I do use the ICICI debit card but many nationalized banks dont support paypal. If it is so important to you could integrate a payment gateway into your app. Payment Gateways support all major banks. Here is a link to one. There are several PGs available. I am not sure if all of them support international merchants. https://www.payubiz.in/international-merchant https://www.payubiz.in/international-merchant
  - danieltillett 10y ago
    Not a problem. From my investigations the Indian payment gateways can only deal with Indian companies. The RBI certainly hates us :(
    - sharmi 10y ago
      Hi Daniel, atleast the one I linked to above, support international merchants. See if their plan suits you.
      - danieltillett 10y ago
        Thanks Sharmi. I will investigate further. Anyone have any experience using this service?
      - danieltillett 10y ago
        Sharmi for you and anyone else reading this thread payubiz can only deal with Indian companies. Back to square one.
    - vram22 10y ago
      >The RBI certainly hates us :( Not sure it is partly that or just that. Note: I'm not speaking to defend them as a knee-jerk reaction. There was and still is tons of unaccounted transactions in India (hence the recent cash demonetization, though it has caused lots of issues), and there is also the socialist background and mentality from Nehruvian days of gov't (from soon after independence for many decades, till the 90s), distrust of capitalism (both within and without the country, with a lot of justifications, considering colonialism and hoarding traders later). So there is some (sort of) logical background for all that. I remember reading and hearing (in person) stories from the previous two generations to me, about people going abroad for studies or work, about going to the States with 5 dollars in their pocket (likely exaggerated for effect, but may be a measly 100 or so), camping outside the RBI offices to ask for small amounts of foreign exchange, all sorts of stories. (Rich people taking ill-gotten and unaccounted money outside the country was also a reason for all those rules - so it makes some sort of sense, whether it worked very well or not.) Thing have improved some since them - but not perfect by a long chalk. The RBI is actually staffed by some pretty well-educated people who tend to act in India's longer term interest - speaking purely as a layman here of course.

by sharmi 10y ago

danieltillett 10y ago

Are you sure PayPal works as we actually use PayPal as our payment processor for small payments and the Indian customers told me the payment would not go through? I have a feeling for it to work you have to have it linked to one of the tiny number of Indian credit cards that allow international payments. Edit. This quora link suggests it is a known problem [1] and this link goes into more detail [2]. 1. https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-international-payments-when-most-of-Indian-bank-debit-cards-are-not-supported-by-Paypal https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-international-payments... 2. https://www.isaumya.com/paypal-google-wallet-indian-debit-card-support/ https://www.isaumya.com/paypal-google-wallet-indian-debit-ca...

sharmi 10y ago
My bad, I do use the ICICI debit card but many nationalized banks dont support paypal. If it is so important to you could integrate a payment gateway into your app. Payment Gateways support all major banks. Here is a link to one. There are several PGs available. I am not sure if all of them support international merchants. https://www.payubiz.in/international-merchant https://www.payubiz.in/international-merchant
- danieltillett 10y ago
  Not a problem. From my investigations the Indian payment gateways can only deal with Indian companies. The RBI certainly hates us :(
  - sharmi 10y ago
    Hi Daniel, atleast the one I linked to above, support international merchants. See if their plan suits you.
    - danieltillett 10y ago
      Thanks Sharmi. I will investigate further. Anyone have any experience using this service?
    - danieltillett 10y ago
      Sharmi for you and anyone else reading this thread payubiz can only deal with Indian companies. Back to square one.
  - vram22 10y ago
    >The RBI certainly hates us :( Not sure it is partly that or just that. Note: I'm not speaking to defend them as a knee-jerk reaction. There was and still is tons of unaccounted transactions in India (hence the recent cash demonetization, though it has caused lots of issues), and there is also the socialist background and mentality from Nehruvian days of gov't (from soon after independence for many decades, till the 90s), distrust of capitalism (both within and without the country, with a lot of justifications, considering colonialism and hoarding traders later). So there is some (sort of) logical background for all that. I remember reading and hearing (in person) stories from the previous two generations to me, about people going abroad for studies or work, about going to the States with 5 dollars in their pocket (likely exaggerated for effect, but may be a measly 100 or so), camping outside the RBI offices to ask for small amounts of foreign exchange, all sorts of stories. (Rich people taking ill-gotten and unaccounted money outside the country was also a reason for all those rules - so it makes some sort of sense, whether it worked very well or not.) Thing have improved some since them - but not perfect by a long chalk. The RBI is actually staffed by some pretty well-educated people who tend to act in India's longer term interest - speaking purely as a layman here of course.