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No, no worries. Not a dumb question, especially considering how we phrased it on the blog. I think we got used to people being really familiar with our product,
by jslampe 15y ago
No, no worries. Not a dumb question, especially considering how we phrased it on the blog. I think we got used to people being really familiar with our product, so launching right into a big blog release like that (which is our style) threw a lot of new people off.
To answer your question, we do work with the ACH system to load a Dwolla account, and yes, we work strictly in the US as of now.
Steps to do so:
1.) open account at https://www.dwolla.com/register.aspx https://www.dwolla.com/register.aspx
NOTE: AFTER THIS, YOUR ACCOUNT CAN NOW RECEIVE DWOLLA PAYMENTS. Cool, huh? Feel free to follow @dwollaX on twitter to get a few bucks free and demo our social integration p2p feature.
2.) Verify your bank: security is obviously a top concern of ours, so we will make two small deposits into your bank account, which you will verify (this will take 2-3 business days). This is a one-time occurrence.
3.) Initiate a load to your Dwolla balance: This will take 2-3 business.
We're working with new banking products to make this process speed up exponentially, but so far, we've seen tremendous growth with Dwolla Spots and our flat 25 cent fee. Checkout our map: dwolla.com/spots.
- kylemaxwell 15y agoSo is this kind of like Paypal but with a carried balance?
- abrudtkuhl 15y agokinda - without massive percentage based fees + mobile and social payments
- ADent 15y agoSo where does Cash become involved?
- jslampe 15y agoWhile we do have carried balances, which is stored by our other investors (non-interest baring), The Veridian Group, we do differ from PayPal on several fronts (disclaimer: PR messaging, sorry). 1.) Low-cost, flat fee of 25 cents 2.) Social integration (with Facebook and Twitter) for p2p transfers 3.) Location-based payments (see Dwolla Spots) 4.) FiSync, our financial services product(see TechCrunch coverage here: http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/dwollas-fisync-lets-you-instantly-access-cash-eliminates-ach-wait-times-for-banks/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/25/dwollas-fisync-lets-you-ins... 5.) And now Grid (which theoretically could allow us to be a loading mechanism for PayPal)
- ramy_d 15y agothanks for answering, i'm excited for your product and would like to try it if you guys get a canada release.