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In Germany there is a payment provider (viacash) that allows customers to pay in cash at selected retailers. You get a code, it gets scanned in the supermarket,
by ls15 4y ago
In Germany there is a payment provider (viacash) that allows customers to pay in cash at selected retailers. You get a code, it gets scanned in the supermarket, you pay without any requirement for identification and get a confirmation. Big fan of that, but unfortunately only few websites are using it yet.
- freediver 4y agoHow would automatic recurring payments be handled with this?
- ls15 4y agoThey aren't. It is meant for prepaid models, which is kind of a feature for me.
- freediver 4y agoOh OK. Changing model to pay per use is something we thought of but most people told us they would feel anxiety to search and preferred a fixed monthly fee. We are continuing to have an open discussion about this in Discord, our site and here on HN so lets see if we figure it out.
- ls15 4y agoposteo.de still has a fixed monthly fee with this model. They just limit the account if the credit is used up.
- freediver 4y agoOk so a way to top off account with a one time payment may be a good idea.
- MinorTom 4y agoSome other pay-with-cash methods in other countries are paysafecash (like viacash), paysafecard (only anonymous if you meet strict KYC requirements), some gambling related one (whatever) and cash-by-mail. Do note that all of them have significant fees and probably not that many users.
- ls15 4y agoThank you for considering it
- toper-centage 4y agoPrepaid doens't have to mean pay-per-use. It can mean I load up 50€ to my account and you debit 10€ per month until the account balance is less than 10€.
- pt_PT_guy 4y agoagreed. I would start to be paranoid making searches at will if I knew they are paid one by one