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In the western world, people without credit or debit cards are such a small portion of the population that this policy of ignoring such users is worthwhile. In
by asg 14y ago
In the western world, people without credit or debit cards are such a small portion of the population that this policy of ignoring such users is worthwhile. In developing countries however, there are many services that aim to bridge this gap. I dont know how good they are, or how successful they will be, but people are certainly trying to access this market.
Examples (no affiliations):
http://gharpay.in/ http://gharpay.in/ - Home cash pickup;
https://www.itzcash.com/ https://www.itzcash.com/ - Prepaid Cash card;
Mobile Money services in Africa such as M-Pesa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa
- cb_cthulhu 14y agoActually, as a student in Germany, most of people I know don't have or want a credit card (which is a major annoyance with Google Checkout, since they accept _only_ credit card payment). That's - depending on your product of course - not that small a market. I would argue that this is the case in other countries, too.