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This person is correct. I pay for 2 servers running in Asia under Alibaba, using my local CVS drugstore. Im in the Midwest USA. Not a single problem at all.

• chrononaut 4mo ago
  Sorry, I am not familiar with Alipay, at least in the use case you're referring to; How do you exactly pay for 2 servers using Alipay from a CVS?
  • mystraline 4mo ago
    I can load US dollars I hand over to the CVS attendant and load it on my AliPay (Alibaba account). I can then pay my Alibaba server bills with Alipay.
    • DANmode 4mo ago
      Is there an intermediary? The cash doesn’t go directly from CVS to AliPay, right?
      • nemomarx 4mo ago
        CVS also accepts alipay as a payment method, so they must have some kind of direct partnership. I don't see why they'd need an intermediary, although maybe they take the cash and just credit alipay some balance etc.
        • DANmode 4mo ago
          Super interesting and unexpected! Thanks (to all!).
    • nixon_why69 4mo ago
      Why not just go directly from a credit card to alipay? Does that not work when physically outside of China?
• oefrha 4mo ago
  Hmm I have a couple Alibaba Cloud servers located in CN Hangzhou region and I just pay with my U.S. credit card, no Alipay needed. alibabacloud.com is meant for international customers anyway. I’m not sure if aliyun.com accepts international CCs, maybe you’re using that.
  • mystraline 4mo ago
    I also have at times ordered deliverables on Alibaba (not aliexpress). Being able to send funds in yuan over Ali network solves almost all problems with that.