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Just in case somebody else living in ROTW was also wondering about availability, the most important piece of info for us is hidden here: https://www.balancedpay
by jonemo 14y ago
Just in case somebody else living in ROTW was also wondering about availability, the most important piece of info for us is hidden here: https://www.balancedpayments.com/help#22654897 https://www.balancedpayments.com/help#22654897
"Sellers/merchants must reside in the US, have a US mailing address and a US bank account. Buyers can reside in nearly all countries and use any Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card (debit and credit)."
This isn't exactly a surprise, but I would really appreciate if you guys (and all the other payment processing services out there) could include this information a little more prominently.
- jareau 14y agoSorry about this -- we didn't mean to be misleading. What do you think we could do to make our country limitations more prominent on our homepage? https://www.balancedpayments.com/#processing https://www.balancedpayments.com/#processing
- nolok 14y agoIf your visitor is not in the US, add a red text or something that says exactly the quote from parent ? I too was looking for it and ended up reading the HN comment to find the answer.
- jareau 14y agoThanks for the feedback
- mahmoudimus 14y agoYeah, this is a cool idea - will add it to our TODO
- jonemo 14y agoThink about it this way: How would you like to find out that a really really rad service whose website you just found is only available in Liechtenstein and Iceland? That's how you want to present your geo-restriction. What parent suggests is a great idea but doesn't work by itself, because it doesn't work for everyone. I for example am physically located in the USA but I am still only interested in services that work in Germany. In addition to that scenario, I know plenty of people who could be your target audience and who obfuscate their physical location through proxies and VPNs, usually in order to use US-only services. I suggest you simply adding it to the text: Accept credit cards and debit bank accounts for your US-based business. Proceeds are available immediately. Notice the difference? If not, read again. Those who care will notice it, for all others it's two words they ignore.