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And people claim the world is flat. It is not for us that need to jump through hoops just to be on the same 'playing level' with our compatriots overseas. As a
by OoTheNigerian 13y ago
And people claim the world is flat. It is not for us that need to jump through hoops just to be on the same 'playing level' with our compatriots overseas.
As a Nigerian, you cannot dare build any SaaS application because gateways that support recurring billing do not support Nigeria (and of course many other countries)
Basically, the fellow with this problem cannot build an Angry Birds without moving countries or jumping through hoops.
This kind of stuff makes me really mad. As an entrepreneur, you just have to keep fighting the obstacles and solve your problems.
For my new project, we have had to register a company in the US just so we can use Stripe. We still have more hoops to jump before we are ready to collect money.
If I were competing with some other folk, he would be already one moth ahead without having to spend a lot of money and time.
It's really fucked up.
- mastersk3 13y agoOfftopic: Isn't 2checkout & its recurring module avilable for Nigerian merchants?
- OoTheNigerian 13y agoThe one that Nigerians started using recently is Avangate. Just have a look at the pricing. 2CO looks interesting. thanks! I will let my friends have a look. [1] http://www.avangate.com/pricing/ http://www.avangate.com/pricing/
- mastersk3 13y agoThat is absolutely ridiculous pricing! I guess there is one gateway anyone can use regardless of country is: http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/whatwedo/payment_processing.html http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/whatwedo/payment_pro... Ofcourse it does not have a transparent pricing or subscription module, but you could overcome that by integrating with any third party app spreedly, chargebee etc