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Ask HN: DigitalOcean won't accept my debit card. Any alternative?

I'm an aspiring web developer living in Ghana. I bought a domain last year and while I haven't really developed much yet as a developer I have decided to host a project on Digital Ocean to get the motivation to work on it. Today I went to the bank to make some deposit to pay for a couple of months on Digital Ocean but once I added my card, which allows online payment by the way, I got the feedback that Digital Ocean does not accept Debit cards. I was really disappointed but nothing I can do. Is there an alternative hosting service that I can use for a casual project? Thanks in advance.

i0nutzb 12y ago
Did opened a support ticket? I had a similar issue, but it was solved quickly with an email to support.
miralabs 12y ago
have you tried paypal?
- no_cant_credit 12y ago
  PayPal does not support my country(Ghana).
  - pseingatl 12y ago
    Because of all the 419 con artists. Urge the police to clamp down on them and then maybe--and it's a big maybe--Paypal will start to do business there.
    - no_cant_credit 12y ago
      I know. I was really disappointed but not surprised, last year when I wanted to buy a Mikrotik RouterOS license from a Mikrotik-authorized dealer I waited for days only to be told they will manually review my order so I should scan the physical card, attach an ID and the name on the card must march the name on the ID On another instance, when I requested a withdrawal from one of the popular freelancing sites you've definitely heard of, I was told that I will have take of photo of myself holding my ID on one hand, and a given statement written on an A4 sheet on the other. This was something I found ridiculous and demeaning but I had to do as I had close to $2,000 for work done. So it's not like some of us are excited about the situation but there isn't much me as an individual can do. thanks