Author Topic: How get paid in Russia not paypal? (Read 14153 times)

Stas77 · « **on:** March 10, 2013, 09:00 »

Paypal not supported in russia, but many stock site pay through paypal. is there other way to get paid for russian people? at this point, i choose website to sell my photos according to who can pay me in russia. i don't want open fake paypal account, anyway money get stuck in paypal and i can use only for buy on ebay.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2013, 12:00 »

the 2 russian agencies I am in do have paypal but there is a 3.9% fee + 30 cents

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2013, 13:01 »

Stas, k sazhalenyu you can't do a lot till Paypal will not be directly supported by Russian banks.

You should have a bank account abroad and a Paypal account open from the country where you have the bank account.

Poncke · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2013, 13:23 »

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on March 10, 2013, 13:01

Stas, k sazhalenyu you can't do a lot till Paypal will not be directly supported by Russian banks.

You should have a bank account abroad and a Paypal account open from the country where you have the bank account.

Thats bad advice, that will get your paypal account blocked for sure. You are only allowed to open a paypal account in your country of residence. Unless its a business account and you have a legal entity in that country.

https://www.paypal.com/ie/webapps/helpcenter/article/?solutionId=10475&topicID=11400024&m=TKB

Anyhoo, paypal is supported in Russia https://www.paypal.com/ie/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-country-functionality-outside&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8dd75b1e1ec3ad97b7af62835dd81d5d52

They even have a localised website

https://www.paypal.com/ru/webapps/mpp/home

Honestly, if people have a question about paypal, please just ask paypal. Thats the only way to get the only correct answer.

Gannet77 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2013, 14:35 »

Some agencies offer Payoneer, which is a prepaid cash card managed by Mastercard; would that work for you?

Not the cheapest (they charge maintenance fees and for cash withdrawals from ATMs) but if it's your only option...

jareso · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2013, 17:18 »

Isn’t there Moneybookers (now renamed to Skrill) supported in Russia?

At times when PayPal wasn’t supported in Slovakia I used Moneybookers as replacement.
It was supported by many agencies and it was good alternative to PayPal at that time.
But when PayPal started to be supported in Slovakia years ago I didn't used Moneybookers since than, so I am unsure how it is with Moneybookers now.

Poncke · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2013, 18:03 »

paypal is supported in Russia https://www.paypal.com/ie/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-country-functionality-outside&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8dd75b1e1ec3ad97b7af62835dd81d5d52

They even have a localised website https://www.paypal.com/ru/webapps/mpp/home

Stas77 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2013, 10:23 »

Thank you everyone for answer. I know you can withdraw to paypal, but then my money is stuck in paypal and i cant use it except ebay. id on't want to take chance that my account be blocked and i lose money (I have paypal account already, but only use to pay).

I like moneybookers but not all companies offer moneybookers either. still very good option.

Quote from: Gannet77 on March 10, 2013, 14:35

Some agencies offer Payoneer, which is a prepaid cash card managed by Mastercard; would that work for you?

Not the cheapest (they charge maintenance fees and for cash withdrawals from ATMs) but if it's your only option...

I have not hueard of payonner. you know it? good company? i see it has big alexa rank, but that does not mean much.

Gannet77 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2013, 10:45 »

Payoneer is offered as a payment method by iStock, but I don't know if any other agency uses it.

Yes, it's a good company, it's US based and what it does is offer a Mastercard cash card which can be loaded with cash (in dollars) and then used either for purchases or to withdraw from ATMs. It is more expensive than other methods, especially for drawing cash from ATMs, but if you can't use Paypal or other systems it does provide at least some sort of a solution.

You'd probably do best to get accepted at iStock (if you're not already) then apply for it through them, if possible.

Take a look on the website (www.payoneer.com) for more information.

They even have a Russian language forum (at least, I assume that's what it is) so you could try there for any other questions you may have...

ETA: I just noticed in their FAQs that they also offer something called a "Global Bank Transfer" service which seems to allow you to set up a transfer from Payoneer to a bank account. Probably, again, a bit expensive, but might be something you could use. Unfortunately Payoneer don't, as far as I can tell, allow transfers in from Paypal or other services; shame that...

Stas77 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2013, 04:58 »

Thank you! I look at site and they do have transfer from paypal to payoneer. its called payment service or something like that. I will look more, if it is realy good, maybe this mean i can also be on other sites that only pays paypal too.

Stas77 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:59 »

OK I get my Payoneer card so i will try it and then say if I like it and if yes then i will tell you.

ppdd · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2013, 12:05 »

I've used Payoneer to pay Russian freelancers - they have requested it, and it's worked well so far.

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