We have been using Paypal for last 10 years and it is most trusted site among bloggers, small business owners to receive money from abroad. But in our country (India), we can use Paypal the same as other users from countries like USA, Canada, UK etc. Even in last month, PayPal has disabled the option to manually withdraw funds to bank accounts, due to India’s regulations.
So, I started searching some of the best alternatives to Paypal sites. Though, there are hundreds of sites similar to Paypal, in this post, we’ll list only 5 best sites for receiving payments from abroad.
Best Alternatives To Paypal
If you have any issue with Paypal, we suggest you to use any of the sites mentioned below. All these sites are ideal for bloggers, freelancers, small business owners to send and receive payments from abroad.
1. Payoneer
We have been using Payoneer for last 4 years as most of our clients don’t use Paypal. Payoneer is one of the oldest services for global payment solution. Currently Payoneer support over 200 countries including India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and many more.
As compared to Paypal, the transaction fee of Payoneer is much lower and because of this, you will end up saving a lot of money.
Registering with Payoneer is completely free and is a straight forward process. Once you have done a transaction of $1000 using Payoneer, you will get a bonus of $25.
2. Skrill
Another reliable and very popular paypal alternative to send and receive payments. Skrill also goes head to head with PayPal as a payment gateway and is used by over 120,000 online merchants globally.
Like Paypal and other Paypal alternatives, opening a Skrill account is free. Skrill also offer a prepaid Mastercard to European Economic Area (EEA) countries users that works in millions of shop worldwide.
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3. Stripe
If you are running an online store and looking for the best Paypal alternative, Stripe is for you. It is a USA based country and provide its services in many countries including India. Even if you are from a country where Stripe is not working, you can take advantage of Stripe Atlas program that let you incorporate a company in USA & also opens a bank account for you.
4. Remitly
Another great alternative to Paypal. The best thing about Remitly is that if you transfer over $1000, there is no charge. And when you send money via credit or debit card the transfer will happen automatically at the flat rate of $3.99.
They also have an option to send money without paying any fee but it will take 3 days.
5. 2Checkout
You can also try 2Checkout as Paypal alternative to send and receive payment from all around the world. The only downside of 2CheckOut is their high transaction & transfer fees.
Currently, 2Checkout has 4 office locations around the world and provides e-commerce services in over 180 countries. Like other Paypal alternatives, 2CO also allows to sign up for free.