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Ina
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 Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: Online Payment Survey - Results |
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Thanks to everyone who took the online payment survey last month. Here's a link to the results:
http://auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/surveys/payment_012006
And a summary is being included in AuctionBytes-Update February 5th edition.
Ina
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concho
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: bidpay and google |
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I never used bidpay when it was alive but I had a favorable impression of the service. The most interesting thing to me was the apathy about it's demise.
I started a google news watch on the word 'bidpay' when I read the news in December. Did you know that I've only received about a dozen alerts from google since then? And every single one of them was about an Auctionbytes article!
I don't know if this experience should be interpreted as accolades for Auctionbytes, the insignificance of Western Union, or just the continued decline of google.
Whatever the lesson, I appreciate the information provided by your service. It appears, that without your coverage, there would be no news on this subject at all!
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Ina
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I continue to get people asking if there is a BidPay substitute, especially from countries where PayPal does not operate. No alternative has been suggested so far. I think it impacts global trading more than anything.
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lotr
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Online Payment Survey - Results |
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| Ina wrote: | | Thanks to everyone who took the online payment survey last month. |
Ina,
Any idea of what the geographical location of the participants were as that will have some bearing on the commonly accepted payment methods. I know that many European sellers expect to be paid by BIC+IBAN bank transfer (since it's free of charges to them), while Australian sellers will use PayMate for their credit card acceptance. Canadian sellers have access to CertaPay, etc. - all regional payment methods that mostly don't work well for international sales previously provided through BidPay.
I will miss the occasional BidPay WU money order from my US customers but at least they still have the cheaper option of 7-11 or WalMart issued MOs, unlike customers in other countries. I deal with a number of good banks most of whom negotiate foreign bank drafts, checks, and money orders 'at sight' via a very large partner bank that specialized in international clearance. Low fees and good exchange rates, though slower than online transfer systems such as PayPal but with better fraud detection.
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