Nicola Sarjeant liked the forum thread, Payment options beyond credit cards
I honestly feel like crying right now and I want you to know why - I lost another preorder because a friend went to the site with every intention to buy and got back to me with "is there an option for paypal? i only see bitcoin and credit card"

I’m doing everything I can to get pre-orders, but here it’s mostly pre-order trading that I can’t afford, or relying on an affluent social circle locally. My traffic comes from fandom people who are decidedly international and they will visit the site, see they need a credit card and leave forever.

There are at least five people I know personally who would have bought the book if they could have done so with paypal. I’m already handicapped because of my financial situation and this is supposed to be a site about democratically deciding who gets to be published.

Well, my people whether they’re local Germans or fandom people from all over are incapable of supporting me, because payment options skew so heavily toward middle class American geeks.

I get that you all tried to help with the whole thing about sharing cards or getting gift cards, but that’s requiring SO MUCH more effort from potential supporters that it’s not really a solution at all.

Please, please consider PayPal at least as an additional option - I know it will probably be too late for my novel, but for the future growth of the site it might be vital.
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    Agreed. I live overseas and have fanagled some public readings at local "foreigner" events over the next month, which is something that almost always ends in sales (personal pleas for support are always the strongest),  but given the CC restriction, I feel like I’m being shot in the foot. Yes, people in Taiwanese have credit cards, but my local audience are English-speakers, the vast majority of which will not be Taiwanese. Even though there are non-descrimination laws on the books, expats generally have issues getting credit cards from local banks and, more often than not, go without. 

    And there are no disposable/pre-paid credit cards available here. 

    It’s difficult enough trying to get noticed, much less drum up support or make sales, over the Internet. The lack of alternative payment options physically restricts the only real viable option that I have. 
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      I was going to bring this up too, as I’ve had a couple of people tell me that they don’t feel comfortable with using an "unknown 3rd party credit card processor". I trust Stripe, but only because I know it from my Humble Bundle purchases. I see that Bitcoin is available, but there’s a skill/knowledge barrier to entry there that most don’t have. 

      Paypal would be a good option and shouldn’t be too difficult to implement considering their API’s ease of use.
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        Hi everyone!

        Living in Germany, funding is made a little more difficult because the site absolutely requires a credit card and that’s just not something people, especially my target audience and most of my friends and family, tend to have. Is there any plan to add other payment options? 
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          Who wants Chapter 2?

          Hello Readers,

          To all you now 72 readers who have subscribed to I Am Waltz, a big thank you as always!

          I am wanting to upload Chapter 2 for your reading pleasure, but I am holding off a bit to encourage a bit of a push! We are currently at 42 pre-orders a great start, but far from 750!

          Help me get this out there. Post links and get your friends to pre-order. Once we get to 100 Pre-orders, Chapter 2 will go LIVE! Woohoo!

          This is going to be fun and I can not wait to share the rest of the book with you all. 

          Thanks for everything,

          Matt


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