Trevor Johnson <bpfsa_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
"Do you realise the disincentive it is for many non-USA
affiliates to join most affiliate programs? A cheque
in $US drawn on a US Bank is extremely expensive to
deposit into a bank offshore. Here in Australia, for
example, it is common for the bank fee to be larger
than the value of the affiliate commission cheque
itself. It can cost up to $A80 (approx. $US55) to
deposit a single offshore cheque, not to mention six
weeks for clearance. (And Australia is not unique in
that regard. Similar fees apply with banks around the
world.)"
This may be a little off topic, but may be helpful.
I might be lacking some information that others know very well, but I agree
with you, however there are other ways around the problem of paying in another
currency. for example, I wanted to do some genealogical research in the Irish
National Archives. They would only accept Irish currency, or checks written on
Irish banks. Here in the United States I found I could get Irish cash (punt)
from a travel agent. Also, if your country's post office has international
postal money orders, I pay for items bought on Ebay from other countries with
international postal money orders. I do agree with you that businesses are
limiting themselves by limiting the method of payment to a very few customers who
are able to pay by the methods they have chosen to accept.
A marketing wannabe,
Dennis Benson
Received on Mon Jul 07 2003 - 09:28:16 CDT
