A week ago I made the decision to start working on freelance projects on various websites such as scriptlance, rentacoder etc.. everything is okay but the problem is that i can't create a Paypal account as the service does not support Lebanon. :mad: :mad: My best bet is that I will have to make those online services send me the money through the bank.

The problem is that if they will send them to the bank they will take 38$ off for every transfer while if I choose to transfer them to my Paypal account they take 0$ and this really sucks! Why should I lose 38$ on every transfer while if the service was available I wouldn't have paid a penny :(

So is there any other service similar to Paypal that I could use and that supports accounts from Lebanon? What do you guys usually do in such cases? Are there any freelancers here? :/
Western Union?
Western Union?
It is not supported, here is what the service of http://www.scriptlance.com/ support:

Check - Regular Mail ($3 fee) // This will take so much time and I don't find it much reliable in Lebanon

Check - FedEx Overnight ($38 fee)

Paypal (No fee)

E-Gold (No fee)

Moneybookers (No fee)

Payoneer Debit Card (No fee)

Bank Wire ($35 fee)

So Basically I want to see if E-Gold, or Moneybookers, or Payoneer Debit Card are supported here. Do you think any of the above mentioned options would work? I mean the ones with no fee of course. Thanks :)
I used to pay stuff via MoneyBookers some time ago. I think the MB company charged an extra $3-5 on each transaction.

I never received money from them so I am not sure how this will work.
Your best solution is to open a bank account in any civilised country ( and by civilised i mean any country except lebanon example : sri lanka )

get a debit card to lebanon and use it from here

the best account you can open is in the USA because paypal transfer to the bank is free , whereas in european countries you will loose around 3 %.
I use Moneybookers for Skype. Works with Lebanese credit cards, I don't know if you can receive money account though. But I don't see why not :)
Try it!
I use Moneybookers for Skype. Works with Lebanese credit cards, I don't know if you can receive money account though. But I don't see why not smile
Try it!
That is exactly what I am going to do, I will try Moneybookers and see how it works, I will thenn tell yoou what happens with me. Anyways thanks everyone for your help, have a good day and I hope one day we will have Paypal in Lebanon, there may be lots of people who need it. :)
if it dosen't work out for you, mabe you can send them to me and i take a commison $$$ :-)
if it dosen't work out for you, mabe you can send them to me and i take a commison $$$ :-)
If it doesn't work I would just let them send them to my bank account :lol: but they will take 38$ commission, all what I am trying to do is avoid commission lol :lol:
moneybookers fee for withdrawal to a bank is "Withdraw money via bank transfer: € 1.80 flat fee" and they say " for ALL Countries"
so i think this is your solution
Let us know how it works with the moneybookers guys if you choose this!

It could help many people.
13 days later
They can send the money via check ? Liban Post it takes 2-3 weeks but at least You can get the Money without any fees I guess. But to convert the check into money the bank will take ($5 for every check).
14 days later
Ayman, did you try moneybookers?
any one had any experience yet in receiving and withdrawing money from moneybookers (to leb)? (not talking about sending, which works fine)
duckster wroteAyman, did you try moneybookers?
any one had any experience yet in receiving and withdrawing money from moneybookers (to leb)? (not talking about sending, which works fine)
I have successfully used moneybookers to pay for skype credits.
samer, i meant for withdrawing, not paying
5 months later
get payoneer debit card. they will ship a debit card with your name on it to you, and u will be able to withdraw those payments from any ATM machine.
Or just go for moneybookers, they totally support lebanon.
A check is also a good decision.
But if you really insist on the paypal payment go to: https://rapidsales.optimum-lb.com/?loc=paypal
they will receive payments instead of you, and you pay them a fee for doing the transaction.

@abdabsi
4 days later