If you add this, then that covers everywhere in SEPA, which is almost all of Europe. SEPA transfers are one of the most common forms of payment in Europe as they are just a normal bank transfer with standard (or no) fees, which is a lot better than a typical international transfer which tends to have much higher bank fees.
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In Sweden a common and convenient pay method is called Swish, maybe requires a local Swedish account and phone number. That´s what I´d prefer if it´s possible.
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I think Paypal should be included as soon as possible as well. It’s important to have other options for people who don’t want to use it, but I assume paypal is still the most widely used digital payment method.
Canadians also have Interac for debit payments and e-transfers.
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I don’t think it will be possible to use PayPal - we’re using Stripe which has better fees and integration, but is PayPal’s direct competitor!
Ah ok, that makes sense.
I had a look now at the payment methods that Stripe supports. I guess the more options you can enable the better for the global userbase. There are probably other countries outside the EU as well, where credit cards are not widely used.
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In another thread, @marlean asked if we’ve had any donations yet. I think this is the more appropriate thread to answer that question.
We’ve had a great start on donations, having raised $852 since we rolled out the donations page! We currently have (in total USD contributions):
- 12 donors under $25
- 3 donors between $25 and $250
- 1 donor over $250
We’re planning on having some of these stats readily available on the site in the next iteration as well as a setting that allows making your own donations public at your option. We’ll also add more payment methods then.
Thanks to everyone who has already made a financial contribution! It’s awesome to see so many people pitching in and supporting the project through donations.
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Hi! Ok, donating via credit card or debit/Pay Pal aren’t options for me. Will the site/app eventually have a Google Pay option?
Ah. Ok. Well i hope it isn’t because I will definitely make donations if it becomes one of the ways to do it.
It may be old skool, but what about mailing in money order cheques such as you can get either at a bank or post office?
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oooo funny fellow. 
I was serious though because for plenty of people CCs or Paypal, etc, aren’t viable options. But money orders are easy.
I was serious too.
Seriously sarcastic.
Actually, I was just trying to suggest some alternative revenue streams for a startup. Perhaps I’m unrealistic (given added admin etc), although I’m really not sure why you’d regard my suggestion of accepting cash as “sarcastic”. Startups such as this need all the help they can get, no?
Serious about taping coins to cardboard? Sure. The “what about stamps” made it obvious. If you’re serious about sending ca$h, bills would obviously be better than coins.
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Made what obvious? Sarcasm? If you say so @Vagabonder, if it pleases you. This conversation is getting off topic.
You are correct though, bills would be better than coins/stamps. Having said that, I’m curious if Couchers has the facility to take cash at all, which was where my point was actually leading.
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Well hopefully they will have a mailing address eventually where people can send cash, coins, money orders, cheques, valuable family heirlooms, etc.
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Why so modest? I think we should be open to members wanting to bequeath and give all the rest and remainder of their property and estate of every kind and character to Couchers 
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I just checked the donations page - seems like CC is still the only option or did I miss some button somewhere?
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