Originally Posted by OneWhoKnows

OK, let me point this out then: I WANT ALTERNATIVES!

If all sponsors pull the plug on ePass sooner or later now, this will make them vanish even before US banks or the government do anything. So why the hell doesn't anybody put up a solid alternative NOW? This has been discussed 2 years ago already, and still there's not one real alternative to ePass.

And about all the "all you idiots who use ePass, use wires or cheques instead" rants... This is NOT an alternative for most European based webmasters like me. USD cheque withrawal costs me about 20EUR for EACH damn cheque. Receiving international wires? About the same!! Now imagine that I get like 5 cheques or wires around $100 from several sponsors per month. This would be the result:

$500 = 375 EUR
375 EUR - 100 EUR (5x20 for withdrawal) = 275 EUR
275 EUR = $365

I would lose $135 every month only for receiving my hard earned money and getting it on my damn bank account. Of course it would be lots more, if I receive more than 5 cheques (which would be the case).

So for me no ePass would mean I'd have to stop being an adult webmaster, simple as that. And I didn't even ask the question how I should pay my hosting, designers and so on without ePass!