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Originally Posted by Tjeezers
how about people start paying taxxes and serve the real community a little
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I wouldn't say it's all about taxes. For many non US/Ca webmasters epass used to be the most convenient or, in some cases, the only possible option to get money because:
1. In many 3rd world countries banks either don't cash the checks affiliate programs issue or charge ridiculous fees for caching.
2. Mail problems. Webmasters from certain countries have to go for the check by Fedex option to make sure that they actually receive the check. And the option is pricey in comparison with the rest offered.
3. High wire minimums and costs. I doubt any company will be able to maintain wire payments with minimums as low as ePassporte payments. Webmaster traffic in most cases is spread across numerous programs so one would have to wait quite a few months to meet the minimum on at least one of the programs and get paid.
Another thing - services like design, programming, buying links or domains from someone.
ePass was is one of the most convenient payment options for such stuff. You can name PayPal as an alternative, but once again I know quite a few webmasters from countries not supported by PayPal.
To cut it short, if ePassporte goes away now there will be a huge gap in this industry and it will take people quite some time to figure out a replacement.
Well but the thread is about Michael O and I have to say only good things about him as both ePassporte user and as someone doing job similar to his. In this situation regardless of the outcome he deserves much respect within our community.