PayPal or AlertPAy? Which Is Better?
By egotron
@egotron (60)
Philippines
July 5, 2010 9:44am CST
For online shopping and payment processing, which is the best and secured? And why it is your choice?
9 responses
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
5 Jul 10
Welcome to mylot!
I prefer paypal becausse it was easy for me to verify my account from my country. I found it harder to do the same with Aletpay so when I have some money there (Some sites pay only through Alertpay) I rent referrals for sites that have both payments. Then I take out my money via paypal.
I suppose it depends on how easy it is to work with it in your country.
Take care!
I suppose it depends on how easy it is to work with it in your country.
Take care!@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
5 Jul 10
I live in Chile and I did want to tie my account to my international credit card as I only use my online earnings for vacations.. Alertpay wanted be to send my ID, a house bill and I don´t remember what else. I don´t have a scanner so that was next to imposible.
. Alertpay wanted be to send my ID, a house bill and I don´t remember what else. I don´t have a scanner so that was next to imposible.
@workingmom50 (3091)
• United States
5 Jul 10
I prefer paypal because of their debit card. It makes it so easy to pay bills and go shopping and I can get cash out when needed. I only use alertpay when there is no paypal option.
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
You mean to say we cannot verify debit card account with Alertpay just like we do with Paypal? Credit card only not debit card? I didn't know that. If that's true, then Alertpay is not a good option for me because I am not qualified to have credit card. Here in the Philippines, to have a credit card, there are only two options: first, you have to be employed by top 5,000 corporations, or, you have to deposit a big amount with a bank first like RCBC so they will send you a credit card.
@stellak12 (384)
• Cyprus
5 Jul 10
I use paypal to shop online. That's because I am using ebay for my online shopping, ebay sellers accept paypal, so it is usefull :)
@ecyang (97)
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
I have been using paypal for more than a year now and it has served me well. Here in the Philippines, paypal is preferred because we have a bank that caters to paypal and helps you verify your paypal easily. When it comes to online shopping, I make sure to pick online stores that offer paypal as one of their payment options, and there are a lot of that kind of online stores here. So, I'm ever loyal to paypal. :)
@kodukodu84 (1569)
• Malaysia
5 Jul 10
I have both, but I use paypal more. I've used Alertpay several times too and I have no problem with it. I only have them both because some sites won't accept paypal, so it's very convenient to have a ready option
@ankurmahajan (38)
• India
5 Jul 10
many people have told you that both are good but they prefer paypal, but it really depends on the country you reside. I live in India and we cant use paypal on ebay and many other shopping sites. so,for us it really doesnot mattersthat we use paypal or alertpay because to use that money we have to first transfer it to credit/debit card or bank account. The things which matter are their fee and time to transfer money.........
I hope you get your answer.......
@concept001 (430)
• India
5 Jul 10
It depends. Both paypal and Alert Pay are good. But then you have to choose your payment option according to the work you do. Most people across the global are comfortable with paypal. Paypal have cerrtain features which makes it the first choice for online workers.But Alertpay is also very popular.
