How can i solve the 'invalid country' problem in domain name purchase?

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  egbeyinkasegun · Member · Sep 17, 2013 at 11:17 am

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  I tried purchasing my domain name from wordpress but i was told ‘invalid country’. What does that mean and how can i solve that problem? My country is Nigeria.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2013 at 4:24 pm

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  I’m so sorry but your country is not supported by PayPal. WordPress.com uses PayPal as their payment processor, and as such, can only accept payment from countries they support: https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/

  Nigeria is not a PayPal supported country.

  PayPal have chosen to block payment from your country, so you will not be able to purchase an upgrade here unless you have a source of payment outside of your country.
  

  In addition to major credit cards Mastercard, VISA, American Express, Discover, and PayPal https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/ WordPress.com can accept echecks and some debit cards.

  The debit card must have a VISA or Mastercard symbol on it, and should work just like a credit card when selecting the VISA or Mastercard option on the payment form, even though it’s a debit card.

  More about echecks here:
  https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/helpcenter/article/?solutionId=13054&topicID=11500008&m=TCI