I wanna upgrade to premium but don't have a creditcard
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Hey! I really like WordPress and I want to upgrade to premium. But I don’t have a creditcard. And with Paypal I need a creditcard too. Is there another way to pay for an upgrade? Or is it just impossible to upgrade for people without a creditcard? :(
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For payment, we accept all major credit and debit cards, and you can also pay directly through your PayPal account.
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When I wanna buy a premium upgrade, it says i have to tell my credit card information. But I don’t have one.
And when I try PayPal, I also have to give my credit card information. Still dont have one.On a lot of sites I also can pay with iDeal, but that isn’t possible on WordPress i think?
(Sorry if my English is bad sometimes)
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I don’t know if they’re available in the Netherlands, but in the US pre-paid credit cards are available that might work. In the US, money can also be added to a PayPal account from a bank account. I can’t really read Dutch, but perhaps the PayPal help site for the Netherlands can tell you other ways to add money to a PayPal account that work in your country.
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WordPress.com uses PayPal as the payment processor, and as such, can only accept payment from countries they support: https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/
If for whatever reason, they have chosen to block payment from your country, you will not be able to purchase an upgrade here unless you have a source of payment outside of your country. Note: You can buy a prepaid credit card from an approved 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 -
P.S. What I copied and pasted above also applies to those who do not have credit cards. Note: You can buy a prepaid credit card from an approved country.
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Yeah I have a debit card but that doesn’t work. It doesn’t know the card number.
Yes I know, I can deposit money with iDeal from my bank to PayPal. But when I try to send money from PayPal to WordPress it still asks for my credit card number.
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Ah, so that’s the problem. I have ‘Maestro’ on my debit card.
But I will try to buy a prepaid credit card from another country. But it’s really bad that WordPress doesn’t accept iDeal. I mean it’s 2015, many transactions works with iDeal.
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@jordidebruin
You’re welcome.Note that the relevant support doc is here https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/ and click for tag searching my previous answers to support forum threads.
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