There finally seems to be a legitimate, trustworthy way for Kenyans in Kenya to access their PayPal money quickly and easily: PayMPESA.
In case you are new here, some time last year PayPal did us a favour and made it possible to maintain a PayPal balance with a “Kenyan” PayPal account. This meant that we could finally receive money via PayPal in Kenya. However, withdrawing that money turned out to be a whole other story. Why? Because PayPal has no relationship (currently) with local banks. They need this in order to allow “Kenyan” PayPal accounts the ability to withdraw to a local, Kenyan, bank account. In plain English, this means that you can have money in PayPal but you cannot take it out.
The only way to take it out – and this is what PayPal themselves recommend – is to withdraw to a US bank account. Unfortunately, not many Kenyans have one so this is a very real and very serious problem when it comes to dealing with PayPal from Kenya.
Until now. With PayMPESA, all you have to do is to deposit your PayPal funds with them, and they will send it to you in Kenya via MPESA. Nice, eh? I think they are onto something very, very lucrative here and I wish them massive success.
Have you tried it yet? What do you think?
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Paympesa are just dubious con men. I requested payments on October 3rd 2011. Order #233, I have not received any money to date (Jan 2012). I will not advise any Kenyan to use this guys. I am making an article to the “Cutting Edge” Daily nation on the same
@Raphael you should have filed a dispute before 45 days elapsed. Mine was #236 by Paypal got my money back. Sorry about that though.
Kevin of paympesa, kindly do the honorable thing and pay Raphael his money. In as much as epay-kenya are perceived to be expensive, I think in retrospect, they are cheaper if you value trustworthiness and time. I am yet to come across any blog where anyone has been corned by them. epay-kenya, keep it up and consider reducing your rates. I use your services on regular basis and I must say your service level is excellent.
I am looking for the like button on George’s statement. I Agree with you 101%. At the end of the day, cheap is expensive. E-pay might be expensive but with the customer service and timely service you get, you cannot even begin to compare with companies in Kenya. I join George in saying kudos to e-pay!
Crystal, thank you for sharing the same sentiments. You’ve summed it all …..Cheap can be expensive.
AM IN NAIROBI WHAT ARE THE SIMPLEST PROCEDURES AM I GOING TO USE PLEASE?
If you are in Kenya, and you want to withdraw from Paypal, the best bet is Epay.
People are so stupid. Whenever you are doing online transactions. Always look for https:// URL link.
The HTTPS:// instead of HTTP:// is just the only thing to look for before getting scammed.
People just go around the web thinking that they know everything. Know security, in fact stop facebook facebooking or watching porn and Google or learn about online security.
First off, this site sucks by giving people wrong information.
Just to add Bobby, the HTTPS should not be only thing you should be on the lookout for because it means that they have an SSL certificate, which you can buy from any web hosting company like Godaddy. Personally, I rely on what other people are saying about the website before I go ahead and do any transaction.
PS: Likechapaa is a site with a lot of useful information.
I agree with Albert. The true test of integrity is not on the SSL certificate as this simply ensures encryption of sensitive data to deter identity theft through phishing. There are sights that are secured but do not necessarily display the https. The best test for these is to type the https: and see whether the site loads. It is easier to check for scams through search engines/blogs and all tools available on the net today. Bobby’s point regarding cyber thieves should not be taken for granted as they do exist and the http feature could be a lead into further research. Now that we are at it, watch out for this site: http://paycashexchange.info. Now these are professional scammers as I have been a victim. The owner of the site pretends that he can help you convert paypal or moneybookers or alertpay earnings into KES through western union. AVOID this site!
@albert send me details about the american visa card at duncankabue@gmail.com,
has anybody tried trincmoney dot com? i saw that they do paypal to mpesa transactions
Anybody ever heard of TrINC Money or more precisely used it?
They are relatively new in this business. They seem to be offering good terms from their site though am not sure how long it takes for them to deliver. One thing is for sure though. Paypal will certainly catch up with them (just a matter of time) and when they do, they will track the accounts from which money has been transferred to their their account and chances of these accounts being limited are very high. This is what has happened to PayMpesa. Just a word of caution if you want to try them out.
@Crystal didnt know about it but just visited their website n they brought up a frame ‘Paypal to Mpesa. have you tried it to conform its legitimacy. would be agreat plus!
I haven’t tried them but I just talked to someone over there. What they do is you send money to their paypal address and they send you money within an hour. Will try them out next week and see how it goes. If they con me…………………..you will definitely hear about it!
You should do a small amount test first
somebody tell me if paypal link with mpesa really waks
Just so you know TrINC works and works fast. Got my money within 15 minutes via Mpesa today. They also called me the first time to inform me my transaction is being processed and it was before 8:00am
. And what I like about TrINC is I am able to calculate how much I will get even before transaction, not in percentages but in Kenyan Shillings. Epay officially has a competitor!
I am glad to hear this because some feedback being left here: http://likechapaa.com/2012/01/trinc-money-mpesa-paypal-service/ is not so nice. Thanks for the update!
i used http://www.epesamoney.com to withdraw $15 dollars i checked within an hour and i had ksh 1200 on my mpesa Damn this is good i recommend guys to use it and they are much cheaper by far from epay or any other service …..
I do not mind giving them a trial but my greatest fear is that they are doing this business directly with paypal, meaning they can be shut any time. This would definitely jeopardize my paypal account. I have friends who have fallen victims of such circumstances.
This issue is really a pain in the aaaa! I wonder why Kenyans banks don’t take up this opportunity as it’s very lucrative. Apparently trincmoney doesn’t work directly with paypal and so it is only a matter of time till they catch up with them. And what normally follows is getting your account blocked if you had any transactions with any of these money transfer. But meanwhile trincmoneyis the best better rates that epay, they are on call and its took me less than an hour to get my money.
Have Trinc followed the Paympesa route? Their service is no longer available and their facebook page has also disappeared! Someone, pls clarify what is happening.
Cathy here is the email we received:
Good Morning,
It is with regret that we announce the temporary suspension of the Trincmoney Service. This announcement comes at a time that we are reviewing our partnerships with MPESA, PayPal and our supporting bank in order to improve our service delivery standards to our customers.
We will advise when we are ready to resume a better Trincmoney service.
Apologies for any inconveniences caused.
Warmest Regards,
Sebastian Wafula
Customer Support | TrINC Money
M: 254 707 180 874
Thanks Chrystal. They must have landed on the wrong side of paypal. We wish them well. We must however be cautious with service providers dealing directly with paypal. A few of my friends who were using Trinc Money also had their accounts limited for 180 days. I guess I will have to confine myself to epay under such circumstances.
Anyone who has ever tried paypesa http://www.paypesa.com? I have withdrawn with them last week and I received my money in 4 days. Though many days are many, I am happy that I received my money within the time which I was promised.
One more thing I like about paypesa is that you can track the progress and status of your order. So I was not anxious at all.
Anyone with same experience or another?
hi people,
thank you very much for info you share here.
am new in this and was checking to see how i can get my cash from paypal.
can anyone suggest to me the lasted mode they have used to get their cash from paypal to their account or mpesa.
I think people get it either very skewedly wrong or they dont, at all!!!
I got this from a paypal agent on the 24th of April. so when you stand there tall cheating people on how easy it is to withdraw from Paypal, I yawn…old story smelling fishy and uninformed….
To withdraw your available PayPal account, you must add a US bank account. The option to add your local bank is not available for some countries including Kenya, however, you still have the option to use your balance when sending payments. You cannot withdraw your balance to your card or to your local bank.
Secondly I have tried these local guys like eazypay and all they do is that someone in Kariobangi receives your money from paypal and sends you some mpesa cash from his pocket to later on use the cash that you transfered to them from Paypal. they have no standard charges, withdraw USD 15 today and get KShs. 1,000. try that the same tomorrow and you will get KShs. 400 for USD. 15!!
So when a person tries to cheat people there is a way you can withdrwal from paypal when in Kenya they are just out to SCAM you.
Get your payments via the normal ways like bank transfer or better still why not try moneybookers and you will be having cash in your bank account in three days! Afterall paypal is not the only way to send money or receive it.
PLEASE GO FOR KNOWN AND LICENSED MONEY DEALERS…..Not Jacks and Toms from the downtown streets….
Being scammed has become the norm of the day, but not when yo do your research well…Was a little bit mad for getting conned but thanks to you I went to E-pay and I got my money from PayPal..
much as PayPal don’t like the KYC standards in Kenya, we got genius minds at work.
Just proves how Kenyan banks are behind.
Kudos E-pay! and thank you Like Chapaa (sic) although too little too late.