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
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!