Few years back, most of the foreign online affiliate programs and online revenue handling companies offer only PayPal and Check as payment options. And that was quite worrisome for most Nigerians and people in other parts of the world; receiving money through check is an intricate process, while receiving money through PayPal was impossible, even with the extention of Paypal service to Nigeria and other countries of the world, like Egypt, North Korea and so on, it was still impossible.

For some years now, one blessed company called Payoneer has been to the rescue Nigerians and many other people in the world, helping them to achieve their dream of making money online from foreign programs.

In today’s borderless digital world, Payoneer enables millions of businesses and professionals from more than 200 countries, to grow globally by facilitating seamless, cross-border payments. Additionally, thousands of leading corporations and marketplaces rely on Payoneer’s mass payout services to send funds to their beneficiaries worldwide. With Payoneer’s fast, flexible, secure and low-cost solutions, businesses and professionals in both developed and emerging markets can now pay and get paid globally, as easily as they do locally.

Whether you are a business owner, professional or freelancer, Payoneer offers you multiple ways to get paid by your international clients and global marketplaces – quickly, securely and at low cost. You can get paid by companies from all industries such as, Freelance job sites (e.g. Freelancer and Elance), affiliate programs (e.g. Markethealth), pay-per-click programs (e.g. Infolinks), and many others.
Payoneer have over 4 million users, 150+ currencies, supports over 200+ countries, so where you are from doesn’t really matter; it is more than PayPal or Payza and for some countries residents it is the only option. It is different from your normal Debit Master Card issued by your local banks.

7 Reasons why You Should Have a Payoneer Account

Most of you are not new to what I’m about to share with you today. Some of you have perhaps gotten the Payoneer Mastercard, but have never used it for ones probably because you don’t know what you can do with it. Here are the reasons you should Sign Up for a Payoneer account

1. Payoneer Issues a Prepaid International Mastercard Card Free of Charge:

Payoneer accounts come with a MasterCard and it will be delivered to your house/office address free of charge. What is great about this is it’s security features. You can set you own pin number and change it anytime you want. The new pin is ready to use as soon as you change the pin in the account settings.

2. Withdraw Money from Local ATM:

You can bring the money you have earned from freelance marketplace into your Payoneer Card. Withdraw it from any local ATM around you. You can withdraw your funds from anywhere in the world through MasterCard supported ATM machine.

3. Withdraw Money Directly to Your Bank Account:

You can add your bank account to your Payoneer account and receive money directly. There are no fees for adding one or more bank accounts. And the withdrawal fee as very low compared to the ATM withdrawal. Previously, Payoneer is the best choice to withdraw money from PayPal in unsupported countries like Jersey, Korea North, Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Iran, including Nigeria which PayPal full features is not yet enabled, unfortunately, the option has disabled, but you can still use your Payoneer MasterCard to verify your foreign PayPal account.

4. Shopping with the Payoneer MasterCard:

Having a MasterCard saves you from shopping troubles. If you have enough balance in your Payoneer MasterCard you can do retail shopping from anywhere without any problem. Payoneer does not charge anything for shopping with its MasterCard.

You can use the card to buy anything online from AliExpress, Bestbuy, etc It can also be used to buy/renew domains and hosting plans. You can use Payoneer Mastercard to pay for your visa applications and foreign school applications.

5. Receive Payments From Thousands of Companies Directly to your Payoneer Account:

Thousands of companies from around the globe are partnered with Payoneer for sending mass payments. You can receive payments from Exoclick, UpWork (previously Odesk.com and Elance), AdF.ly Infolinks and more.

6. Receive Payments Using Payoneer Account’s US Payment Service:

Having a Payoneer account means as if you have a US bank account and more. If you are not from the USA and earning money from some of the global us companies like Amazon, ClickBank; you will face difficulty receiving money from these types of companies.
However with the Payoneer US Payment Service credentials given to by Payoneer after you apply for it free; you can receive money from companies directly to your Payoneer account without any fuss.

7. Receive Payments in Euro and Pound Using Payoneer Account’s Euro Payment Service:

Payoneer allowed its users to receive payments in Euro and Pound. This makes payments receiving easier directly to your Payoneer account from European companies in Euro. Just use the Payoneer’s Euro Payment Service credentials just like the US payment service credentials for receiving Euro in your Payoneer account.

The Euro and Pound currency is shown in a different balance in the Payoneer account. You can easily withdraw your earnings in Euro from a local bank which you have connected to your Payoneer account.

To Apply For Payoneer Mastercard From Anywhere In The world

» Log on to https://www.payoneer.com and Sign Up for a free account.
» Fill in your full name, address and others, as it is in the ID card you want to use for verification.
» Set password, Secret Question and Answer and select your ID type e.g national ID card or drivers license and provide the details of the ID as required.
» Enter alternate shipping address if different from the address you provided earlier. Note that, it is the address your Payoneer Debit Card will be shipped to.
» When you are done, click ORDER Button.

Then, you need to exercise patient for the approval. Once approved, you will receive notification via email with the information of your card arrival estimated time.

Thereafter, your Payoneer Mastercard will be shipped to the shipping address you provided during the application process. Delivery of the Payoneer Mastercard to your Nigerian address might take few weeks or months. If the estimated time has passed and your card was not brought to your home address, I suggest that you check the nearest Post Office branch in your locality, give them your name and the shipping address you used to search it for you.

Once you receive the card, you will have to Sign in to the Payoneer website to activate your Payoneer Mastercard. Once activated, you can start using it to withdraw your fund at local ATM machine in your own currency or to purchase at online/offline stores.

Thanks for taking your time to go through this article. I hope it was helpful.