We accpet all major debit/credit cards, PayPal, and the following cryptocurrencies: Although some regions may be restricted for card payments and PayPal, and even for crypto. This is not our doing but the proceesor we work through has certain legal obligations.
Should your place or residence be one of those it can’t work with, and you’re itching for your Fedup product, contact us here, and we could probably work something out.
Let’s explain:
We charge stupidly low prices for our work (just $1.99 for each item)! Not because we lack faith in it, but because we’re 100% confident in what we offer.
Things in niche groups (such as ours) are always priced for niche economic brackets, and can actually end up excluding people who might benefit from it, but can’t afford it. I know this because I’ve been there many times before. But our low prices make it available to anyone who has an internet connection, and some spare change.
See The Fedup Experience for details.
Argentina (where I live) suffers from an economy as stable as a rusty bucking-bronco in a derelict amusement park, and where the rules have changed every time we get up in the morning. Our options are limited (to say the least) as far as accepting international payments are concerned, monitored (and even frozen) by government agencies, and even more limited (and more frozen) when acting as a non-business entity (such as yours truly).
After months of research, I found a solution in MoonPay Commerce. While its focus is on crypto there is the option to buy from us using debit and credit cards, for those not familiar with crypto, or don’t want to use it.
See The Fedup Privacy Thingy for our stance on privacy.
While Fedup Sheep doesn’t work directly with cryptocurrencies (except, maybe, under extreme, restrictive circumstances), MoonPay allows for those who do, which is converted to Stablecoin (which is what we use).
In case you don’t know, unlike crypto, Stablecoin is pinned 1:1 with the US dollar and doesn’t suffer the fluctuations—or outright collapse!—of cryptocurrencies. Our low prices are also not apt for most crypto because the blockchain fees can end up being more than the product itself. But I suppose that’s a personal choice? MoonPay is a noncustodial processor, there’s no sign up, no KYC, no third parties, no data collection, maximum privacy and the fees, which unlike conventional payment methods, you pay instead of me, are much lower than conventional payment methods (a fraction of a cent). Neither can the transactions be blocked, frozen, or even monitored.
Read our blog post for some more details, and a “How To buy your Fedup product” for those not familiar with crypto payments.
Stablecoin opens the doors to people in countries blocked by traditional payment methods (gateways), like Argentina, or because of sanctions, embargoes, authoritarian governments, military invasions, and the like.
In other words, anyone can purchase from Fedup Sheep regardless of what corporations or my, your, or someone else’s, government says. At least for now. Should this change, we will also adapt and adopt other methods that will inevitably be developed by those cleaver people who value their privacy and financial independence.
Should you still have issues purchasing from us, then contact us here.
We’ll keep the Fedup Family in the loop on this via our monthly Bleet! (Newsletter).
We accept bank transfers (in certain currencies). Still one of the safest methods for international payments, but the process from payment to receiving your Fedup product isn’t automated, it might take a long time (up to a week, or even longer), there may be hidden fees, and some banks may even disallow the purchase. For more details, see The Fedup Experience.
The bottom line is that instead of charging two prices to cover the varying fees, or to make you feel pushed towards one option by charging less, we charge a flat $1.99 for every monthly issue of Something to Graze On (or anything else we publish: part of a series, short story, etc.), then leave it up to you if you want to help us out a little by opting for Stablecoin over conventional methods. At the same time, you also make a stand for financial privacy and independence. And, in time, we may cancel conventional payment methods all together because of the headaches they cause.
An example: You buy something from Fedup Sheep via Fourthwall (which handles all credit/debit cards, PayPal, etc.) and for the dosh to get to me looks something like this:
$1.99 minus ($0.29 to 0.49 plus 2.9% to +/-5.5% processing fees plus 5% Fourthwall fees) minus 2.5-5% currency conversion fees from US$ to Arg Pesos = well, you do the maths.
And for Stablecoin:
$1.99 minus 0 = $1.99 directly to me, and you pay a fraction of a cent in blockchain fees, still amounting to less than $2.
So, if you’re serious about your financial privacy, and want to assist the Fedup Sheep Initiative, we encourage you to use Stablecoin, even if you’re unfamiliar with it or have your doubts. We have opted for privacy as well as convenience in the process from fiat to Stablecoin conversion, to purchasing and receiving your download link, while also keeping it smooth and simple. And we’re looking to make it even smoother (with fewer clicks).
Remember: Fedup Sheep would NEVER promote something unless we use it ourselves.
Thanx for reading this.
For a deep dive, see The Fedup Experience & The Fedup Privacy Thingy
