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Hey, wildly successful travelpreneur!
First of all, I want to say THANK YOU for voting in last week’s poll!
The results are in and it looks like we’re going to focus on negotiating with travel brands in March:
Next, I want to apologize to anyone who has tried to join the Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs Membership or purchase one of the courses/template collections in the last few weeks but was unable to.
Stripe (payment processor) paused my account and I’ve been able to accept any payments. As someone in a non-supported (third-world) country, I had to find a unique workaround to use Stripe - the only payment processor used by most platforms.
That workaround is no longer working which means I can’t accept payments.
My options as someone in South Africa is somewhat limited. 😓
I must revert back to using PayPal or another payment processor and complicated Zapier connections to link it to my membership and course platforms.
Or, I must pay a large sum of $$$ to register an LLC in the US in order to use Stripe again.
Either way, the process is going to take a while.
If you or someone you know can help me with this process or knows of another option, please please please hit reply and let me know! 🙏🙏🙏
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