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Crypto payments for freelancers residing in countries facing bans due to political reasons

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Maybe you are taking help of a freelancer residing in countries like Iran and Russia that are facing bans from the US and their allies. While this post has nothing to do with fairness or not regarding the ban, the freelancer of whom you have taken service of must have nothing to do with the surrounding politics. In such scenario, payment through crypto comes as a rescue.

You can open your crypto account on exchanges like Binance and pay for the services in popular cryptocurrencies such as USDT and BTC. If you choose Binance, after opening your Binance account, make sure to make the most of Binance rewards. Know more here: What Is Binance Rewards Hub and How to Use It.

Binance was used for trading in Iran around two years ago. After some time, Binance warned Iranians to withdraw their money, and since then Iranians cannot trade in Binance. It is said with authentication from another country like Turkey, they can trade.

So the freelancer who is residing in Iran has a TrustWallet account. He shares the address to receive USDT from his TrustWallet account which you use from your Binance account to transfer USDT. Although you too can have a TrustWallet account for free, I find Binance with more features and convenience.

UPDATE: MAY 2024

While Binance is banned in India, WazirX allows only selective platforms where you can send crypto. I was no more able to send pending payment to a freelancer in Iran as TrustWallet (the Iranian freelancer uses TrustWallet) is not in platform list supported by WazirX. Also tried to open an account on TrustWallet but could not make up despite explicitly not banned apparently in India. The bug in software was perhaps intentional thereby not allowing the process of buying a crypto or transfer.

UPDATE 2: MAY 10, 2024

Checked today and found that Binance now available in India! They are apparently offering lots of freebies and incentives to mark this re-entry.

Wealthy.in partner program: A bird’s eye view after free signup

Affiliate Marketing, Blog, Brands, Financial Solutions, Wealthy.in

Wealthy.in helps consolidate all your investments in mutual funds, shares, and insurances under one dashboard. Wealthy.in dashboard can be accessed both over their website as well Android app. You can have your KYC completed within 5 minutes and start using Wealthy.in immediately. Sign up for Wealthy.in here now: https://www.wealthy.in/p/rajee61066

Wealthy.in partner program is an opportunity to spread the utility of Wealthy.in services among your audience while earning referral rewards in the process.

Please be aware that this is not an affiliate/referral program where anyone clicking through your affiliate/referral link makes you eligible for a commission. In fact this comes closer to a partner program where you need to get associated with Wealthy.in by acquiring mutual fund training and then getting a mandatory certificate from AMFI.

Google Workspace Referral Program and Google Cloud Partner Advantage

Blog, Brands, Cloud Computing/Startup Resource, Google Cloud, Web Development & Internet Marketing

Google Cloud has a number of useful products including Google Workspace that we refer to our audience through our websites and social media accounts. Also showcasing ourselves as associated with Google Cloud partner program raises our own brand value! Plus access to free learning, documentation, and interaction with Google community of developers and partners. The program is free to join.

There are two ways as per our experience to partner with Google Cloud. You can refer Google Workspace by registering for their Google Workspace Referral Program, which we are doing for the last couple of years. Anyone can signup with his or her Google account and business email not mandatory. Access to exclusive coupon codes such as 10 percent discount for the first year for Google Workspace subscriptions.

When it comes to registering for Google Cloud Partner Program (or Partner Advantage), there is apparently a bug. In my case I signed up and was approved. There was an ambiguity about personal gmail and business email while registering that created a problem.

Got in touch with the Google Cloud Partner Support. They respond fast and within minutes I kept getting response. A staff scheduled an online meeting to help me login with my approved business email. But despite her trying, she was unable to assist. Next she asked me to get in touch with the IT admin of my company in order to assist. I replied that I myself manage the business email. After keeping me waiting for few minutes as she discussed the issue with her colleague, she finally said that the issue is beyond their scope. The thing is that she never accepted that there was a bug in their software that is providing error message as I try to login. Finally, she asked me to once again apply afresh for Google Partner program using a different business email.

I am not sure if there is an issue with the admin management of Google Cloud as a whole as they try to provide top-notch security to the users. Even as a user of Google Cloud, I faced a similar issue of unable to uploading a database file (showing solved on the thread buy actually never solved for me) around a year back and had to abandon that project.

UPDATE

After I was told by apparently the Malaysian team of Google Cloud Partner that I needed to reapply using fresh business email, Google Cloud Partner team (Sameer) with whom the ticket was initiated emailed to help in this regard.

After troubleshooting for around 30 minutes through Google Meet, the issue was resolved. Sameer after trying to resolve for around 15 minutes took help of another senior member of their team who apparently had deep knowledge of the intricacies of Google Cloud and finally solved the issue. The reason cited for the problem was I applied for the Google Cloud Partner using my gmail instead of business email in the first place.

Unlike Google Referral Program in which you sign up using your Google account and get instant referral links to share, selling through Google Partner Advantage needs far more planning and effort as evident from the below requirements:

Joining Google Partner Advantage gives access to free training and certification by Google Cloud in the process.

How Intel Developer Cloud for the Edge different from the likes of AWS/IBM Cloud

AWS, Blog, Brands, Discussion (WordPress), Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Intel, Web Development & Internet Marketing

How Intel Developer Cloud for the Edge different from the likes of AWS/IBM Cloud
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There is a difference between cloud services by AWS/Google Cloud/Azure/OVH/Scaleup versus IBM:

“The IBM Cloud was not designed to provide hosting capabilities for web sites, it is designed to support enterprise business applications.” (Is to possible to use the IBM Cloud hosting for a website ? Is there any free package of that or not. …)

Founders, fuel up: AWS Build program empowers startups

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Source: Empire Flippers newsletter dated 11 Aug 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS Build, a new initiative to help early-stage startups.

Up to 500 founders from all over the globe will be selected to take part in a 10-week program where they will learn how to successfully kick-start their businesses.

Entrepreneurs will receive both technical and business guidance, learning how to effectively leverage AWS’s technology stack, as well as how to incorporate advanced cloud features like analytics, artificial intelligence, and serverless computing.

The program also guides founders on strategic decisions related to product development, finding beta customers, monetization, and more.

Entrepreneurs entered into the program will receive up to $2,000 in AWS credits to help them develop their products and services in the cloud.

The program will run fully online from October 9 to December 15. Weekly virtual engagements include technical office hours with AWS experts, interactive sessions with venture investors and industry leaders, and networking events with peers.

Once the program wraps up, founders will join the AWS Build community, a global network of peers and technical experts who provide ongoing collaboration and advice.

Applications for AWS Build are now open and will be accepted until September 22, 2023.

Interested entrepreneurs can sign up to take part in the AWS Build program here.

Update: 6 Oct 2023

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