The Lady Programmer

I often see VCCs or virtual credit cards being sold usually at the forums to verify one’s paypal account. Many could attest that using these cards are effective, but I learn from Selaplana’s post that VCCs are not recommended. As he says it:

You can buy VCC from VCC providers for only $20 to $60. It’s just virtual (not physical credit card) but its functions are similar to credit card. This kind of credit card expires in a short period of time from 24 hours to 6 months. So, if you’ll use this, make sure to buy a VCC that expires at least in 2 months.

However, I don’t recommend it. There’s a problem with it especially if Paypal will request copies of your credit documents. You couldn’t provide one if you’re simply using the VCC.

Seriously, problems with Paypal happens too often (I get lots of emails on how to lift of Paypal limits, which requires a user to fax personal documents, so there must be a lot of people who encounter trouble with their own accounts) so this further proves that VCCs are not recommended.

Another frequent question I get from some new oDesk freelancers is that they are not able to link their Paypal accounts to their oDesk email. I’ve decided to write a tutorial guide complete with screenshots that will help users with this problem. If successful, funds should successfully be withdrawn out using Paypal method in oDesk.

If you are curious as to what oDesk is, please read this previous post: Get Paid by the Hour in oDesk.

You need:

• oDesk email (to determine oDesk email, hover over Profile and Settings at the top right part of the page, then click User Info and note down your oDesk email).
• personal email listed with oDesk (this is also listed below your oDesk email in your User Info)
• Paypal account (you need an account with Paypal, sign up for a FREE Paypal account now)

Steps: continue reading »