Many people were asking if the WesternUnion payments will be free or if they will deduct any amount from the earnings. Google officially announced it today and said “it will be free”. It’s a great news too, because WU service charges are quite high. Up to 15% in some cases, so if you get $100, they could take $15. I guess Google will be absorbing that cost for some time.
Also this payment option is available to these countries only: Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, or Romania.
Tip: For those who have never used WesternUnion, when you go to bank, ask for WesternUnion and fill up the yellow form (to receive) and not the green one (to send). Sender will be, First Name: Google Inc. Last name: empty
P.S I have been getting my AdSense payments for the past one year through WesternUnion. I was one of the bloggers who was in the AdSense WU beta.
i was also having the same doubt thanks for notifying…
i dont know why google doesn’t have India in list of countries :(
If Western Union doesn’t charge, will our local banks charge? :?
the western union change the money in dollars or local money so if you want the money, use the better convertion/change of local money, in Chile is like this, yeah!!
No Wayne, local bank won’t charge either
yess..this is what i really want to hear..hehe..
you’re the best man! I am contemplating lately if fees will be deducted from my earnings and thank god I found your blog. you rock. I subscribe to your feeds!
Thanks Derek, welcome to AdesBlog. I hope to see you more often here.
Thanks dear for this article as i was worried about service charge, so as you are using western union plz tell me assume if i am getting $100 or $1000 then google and western union both will not charge anything to me and give me all my earning i mean $100 or $1000 ?
yes, you get $100 or $1000 without any deductions…