Moneybookers - An International Alternative to Paypal?

[I.M.Retired]

I received this message from Siteground.com this morning:

SiteGround will no longer be using PayPal to send affiliate
commissions and is choosing MoneyBookers as the new payment
processor. Moneybookers is a leading online payment service provider
that is very convenient for affiliates as it supports payments to and
from almost every country in the world. MoneyBookers is easy to use,
very flexible and free of charge. You will be able to receive
payments and withdraw them to your Bank account or Credit/Debit Card
with no-hassle.

The Money Bookers site looks quite nice - clean and easy to navigate. However, after a brief walk-though, this site appears to be quite a bit more expensive than Paypal when you withdraw funds. Also the withdrawal process is somewhat more complicated.

Has anyone used this site or have some comments about the pros and cons of using it? I can see that it might be of interest to people who live in countries where Paypal is not accepted - or for folks who are totally fed up with the Paypal/eBay contingent.

[crazylf2]

i have used a few times for some small amount transfer

Quite good , take short time to withdraw the fund , the con is it charge too much fee for each transfer

[Marty S]

I use this site all the time, they are reputable and reliable. However I do not use it for small, incidental transactions, but others pay me using it. I just withdraw from it by check and the fee is just like your regular bank.

Contrary to your quote above though, there is NO interac withdrawal option available with MB.