My 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Commissions! (And a Question)

Hey everyone,

How are you all doing?

First of all, I have some good news to follow up on my blog post about my first commission.

Diane, I promised I would tell you if I beat your 6-month mark for your second commission. Well, I did!

I made a second commission on the same chess website by around the 5 month mark. I had also made a tiny commission on the US Amazon before that.

And today, I found out that I recently made a decent commission on the AU Amazon after someone decided to buy 4 items on top of my recommended one!

Now that the sunshine and rainbows are out of the way, I thought I'd ask for your advice on something.

You see, the Amazon payments that can be sent by cheque are only those on the US store — all other stores require bank deposit.

The problem is that, naturally, they don't deal with banks from all around the world, so I would need to set up a virtual bank account to receive payments on.

The most sensible option is Payoneer, which I have used before WA. On Payoneer, you can set up receiving accounts in the US and UK with a few clicks.

The problem, however, is that Payoneer charges an annual fee of $30 if you don't meet a certain requirement. In my country, that requirement is to receive a total of $2000 in that year.

Making $2000 yearly on just Amazon is something I probably won't ever do. I'm not even sure I'm going to make more than $30 per year on Amazon (at least for some time).

This looks like yet another reason to scrap out Amazon from my affiliate programs, but I honestly think it would be a hasty decision. I'm making some commissions (from only 1 article) so it might be a sign of something good.

What do you suggest I do?

Are you familiar with any payment platforms other than Payoneer where you can set up bank accounts in the US or UK? Perhaps they won't have as stringent of a requirement.

I know I'm better off doing a Google search, but I thought since I'm reporting good news any way, I might as well see if anyone has any insights on this.

Thanks for reading.

Yusuf