Heyo, I'm from India. I am 16 and I play online games a lot. As good at Photoshop, I had started free service of supplying graphics/images to different users who make there own game/server websites. Many of close friends suggested me to earn through this medium as its a hit method of earning quick money. So i thought over this and saw many websites who supply images and graphical work like these. The images are sold at a cool rate which would definitely fetch a lot of money. Definitely the work sholud be premium which fortunately I have. So I thought and did research on this. Surely the medium would be PayPal. But then many problems came in front of me. I am 16 so cant even open a bank account on my own. As I read many different forums and blogs, I came to know that you cant store your money online if you are from India. You need to deposit it in your verified bank account within 7 days. You compulsorily need a credit card. So any clue how I can earn money online? I don't intend to spend or withdraw that money currently. Once I get 18 I'll open a bank account and then I'll withdraw the money. But right now I had plans of just storing all the money online. I just wanted to earn it right now. I mean it was frustrating when I saw my work was really worth some money which I gave for free. It felt like someone cheated me or scammed me. Nothing like that and no regrets of past but C'Mon I'm 16. Its a different fun of earning yourself at this age and feeling proud at the same time. I really started to hate the RBI's terms of Indian users. No fault of PayPal here. So its my request to all, can you guys share some method of keeping/storing the money online without a verified bank account? As said I don't intend to spend it. I just want to store it right now. Once I'm 18 I'll attach the bank acccount and verify it so then I'll be able to withdraw it too. Please, any help would be appreciated. /Sharkhead
Simply open a PayPal account with someone who is above 18 in your home. That way you can even withdraw it anytime you want.
I don't live with parents anymore, first divorce and death of father ended up me with my grandparents(fathers parents) that too in different city. So no one can help right now. I tried talking this to grandpa but he was like why you need to earn if your mum is sending you money from Bangalore?(She sends to grandpa so cant use that account) So that option also went fail. I can't go to mum as there are too many reasons she got to worry. (Once I start earning I'll tell her which will bring big happiness to her!!) So better shes out of this. So its like I can do nothing till I turn 18 and I can't stop my graphics work as I love it to do and I've got a name myself online for providing free graphics. So I cant miss the opportunity. So is there some alternative way excluding bank account and just store it online? I would love to earn something right now and prove myself after 18 to my grandpa that I'm capable of earning money and I'm not some dumb guy who stays at there place and does nothing. p.s(sorry but there are family problems too) Any idea, help, suggestion is deeply appreciated. /Sharkhead
Try asking your known trusted friend how is above 18 or have a bank account you can get money in his paypal account