Have you opened a paypal account using this method or you are just blabbering. Have you bought any credit card this way. It's first time i m hearing about "bank of india". Is there any such bank?? -------------------------------------------------- I doubt if a paypal account can be verified using gift card method. However, I have found somthing intresting for ppl who really want to open an account with paypal without a regular card. There are three banks in india which offer gift cards. But i doubt they can be bought for online use or self use. These banks are IDBI bank, HDFC Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank. The kotak's gift card looks more promising as they offer the card valid for two years and it is reloadable(all the gift cards from all banks is a visa gift card). all you have to pay is 100 bucks for the card and a minimum load of 500 bucks which can be reloaded upto 25000 bucks !!! If only online use is permitted then there is a turnaround to the problem if this card cannot be used for verifying paypal account. There are many sites online which sell this service, that is you buy a prepaid card from them and they will help verify ur paypal account for perhaps some extra fee using the card bought by you. If any of you try this method please let me know if it worked. For info on cards please use google. The search term i used for gift card was "visa "gift card""(select: show pages from india). for prepaid card i did a search long time ago so i dont remember exactly what did i search for and dont know rt now if that service is still available
quick update: I went to kotak and they said online transactions are allowed just wondering if i will be able to order a prepaid credit card online. They also said i cant use this to verify any account so just waiting to see if i can get my hands on a prepaid credit card using this gift card by kotak.
Great ideas, only prob is no Kotak Bank In Kerala, but ur other 2 r definetley looking into. Thanks for the reply, as i said before all ideas r most welcome. My situation , new business just starting, no credit history to get loan with, no frnds or relations abroad to use their adress.