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Is the paid version supposed to work yet? I just tried to create a 2 day instance and clicking the "pay with card" button doesn't do anything.

On a related note, does anyone know a good way to pay USD for things like this with a foreign (e.g. UK) bank account. If I use my UK VISA I get stung by my bank's criminal conversion change/rate. This is rarely something I need to do but it has arisen a few times now.

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There are a number of UK credit cards offering 0 fee payments overseas(Aqua, Post Office, I think AMEX). There is also a credit card from Halifax offering a good deal on withdrawals, but apparently, it's hard to get. In addition to that, there are a number of companies offering prepaid cards such as Revolut and another one which I can't remember now.

The other prepaid card company you're thinking of is probably Monzo.

I've not heard of Revolut so I'll look into them, thanks.

I had a look at Monzo before but there was (and still is) a huge waiting list.

Try Supercard[0] by Travelex - no fees or charges involved. You configure it via your mobile and it simply passes transactions straight through to a UK card at the standard Visa conversion rate.

Primary use case is travelling abroad, but there's no reason it can't be used for purchases like this in foreign currencies (I've used it both ways myself).

[0] - http://supercard.io

The paid option uses the stripe checkout integration and clicking the button will launch a modal to enter details. This does require Javascript be enabled. The actual payment processing is done completely on Stripe's end so we're not capturing or storing anything there. If you continue to have problems open a ticket by clicking the question mark in the corner of any page and we'll help get it sorted.

Switching to a better bank will do it, but debit cards with free international transactions might be a bit of a fringe product.

Credit cards tend to get much better deals.

Is it a debit card? My credit card doesn't charge any extra fees for international transactions run in the local currency. Some shady merchants will try to claim they have to run in USD or can't take a US credit card but so far I've always been able to insist when abroad.

I have a Nationwide credit card, which has no charges for non-GBP purchases, and uses spot rates for currency conversion. Highly recommended it, if they still offer it to new customers.

Revolut or Monzo don't charge conversion fees.I've used both and they're both very good!

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