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by bdfh42 4960 days ago
Solving the problem of how people pay for on line goods and services in a cash society would be a huge winner.

Why do you see your business as confined to Algeria?

There are a great number of people from Algerian families living in France and a lot of French people spend time in Algeria. Can you identify problems either group might have that can be solved by an on-line application? This target customer group will all have credit and debit cards.

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This was solved in India by many many online vendors by using Cash on Delivery. CoD was a remnant of the days of telemarketing because Indians didn't possess credit cards/debit cards.

Now most Indians who order online do have credit cards but Cash on delivery still exists for orders that aren't very large. Not sure of how the system works under the hood but I guess vendors have tie ups with courier companies.