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by rmanisha 4633 days ago
Note: I work at @ Balanced payments and specialize in Customer Success. I've never started my own CF platform but work with several donation and crowdfunding platforms.

I have little to no understanding of the Nepali payments infrastructure but here's my non technical perspective on this question:

>We are totally confused about whether limiting our service within Nepal or try to extend globally.

My recommendation would be to allow for global donations but limit your platform to Nepali causes. This will give your platform a differentiation factor but more importantly, allow you to dig into the nuanced needs of a specific culture.

You can increase global awareness as well as harness global charity. Limiting to Nepali donations would be restrictive since charitable culture tends to exist more heavily outside of that region.

There is a general fascination with Nepali culture (thank you, Himmalayas!), and crowdfunding efforts to help as well as document (i.e. financing photographers and amateur sociologists who wish to capture the life and time of Nepal) would be very effective.

Good Luck!