AlertPay.com UUDISED

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Siia tulevad ainult AlertPay uudised..
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14.09.2006

Introducing Credit Card payments as your way to pay!
Have a local or overseas buyer? Have them use their credit card to pay you.
Need to buy that last minute gift? Use your credit card for all your online purchasing.

AlertPayTM accepts Visa, MasterCard and American Express (AMEX) cards.

AlertPay follows stringent measures to ensure your transaction is secure. Our enhanced security measures significantly reduce unauthorized use of cardholders so you can purchase on line with ease and merchants will see a reduction in fraudulent transactions.

Avoid unnecessary delays and register your VISA, MasterCard or American Express (AMEX) card with AlertPay today and enjoy further protection

Our customer support representatives are happy to assist you. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at (514)748-5774 or by email at customersupport@alertpay.com

Make AlertPay Your Way to Pay!

VISA, MasterCard and American Express (AMEX) are the only credit cards accepted at AlertPay.
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25.04.2007

Credit Card Payments

AlertPay introduces the Verified by Visa (VBV) and MasterCard SecureCode (MSC) service that validates the authenticity of your existing credit card in real-time.

* Enrollment with Verified by Visa (VBV) or MasterCard SecureCard program
* Immediate payment limit of $250 per month
* Express validation

Avoid unnecessary delays and validate your VISA or MasterCard with AlertPay today and enjoy further protection.
To add a credit card to your profile, simply:

1. Login to your AlertPay account
2. Select "My Profile"
3. Click "Credit Cards"

Subscription/Recurring Billing

Subscriptions are now available for any of your online subscriptions to magazines, newsletters or recurring donations. A subscription or recurring billing is a scheduled payment to a product or service that has repeat billing.
To view your subscriptions,simply:

1. Login to your AlertPay account
2. Select "My Profile"
3. Click "Subscription Payments"
4. Click "View Subscriptions"

To start selling subscriptions, simply:

1. Login to your AlertPay account
2. Select "Sell Online"

Our customer support representatives are happy to assist you. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at (514)748-5774 or by email at customersupport@alertpay.com

AlertPay is My Way to Pay!
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07.02.2008

AlertPay Intelligence Report :: 2008-02-07

2008 is your year to make AlertPay the only way to Pay!

Several new features are coming up right around the corner as AlertPay unfolds its hard work to provide the best service ever. We thank all our customers who sent their issues and comments to us in 2007. This February is full of excitement as we launch several features!
February 12 2008 is the day you have been waiting for…
We are happy to inform you that you will be able to make a payment using your Master Card or Visa and continue to support the Verified by Visa (VBV) program.
We have been receiving a lot of emails and we are happy to announce that we are now offering localized banking services in the following countries:

Australia Malaysia South Africa
Czech Republic New Zealand Slovakia
Hong Kong Poland
Lithuania Singapore

Upcoming countries for banking services
Be on the lookout on February 20, 2008 when the following localized banking services will be available:

Bulgaria Hungary Sweden
Denmark & Faeroe Islands Norway Switzerland
[highlight=#FFFF40]Estonia[/highlight] Romania
Lithuania Singapore

Developers Developers Developers
Developers can ask questions directly to AlertPay developers about integration and our business tools on our new forum. Visit https://www.dev.alertpay.com today.

Providing you with the best experience possible in 2008, make AlertPay Your Way to Pay.

Thank you for using AlertPay!
The AlertPay Team
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06.03.2009

VISA/MasterCard Outage

We have just received notice from our new credit card processor that we cannot process VISA or MasterCard credit card payments at this time. This problem has its roots in our relationship with MasterCard. To comply with their regulations, we kept credit card limits to a minimum, barred certain account types from receiving MasterCard payments, and have maintained a very good record with them. Yet they have suspended our account with them.

This recent issue started when one of our new merchants was in the process of getting their account verified, and received their first MasterCard payment yesterday. This payment was apparently in violation of card association rules and the agreement we have with our acquiring bank.

We received notice today that our account with MasterCard is suspended because of this one payment. MasterCard has the option of working with us to rectify the matter, yet they would prefer to end our mutually beneficial relationship. We process thousands of transactions a day, and because of this one payment, we now have another credit card outage to overcome.

Please note that we have a strict policy against these violations as stated quite clearly in our User Agreement. We try to prevent them from happening by closely monitoring the transactions we process. However, some pass under our radar. When a transaction violates our agreement with our banking and credit card partners, we do everything in our power to solve the problem. Unfortunately, Mastercard’s approach is not conducive to ours.

We understand that all of these issues are very frustrating for you, and we assure you that they are also very frustrating for us. We must ask you once again to please bear with us while we find a remedy for this issue.

We are now looking for a more reliable and proactive banking partner to provide merchant services for our members.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
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28.04.2009

Visa Card Processing is Up and Running Again

We are happy to announce that starting today we will be processing Visa card payments again. Mastercard and AmEx are next in line, so please bear with us. To ensure full compliance with association rules, we will be changing some of our terms and practices in the coming weeks. We will keep you updated.

On another note, you will soon have the option of getting billed in your local credit card currency if your card is denominated in CAD, EUR or GBP. In the past, you could only be billed in USD. However, with this new arrangement, we can process credit card payments in an additional three currencies.

Here's how this benefits you: No more additional foreign exchange fees on your credit card statement, saving you lots of money!

Thank you once again for your patience during this transition.
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02.06.2009

Good news for all Buyers and Sellers!

As of today, Sellers can now issue refunds up to 14 days after the transaction's creation date! It used to be only 7 days, but due to a rising demand to increase this time frame, Sellers now have an additional 7 days to refund their customers, if necessary.

Sellers: To issue a refund, just follow these simple steps:

1. Login to your AlertPay account.
2. Locate the transaction in your "Recent Activity".
3. Click on "Completed" under the "Status" of the transaction.
4. Click on the "Refund Transaction" button.
5. Click on "Confirm". That's it!

Please note that all refunds will be reversed back to the original source of payment which is either credit/debit card or AlertPay Balance.
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03.06.2009

Improved "Subscriptions" Interface
As you well know, we at AlertPay are always looking for new ways to improve our service so you can get the most of it. In keeping with this, we have modified our “Subscriptions” interface so that it is easier for you to use. From now on, you can view both sold and purchased subscriptions in the same place. To view sold and/or purchased subscriptions, just follow these steps:

1. Login to your AlertPay account.
2. Click on “Profile”.
3. Under “Financial”, click on “Subscriptions”.
4. Then choose whether you would like to view either “Sold” or “Purchased” subscriptions by clicking on the appropriate tab.

You can use our new search and filtering tools to find your subscription(s) with ease. Search by reference number, name or the seller’s email address – it’s never been easier!
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08.06.2009

AmEx is a “Go”!

As you all know, we have had some issues with credit card processing in the last couple of months. Although Visa and MasterCard processing was the first to become available again, we were still having issues with AmEx. But not anymore!

You will be happy to know that you can once again make American Express payments through AlertPay without any problems. We have been working very hard to solidify our relationship with our banking partners and now you can finally enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Thank you for your patience and your commitment to AlertPay’s success.
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15.06.2009

Follow AlertPay on Twitter.com!
Want a quick AlertPay update? Then follow us on https://twitter.com/alertpayinc for the latest news! Twitter allows friends, family and professionals to stay in touch by sharing short and sweet status updates. So, if you ever want to know what we're up to, listen for our latest "tweet".
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16.06.2009

AlertPay and Facebook Crack Down on Illegal Gambling
Communication between AlertPay and Facebook has led to the termination of several illegal online gambling operations selling virtual poker chips for use on Facebook's “Texas HoldEm Poker” application. Facebook does not permit online gambling on its platform and some sellers attempted to convert the Texas HoldEm Poker application into monetized online gambling.

Site offering for sale virtual poker chips for use with Texas HoldEm Poker are in violation of AlertPay's User Agreement and in potential violation of state and United States Federal law prohibiting unlicensed and/or online gambling, as well as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 31 U.S.C §5362.
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20.07.2009

AlertPay in the News!
Interview with major Montreal newspaper La Presse

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(Firoz Patel, CEO of AlertPay)

Original in French language: https://lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca/ ... paypal.php

View Google Translated Version in English: https://translate.google.com/translate?j ... ry_state0=
(The translation from French to English is not 100% accurate in wording and may be a bit awkward, but the point should be clear. You may use another translator tool online if you prefer.)

FRA -> EST Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?j ... ry_state0=
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23.07.2009

Improved checkout process will make shopping hassle-free!

Hello AlertPay members,

We have some good news to share with all of you. Once again, the team has been working very diligently on further improving our services for you. Keep reading!

Checkout just got easier!

One of our main priorities is making online shopping as simple and secure as possible, so we are happy to announce that our checkout process is more streamlined and user-friendly. If you have ever used our quick and easy Send Money feature, then you will love our new checkout process since it is almost identical.

Now you can choose your source of funds on the very first page when making a payment through a seller's website. Since we have eliminated an entire step, you can make your purchase in no time at all.

Also, non-members can make up to three credit card purchases through our services without having to login or validate their email. Please note that after the third purchase, non-members will have to validate their email address – which only takes a few minutes.

We hope that you enjoy the benefits of our new and improved checkout process and that your customer experience is a positive one!
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30.07.2009

AlertPay in the News!

AlertPay's CEO, Firoz Patel, was recently featured on a Canadian business news show, The Close, through BNN.ca, an affiliate of CTV Globemedia. Watch it here and leave a comment.

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21.08.2009

List of AlertPay-Recognized Exchangers
We have recently reviewed certain e-currency exchangers and allow our members to exchange with them.

Good news! We have added more recognized e-currency exchangers to our list. For those of you who would like to use an exchanger to deposit or withdraw your money, you can use any of these at your discretion:

https://www.alertexchanger.com
https://www.goldexpay.com
https://www.iwantexchange.com

Please note that these exchangers have successfully completed a stringent review process in which they have proven their reliability. Any exchanger who wishes to do business through our service will have to complete the same process.

It is a violation of our User Agreement to exchange e-currency through our service without having gone through this process.

We hope that the addition of these exchangers to our list will help make depositing and withdrawing your money even more convenient than ever before.
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31.08.2009

Attention Sellers: Accept Credit Card Payments With Oxid eShop CE!

If you want to accept credit card payments with AlertPay and use a shopping cart system, try Oxid eShop CE, a modular, standards-compliant system. Here are a couple reasons why you should try it out:

- It's open source, so it's FREE!
- It's a good option for small businesses on a limited budget.
- By using AlertPay with a shopping cart, you will be more accessible to our extensive customer base.
- Oxid's source code is readily available so you can customize the shopping cart to your specifications.
- It is supported by a community of developers and users who can provide assistance, advice, fix bugs and perform testing.

This is your solution to accepting instant, secure and convenient credit card payments with AlertPay!

Please read the article for more information: https://devzone.zend.com/article/7525-Ac ... d-AlertPay
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04.09.2009

Even more AlertPay-recognized eCurrency Exchangers
Good news! We have added more recognized e-currency exchangers to our list. For those of you who would like to use an exchanger to deposit or withdraw your money, you can use any of these at your discretion:

1) AlertExchanger
URL: https://www.alertexchanger.com
Deposits: Within 24 hours
Withdrawals: 1-3 business days

2) Era Change
URL: https://www.erachange.com
Deposits: Within 24 hours
Withdrawals: 2-3 business days

3) ECashWorldCard
URL: https://www.ecashworldcard.com
Deposits: Within 48 hours
Withdrawals: 7 business days

4) GoldEx Pay
URL: https://www.goldexpay.com
Deposits: Within 24 hours
Withdrawals: 2-3 business days

5) I Want Exchange
URL: https://www.iwantexchange.com
Deposits: Within 24 hours
Withdrawals: 7 business days

Please note that these exchangers have successfully completed a stringent review process in which they have proven their reliability. Any exchanger who wishes to do business through our service will have to complete the same process.

It is a violation of our User Agreement to exchange e-currency through our service without having gone through this process.

We hope that the addition of these exchangers to our list will help make depositing and withdrawing your money even more convenient than ever before.

Have a great weekend!
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01.10.2009

Another eCurrency exchanger!

Hi everyone,

Yet again, we have added another eCurrency exchanger to our list! SwapGold is one of the world's largest and most trusted exchangers. You can buy, sell and convert eCurrencies worldwide.

As a legally registered company founded in 2006, they use SSL encryption and offer same day processing at wholesale rates. They also offer bank wires, Western Union, VISA payments, domestic bank deposits and various e-currencies, and are available 24 hours a day!

Name: SwapGold
URL: https://www.swapgold.com
Deposits: Within 24 hours
Withdrawals: 1-3 business days

Please view our other blog entry for a more information on other AlertPay-recognized exchangers.

Just a reminder: These exchangers have successfully completed a strict review process to prove their reliability. Any exchanger who wishes to do business through our service will have to complete the same process.

It is a violation of our User Agreement to exchange eCurrency through our service without having gone through this process.

We hope that the addition of these exchangers to our list will help make depositing and withdrawing your money even more convenient than before.

Thank you for choosing AlertPay!
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Enda komentaarid.
See on hea uudis, sest nüüd on võimalik vahetada kõige populaarsematest e-maksevahenditest ametlikult raha AlerPay kontole ja vastupidi, kartmata, et sinu AlertPay konto reeglite rikkumiste pärast blokeeritakse. Ja SwapGold-i kaudu raha vahetamine on alati olnud kiire, tavaliselt võtab see aega mõni tund.

SwapGold-i hetke vahetuskursid:
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Ja vahetades näit. LibertyReserve AlertPay-le on kurss 1.00 - 0.99, st. ainult 1% ;)
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05.11.2009

Hooray for New Features!

Hi AlertPay members,

November is going to be our most exciting month in a while! The AlertPay team has been hard at work developing all sorts of new features and functions. You will be very excited by the improvements we have made:


Credit card withdrawal
You made the request and we listened!If you have a Visa or a MasterCard, you can withdraw funds from your AlertPay account and it will automatically convert to your credit card's currency.
You can withdraw the money in your AlertPay balance to your credit card in three different currencies: USD, GBP and EUR. This makes withdrawing your money faster, more convenient and just as secure.
Please note that you will only be able to withdraw up to $250 USD (or equivalent) per transaction temporarily. We apologize, but this service is not available for American Express.

Pay in different currencies with credit card
You can make cross-border payments in three currencies USD, GBP and EUR and save money on currency exchange. All you have to do is choose the currency you wish to be billed in for that purchase and avoid paying extra fees.We apologize, but this service is not available for American Express.

Phone validation
When shoppers make a credit card purchase through a website, they will receive a validation code by phone that they must enter at checkout to complete their purchase. This will help protect our sellers by preventing fraudulent payments. This applies to U.S. and Canadian shoppers alone and will only be done one time.

Lower credit card fees
Now for the most exciting news of all: lower credit card fees! Members who receive credit card payments will pay a little bit less on every credit card transaction. We have lowered them from 5.0% to 4.9%, saving you just a little bit more money. And every little bit counts!


And don't forget...
Website Review is still in full swing for our online sellers. We are stream-lining the procedure to make it even easier, so stay tuned. Please leave a comment about your Website Review experience in our Facebook discussion or other post.

That's all for now, but we will be back very soon with more exciting updates!
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18.01.2010

Guess what? There's an AlertPay website re-design in the works!


Attention AlertPay members,

In an attempt to streamline our website and enhance usability and your understanding of our services, we are re-designing our website. This has been in the works for quite a while and we are almost done! We're hoping to launch the new site, in English and French, by the end of February.

We will be optimizing some existing content to be more explanatory, and will also be including loads of new, exciting and useful content. The site will be very similar to the existing one, but we will be focusing on our two main audiences: sellers and buyers.

We will be including two fun tutorials on how you can use AlertPay to shop online and to sell online. Among many other things, we are also creating some documentation for sellers and shoppers on how to do some very specific things with your accounts, like how to add a bank account, how to cancel a subscription and how to grant a refund. All that fun stuff!

We want to make our services as easy as possible by giving you the tools and resources you need to do what you have to do online.

Although we have a very comprehensive knowledgebase, we know that even more knowledge is power and so is more useful content!

There is so much more to tell, but we have to keep a few surprises. However, you will agree that the new site will be the best AlertPay has ever had.

More details to come soon and have a great week!
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19.04.2010

Brand new account verification procedures to make your life easier!


Attention US and International members,

Have you been awaiting account verification? Or have you been thinking about getting your account verified? If so, please keep reading!

We are proud to announce that we are launching a new, improved and fully automated verification process. However, if you have been waiting to get verified, you will have to follow the new procedures as the documents you previously submitted will not be reviewed. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause but these procedures are way easier and way faster!

Members who have not submitted verification documents only need to follow the new procedures.

US members will have to complete two of the three following procedures:

• Bank account confirmation consists of adding your bank account details to your AlertPay account, receiving two micro deposits in your bank account (under $0.15 each) and confirming them. This will take no longer than 5 business days.

• For credit card validation, we will send $0.01 to your Visa or MasterCard. A six-digit code will appear on your credit card statement next to the micro payment. You will have to confirm this code in your AlertPay account. If you have an American Express card, a refundable amount between $1.00-2.00 will be charged to your card. You will have to confirm the exact amount in your AlertPay account.

• Phone validation is the simplest procedure. All you have to do is choose or enter a phone number (mobile and land lines only), wait a few moments to receive a code by phone call or text and enter the code in your AlertPay account. That’s all!

International members will have to complete either credit card validation (as seen above) or phone validation. The only difference is that for phone validation, you will receive a text message and not a phone call. You must have a mobile phone to complete this procedure.

If you have a Business account, you will also have to submit a proof of ownership:

• Article of Incorporation
• General Business Registration
• Certificate of Good Standing
• Doing Business As
• Tax Registration

After completing the necessary procedures, your account will be verified within 5 business days. You will enjoy better account security, faster deposits and withdrawals, higher transaction limits and uninterrupted transactions!

To get started, login to your account, click on “Profile” and select “Verification” under the “Personal” category.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Customer Support or leave a comment on our Facebook fan page.

Thank your for your understanding.
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10.06.2010

Finally -- We're launching the new website very soon!


Hi everyone,

I know we promised a brand spanking new website some months ago, but there have been a few delays. Luckily, we've been using our time very wisely on improving AlertPay.com and we hope that you will be happy with the results!

Here is a break-down of what you can expect:

More content
AlertPay.com will have more pages on features, security tips, fraud prevention measures and more. Even a top 10 list of all the great things for which you can use your AlertPay account.

Never before have we offered so much useful content to our members!

User documentation
Aside from offering more web pages with brand new content, we will also offer an array of documentation for sellers and buyers alike, including a Seller guide with lots of "how-to" information, as well as the same for Shoppers. We will also offer corporate marketing documentation to prospective online sellers.

Also available will be a quick and easy tutorial: one for sellers and one for buyers. It sums up what you can do with an account in a handful of simple steps.

New languages
Available as soon as we launch the new website is a completely French version of AlertPay.com! Since we are located in Quebec, it is necessary for us to translate our site into French, but we hope to offer even more languages in the future, so stay tuned.

Your account
Once we launch, you will notice our new and improved user interface. Although the process you have to follow to complete certain tasks, like adding a bank account or sending a payment, is the same, the new interface is much more attractive and efficient.

Our goal is to make our products and services as easy to use as possible.

A new logo
This one is top secret, so wait and see!

That's all we can say for now, but stay tuned for more teasers and updates. Are you excited yet?

Thank you for making AlertPay your way to pay!
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10.08.2010

AlertPay in the news: Firoz Patel's interview on Canoe.ca


Hi everyone,

AlertPay is really starting to make waves in the media. Last week, Firoz Patel was interviewed on a Canadian news channel, Canoe.ca, for a French financial news show called "Argent".

Firoz (erroneously called "Siroz") discusses AlertPay and what we have to offer the world of online payments: 190+ countries supported, 23 currencies, APIs for developers and outstanding customer support.

To watch the video, which is in French, click HERE.

[BBvideo 425,350]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jKHT38KHD8[/BBvideo]


Thank you all for choosing AlertPay!
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01.11.2010

AlertPay in the News: An interview with the Montreal Gazette!

Hi everyone,
As we're approaching our 5 millionth member, we've been getting a lot of interview requests from the press.

Last week, we had a journalist visiting from Montreal's English newspaper, The Gazette, for an interview with Firoz Patel (Chief Executive Officer) and Ferhan Patel (Chief Operating Officer).

Please read the interview HERE

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This is a very exciting time for us since we are growing more than we ever expected! Please read the article and let us know what you think here or on our Facebook page.

Thank you all for your support.
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Showing people the money
Patel Brothers' Internet payment system has exploded in popularity

By JASON MAGDER, The Gazette November 1, 2010

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Brothers Firoz (left) and Ferhan Patel poured their life savings into starting AlertPay in 2004. Now, the Internet payment company offers its services in more than 197 countries and has about 5 million users, with 4,500 new users signing on per day.
Photograph by: Marie-France Coallier, The Gazette




It's hard to believe it now, but there was a time when brothers Firoz, 36, and Ferhan Patel, 30, had to fire themselves so they could afford to run their business.

The brothers, who grew up in Brossard, started AlertPay, an Internet payment company similar to PayPal, in 2004 and poured their life savings into the venture.

"We only had a certain amount of money we could invest, so in order to make it last, we fired ourselves and one of our directors fired himself and we all went on EI," Ferhan Patel, the company's chief operating officer, recalled from the boardroom of the company's modest offices on the ground floor of an office building on Mountain Sights Ave. in Snowdon.

"Those were interesting times. If it didn't work, we'd be screwed. We had just drained all our expenses."

AlertPay has always been self-financed, but Ferhan said that hasn't been too difficult because the company has turned a profit from the first day it launched.

The business idea grew from a previous business: marketing software the brothers developed to track the number of clicks on website banner advertisements.

The brothers noticed a need for a different kind of Internet payment system because of frustrations they and several of their customers had with continually having their memberships terminated through a mistaken belief they were committing fraud.

"We kept getting shut down for absolutely frivolous reasons," said Firoz, the company's chief executive officer.

"We worked with several multilevel marketing companies, but PayPal tended to shut down any multi-level marketing company, or even any company that had those words written on their site, as we did.

"They wanted to protect against pyramid schemes, but there are many MLMs, like Avon, for example, which are legitimate businesses."

Several of the Patels' clients asked them to come up with a solution so they could have some sort of Internet payment system. The brothers decided to cease all other operations and develop an Internet payment system that could serve as an alternative to PayPal.

"These were not small-market people we were talking about. These were merchants that could bring thousands of clients to us," Firoz said.

It took several months to develop the software, but once they did, it took off.

AlertPay at first only focused on credit cards and bank transfers, but then saw there was a need to develop a system for corporate payouts.

"It's for companies who have a need to send money to all the people they owe commission or payments to, or some sort of earnings to, around the world. We have set up at a local point almost everywhere in the world.

"It's through the Web, but ultimately, it needs to get to a bank point."

AlertPay is now present in 197 countries and has 5 million total users, though that figure is growing by about 4,500 per day. Impressive numbers to be sure, but they're dwarfed with those of PayPal, which although it's only available in 190 countries, has more than 150 million users.

"PayPal is in their own domain," Ferhan said.

"We're in the same marketplace as them, but we're not trying to follow their path; we're trying to carve out our own path. We also serve a bit of a different market. We tell people if they have PayPal, they should try AlertPay, because it can bring them a segment of the market they never would have had access to before."

AlertPay offers several services not offered by PayPal. It has bank wires, money orders and certified cheques, and since June, all members can pay through a credit card, or withdraw money onto their own credit cards.

AlertPay is also working to be the payment method of choice for cities adapting their parking meters for payment by smart-phones.

The company won the contracts to provide services for the cities of Lethbridge, Alta., Saskatoon,

Sask., and West Palm Beach, Fla. AlertPay expects to add two other North American cities in the coming months, and estimates the agreements will generate $30 million in mobile payments in the next two years.

Every new AlertPay membership potentially leads to exponential growth, because when merchants add AlertPay as a method of payment, many of their customers also add AlertPay, and often, the merchant's competitors also join so as not to cede a competitive advantage.

Since AlertPay launched its revamped website in June to make it more user-friendly, the growth in new memberships has been tremendous.

The brothers say this is the fastest growth the company has ever experienced.

In September, payment volume increased 38 per cent from August, while transaction volume was up by 23 per cent and deposit volume went up by 40 per cent. This resulted in a revenue increase of 35 per cent on the month.


"Our growth has always been very viral," Ferhan said.

"But our recent growth has been a pleasant surprise.

"Calls are through the roof. Emails are through the roof. We're seeing a record number of transactions, and there's a lot of Alert-Pay chatter."

And because of that growth, AlertPay is hiring in all departments: customer service, programmers, and sales.

The brothers will also opening their first satellite office in Mumbai, India in the next few months in order to give the company a foothold in one of its fastest-growing markets.
The Indian office will begin with 20 employees, but it has a capacity for 180


Through all the years of working closely together dealing with the stress of managing a growing company, the brothers say they have never had a fight, and both say they have never found it difficult to work with family.

"It's great, actually," Firoz said. "It's not everyone that has this kind of relationship.

"We have to make sure we have that respect between us, and we carry on from there."

"We make sure we have distinct jobs and responsibilities," Ferhan said.

"We made things clear from Day 1. Maybe we had some things growing up, like your typical sibling rivalry stuff, but that's never happened at the office."


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22.11.2010

Attention members outside of North America: new and improved verification processes!
Hi international members,

For members located outside North America ONLY!


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Please note that those of you who have already begun the verification process will not have to complete the new procedures. Just continue as you would normally.
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Due to popular demand, we have gone back to the drawing board to further improve our verification processes so you can verify your account quickly and easily. Here is a break-down of the changes we have made:

You will now have three options to choose from to complete international account verification; you must complete ONE of these options only:

Option A: Bank transfer OR bank wire deposit
If you choose this option, you will not have to add your bank account again for subsequent deposits or withdrawals. You will have to deposit a minimum amount of $50 USD (or equivalent) if you select this option.

Option B: Credit card validation
This process will remain unchanged. With this option, you will either receive a code with a very small deposit or a charge within a few business days depending on what kind of card you are attempting to verify.

Option C: Phone validation AND check withdrawal
For this option, you will be required to complete phone validation and a check withdrawal, so a balance in your AlertPay account will be necessary.
For phone validation, you will either receive a text message or a phone call with a code that you must enter in your AlertPay account.
For check withdrawal, you must withdraw a minimum amount of $20 USD. On your check, you will see a code in or around the "Memo" field, so make sure to enter this code in the verification section of your AlertPay account. Please ensure that you will be able to deposit a USD check into your AlertPay account.


We hope that this process will be a lot faster and easier for you. We will continue to improve these processes until they are as seamless as possible.

Please note that if you are a Business-account holder then you will also have to submit business verification documents, such as ONE of the following:

- Article of Incorporation
- General Business Registration
- Certificate of Good Standing
- Doing Business As
- Tax Registration

To start the verification process, just follow these steps:

1. Login to your AlertPay account.
2. Under “Profile”, click on “Personal”.
3. Select “Verification”.
4. Complete as many verification procedures as specified on the page.
5. If you have a Business account, you must also submit a proof of ownership for your business.

It's that easy! If you have any questions or comments, please send us a support ticket or visit our Facebook page.

Thank you for choosing AlertPay!
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