How to start using Moneybookers?
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At a certain point in their work with microstock agencies, every contributor faces the question: “How can I withdraw earnings from microstock agencies?” This is a very reasonable question, especially for contributors from the CIS. Most microstock agencies offer options for transferring earned money to accounts in payment systems like PayPal and Moneybookers.
Withdrawing money from microstocks via PayPal is not possible for contributors from Russia and other former Soviet republics due to the system’s restrictions on certain types of transactions. Therefore, they must use the Moneybookers payment system to withdraw money from microstocks.
This electronic payment system has become one of the fastest and most optimal options for receiving funds from microstock agencies. Therefore, I present an overview of how to work with this system.
In today’s post, I will explain what the Moneybookers payment system is, how to register, and how to start using it.
About Moneybookers (Skrill)
Moneybookers is an electronic payment system registered in the UK. Unlike PayPal, Moneybookers operates in many Eastern European countries, including those in the CIS, providing a significant advantage. The international payment system Moneybookers provides instant deposit and withdrawal options.
Today, Moneybookers is the ideal option for quickly receiving earnings from microstock agencies. Withdrawing funds is straightforward: microstock agencies transfer earnings to your Moneybookers account, where they accumulate until you transfer them to your bank account or Visa/Mastercard card.
Transfers to a Visa/Mastercard occur instantly, but it may take an additional 3-4 business days for your bank to process the transaction. If you withdrawal of money from Moneybookers to your bank account, the transfer takes 4 to 14 days, depending on your country of residence.
You can also use the funds in your Moneybookers account for online purchases, as the system allows payments at over 40,000 online stores, or transfer money to another person’s account within the system.
Russian-speaking users often refer to the Moneybookers payment system as “bookers”.
Moneybookers (Skrill) operates under the strict supervision of the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), adhering to stringent regulations for licensed financial institutions.
Furthermore, Moneybookers serves as a secure vault for your data: you can perform all financial operations using only your email address and password, without disclosing personal account information to third parties.
How to register in Moneybookers
The payment system now offers a Russian-language version, simplifying the registration process. Currently, there are only two barriers to registering with Moneybookers: being under 18 years old or residing in a country that does not cooperate with the international community in combating money laundering.
To register with Moneybookers, visit their website at https://www.moneybookers.com, select the Russian interface if necessary, and click the Register button:
On the next page after clicking the button, you will need to enter:
- your Email (after registration, this will serve as your login and account identifier). Your Moneybookers account identifier is your email address, e.g., olgaivanova@gmail.com.
A verification link for your account will be sent to the Email specified in this field. You can link up to five email addresses to your Moneybookers account, one of which must be designated as primary.
Each additional email address can also receive transfers. Each email address must be verified in Moneybookers before it can receive transfers.
If an email address linked to your account becomes inactive, you can replace it. In that case, you can delete unnecessary addresses by submitting a special request through the “Email Support” menu, specifying the reason for deletion, and after some time, you will receive a message at your primary address confirming the action. - Password. It must be at least 6 characters long, with at least one non-letter character. By the way, if you enter a password that is too simple, the system will strongly encourage you to choose a more complex one.
- Country of residence: Select your country from the list. If your country is not listed, you will not be able to use Moneybookers at this time.
- Currency: Choose your account currency. For working with photobanks, it’s best to select the US dollar.
Attention! After selecting your account currency and completing a transaction, you cannot change the currency. Opening multiple accounts is prohibited; if you are found to have more than one account, they will be blocked, and remaining funds will be inaccessible. - Preferred language: Choose the default language for the Moneybookers website and official correspondence (this can be changed later).
- Verification code (captcha): Enter the alphanumeric code shown in the image.
After entering your details, double-check them for accuracy. If everything is correct, click the Next button and wait for an email from Moneybookers.
You will receive an email at the address you provided during registration with a link to activate your account. The verification link will be valid for 24 hours.
Clicking this link will proceed to the next step of the Moneybookers registration process. On this page, you will need to fill in a few fields with your personal information. In the future, you can update your street address, city, region, postal code, and country in the “Profile” menu.
However, you can only edit the contact information in your account once every 90 days.
You must enter your personal information in Latin characters (in English letters) to avoid future problems. I recommend entering the data as they are printed in your passport. If that is not possible, try to enter the information in the same way as you provided it when registering with the photobanks.
Please note that each time you withdraw money from Moneybookers, you’ll need to enter your date of birth to verify it matches the one provided during registration.
Additionally, the payment system’s rules require that the account or credit card used to withdraw money from Moneybookers is in the same name as that provided during registration.
After completing all the required fields and verifying their accuracy, click “Next” to confirm your registration with Moneybookers. Your registration with Moneybookers is complete!
Immediately after confirmation, you can start receiving funds into your Moneybookers account (don’t forget to select Moneybookers as your payment method in your microstock account settings and specify the email used as your account identifier in the system).
By the way, receiving funds from photobanks to your Moneybookers account incurs no fees and is completely free.
I will discuss withdrawing money from the system, rates, and the payment system’s support service in the continuation of this article about Moneybookers soon.
100 DOLLARS IN THE TRANSPARENT VAULT AND THE INSCRIPTION impossible How to get them out of there?????
I made a transaction of 100 dollars on Skrill and it got stuck in the transparent box. There is an inscription on the side: IMPOSSIBLE.
I don’t quite understand where the transparent box is. Have you tried writing or calling Skrill support?
Hi
Thank you. I read it and managed to register a wallet on Skrill; let’s see how the first payout from the stock goes.
I want to register in this payment system because of its reliability
I want to register in this payment system
Alexey, please register. It’s free of charge.
I think it’s good.
Has Moneybookers closed? I want to register.
sanya18, no, it hasn’t closed. There was just a rebranding and now their name is Skrill. At the top of this article, there is a banner for Skrill; if you take a look, you can click and go to the registration page for the payment system.
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How to transfer money to another Moneybookers user – Skrill?
It’s quite simple. In the upper left corner, there’s a button to send money, or you can just go to this link: moneybookers.com/app/send.pl?l=RU. There, you enter the recipient’s name, their email, and the amount – these are mandatory fields. Then you can add a payment purpose. And you send it. Literally within a few seconds, the money will be with the recipient.
I REALLY LIKED YOUR SYSTEM DESCRIPTION! I WANT TO USE YOUR SYSTEM
Hello!
Hello! I kindly ask for your help in understanding. I have over $100 on Shutterstock, and I haven’t registered anywhere for withdrawal yet and haven’t even thought about it… until now. But I’ve been told that money withdrawal will start on May 1, and it turns out that I won’t have anywhere to withdraw it? What will happen if by then I still haven’t specified where to withdraw it on the stock? And where do I specify that? I haven’t found it yet. And during registration, I don’t remember whether I specified it or not. Also, at the moment, I have a foreign (in dollars) MasterCard, a simple social Visa, and a regular bank account. Can I use any of these? Or do I need to specifically get a Visa? Thank you in advance. I have been trying to find a solution for several days.
Hello, Lesya!
Look, on Shutterstock, on the page with your information, you need to add your Moneybookers address (the email you used to register your account with the payment processors). This page can be found at https://submit.shutterstock.com/admin.mhtml?account_id=(Your ID) or simply, when you log into your account, your name is displayed at the top; hover over it and click Account settings. Check that what is indicated in the line “Paypal/Moneybookers Email Address(if different):” is your email used for registration with Moneybookers.
Now, regarding Moneybookers. You can withdraw money either to Visa cards or to a bank account. For small amounts, using a card is optimal. As for your social Visa, check with your bank if it can be topped up there. However, I still recommend opening a separate Visa card in dollars for withdrawing money. That would be the best option.
Good day. Could you please tell me where I can read about withdrawing money from Skrill and how to link a card to it? Thank you very much for your help.
Good day, Lesya!
Skrill is the new name for Moneybookers. I wrote about withdrawing money from Moneybookers, including linking and verifying a card, in the article https://microstock.top/mikrostoki/vyvod-deneg-iz-manibukers-sapport-moneybookers/. The article is quite old, but not much has changed.
Hello! Could you please tell me if I can use the same email address for registration in Moneybookers-Skrill and in the photobank?
Good afternoon!
Yes, you can use the same email.
Hello. I want to top up my Moneybookers account to play poker. How can I fund my account without indicating the reason for the deposit? The thing is, funds sent from South Korean Visa cards to gambling accounts are not transferred.
Good afternoon!
When you add a card to Moneybookers, make sure to indicate that it’s for gaming purposes. Then just make a deposit to Moneybookers from your card. The bank will not show that you are transferring this money to a poker site. It will just appear as a trade transaction with the Moneybookers merchant.
Good afternoon.
I want to change the payment email address for Skrill on Shutterstock. Will Shutter detect that this account is not mine or not? Thank you.
Good afternoon, Anna!
No, if this address is not used for payments by another author on Shutter, then there should be no problems.
Hello!
When registering at the poker room, I specified my first and last name in Russian. If I indicate my name and surname in Latin letters when registering with the bookmakers (as you recommended in your article), will I have issues withdrawing funds? And one more question: I have a Visa Electron debit card with a ruble account. Is it critical to open a dollar account for it if the poker room only operates in that currency (specifically in US dollars)? Or will the bank automatically convert the received dollars to rubles at its own rate? Thank you in advance for your answer!
Good afternoon!
There will be no problems with Moneybookers, the main thing is the correct email, as accounts within the bookmakers are identified by email.
Opening a dollar account is not necessary, as banks usually do automatic conversions when currencies do not match. But don’t forget that you will incur additional conversion costs, both due to the commission itself and because banks usually set a not-so-favorable exchange rate.
Good day,
A question regarding the item in the registration form “country of permanent residence”.
The tooltip for this item states: you need to select the country from which you want to fund your Moneybookers account.
If I want to transit payments from affiliate programs, and payments are made by organizations (such as legal entities) from banks in offshore zones, what should I indicate in this field?
Also: how does Moneybookers treat monthly large payments from such banks?
Good day!
Please specify the country of your residence regardless of who is sending you money.
If the transfers are justified, even if they are in tens of thousands, there shouldn’t be any issues. At most, they might ask for an explanation of the nature of the transfers, who or what the money was sent for.
An unexpected problem came up. When verifying through the link from the email, it shows an error saying the code is incorrect. Unlike in the article, I had to enter my details right away. What could be the issue?
If there’s an issue with the code, you should contact support. Regarding the changes when entering your details, note that the article was written over a year ago, so Moneybookers may have made some changes, especially since they’re transitioning to Skrill, so expect many updates…