Paypal and The EON Cyber Account

So you've decided to do paid posts with your blog. But you have no idea how to get paid without a Paypal account. So you sign up for Paypal and then comes the problem. You don't have a credit card. Say, you're a Filipino student or just someone who doesn't have a credit card and is Filipino.

What is Paypal?

According to Wikipedia,

PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. It is also a European bank based in Luxembourg. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as cheques and money orders. PayPal performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which it charges a fee. It sometimes also charges a transaction fee for receiving money (a percentage of the amount sent plus an additional fixed amount). The fees charged depend on the currency used, the payment option used, the country of the sender, the country of the recipient, the amount sent and the recipient's account type.

Really though, if you are a poor Filipino who can't afford to get yourself a credit card, just sign up for an EON cyber account online at Unionbank. Follow the link to read up on the Terms and Conditions of applying for a CyberAccount. As of the moment, the online application form is currently being upgraded, so the best thing you can do is find a Unionbank branch where you would prefer to be associated with.

Right after application, depending on your location in the Philippines, your EON CyberAccount kit will be available from 5-14 business days upon application. You're gonna need at least two(2) valid IDs to be able to claim your kit.

What you need to do when claiming the EON kit

1. Make a personal appearance

2. You must provide a photocopy of at least two (2) valid IDs:

* Passport
* Current Driver's License
* Permit to Carry Firearms
* New Social Security System (SSS) card
* Government Services Insurance System (GSIS) eCard
* Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ID
* New Tax Identification Number (TIN) Card
* Postal ID
* National Statistics Office (NSO) authenticated Birth Certificate
* NSO authenticated Marriage Certificate
* Original & unexpired National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance
* Police Clearance
* Digitized Voter's ID
* Philhealth card
* Office of Senior Citizen Affairs (OSCA) / Senior Citizen card
* ACR Identity Card (I-Card)
* Consular ID
* Barangay certification
* Philippine Overseas Employment Association (POEA) / Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Card
* OFW ID
* Seaman's Book
* Government office ID (e.g., Armed Forces of the Philippines, Home Development Mutual Fund [HDMF] IDs)
* Certification from the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)
* Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Certification
* PRA Special Resident Retiree Visa (SRRV) ID
* Other valid IDs issued by the Government and its instrumentalities

On the next post, how to link your EON CyberAccount with your Paypal account. :)

Extra Extra!

It's been a while since I read up on the latest news. Truth be told, I don't really know what's been going on in the world and well, I've been too absorbed in everything that has been going on in my life very recently that I think I've been left behind in everything that I love.

So, do you like news?

Want to be the Next Top Model?

Well, maybe not exactly the Next Top Model from the American show, but who knows? This could be the break you've been waiting for. There's a global beauty contest online for everyone over at LookOfTheYear.com. It's an open opportunity for everyone who has always wanted to be a model. The contest is open to girls and boys aged 14-19, and men and women aged 19 and above.

If you win, you can win $10,000. If you don't win, don't worry, there's a chance that modeling agencies will discover you and take you in. Just imagine the possibilities with this contest. All you have to do is submit your photo to the site and participate. Easy right?

If you're young and beautiful, then join the Look of the Year contest.

PC or Mac?

If you were to choose, which one would you actually prefer? I'm more used to using the PC since it's what most stores sell here in the Philippines, as well as what most Filipinos use. I actually subscribed to Apple's newsletter and think that their new gadgets are really nice to look at, but hte price is not so nice to the common consumer. So, how about you? PC or Mac? Anyone?

Back to School Time

Now that I'm finally done with school, I shouldn't feel the pressure of going back to school. But as I walked around town yesterday, I noticed that everyone's been fussing over how many notebooks to buy, what kinds of pens they should get, and even contemplating whether or not they should get a new bag.

I remember when my mom and dad would take me school supply shopping. I hardly ever got what I wanted. Being a kid, I wanted to get the pretty stuff, but my dad would choose my school stuff for me. Notebooks during those years cost about PhP 4.50. The notebooks that I use now cost at least PhP 10.50, and that's if they're on sale.

The supplies may cost more, but everyone still need to get them before going back to school. Having new tools, more often than not, inspire students to use them more, makes them eager to gain new knowledge through these tools, thus preparing them for the world that they will be undertaking.

I can only hope that the students will really put the new supplies to good use. There are plenty of underprivileged children who would want to even just own a pen and a piece of paper.

Domain Names

What are domain names? If I put here the technical terms associated with it, it might just confuse the readers. The best way to define domain names is to show you what they are. Below are just some examples:

misswilhelmina.com
therichness.net

If you look at the address bar above, the URL to this blog is http://thisiswhereichill.blogspot.com. The domain name is blogspot.com. This blog is actually owned by the owners of Blogger. This blog is just one of the many subdomains of Blogger.

In picking a domain, make sure your domain name is very easy to remember. The shorter, the better, actually. The subdomain I picked for this blog is thisiswhereichill. This blog wasn't meant for anything else except me, well, chilling.

Anyway, there are a lot of domain name hosts that you can register your domains with. Domain names are as low as $6.95 and as much as $49.99. The following are just some domain name registrars:

Yahoo
godaddy
1and1
register

I'm not gonna go in-depth with domain name registration, because it's boring stuff. Really. If you do decide to get yourself your own domain name, check if the domain is still available with any of the registrars. If it is, then there's nothing to stop you from registering it. Except maybe not having a credit card.

More about credit cards later on. In choosing the right domain registrar for you, make sure you read through the terms and conditions, and there's no better way to tell what the customers are saying than reading reviews about the registrar and asking around in community forums.