Holding a cup of hot coffee at 11 pm when most people around are fast asleep, sits a freelancer from their home office. They regularly check to ensure their laptop is charged 100%, Skype is switched on and the mic is working. They are ready to greet and update their client who has just made their way into the office in another part of the world.

This is what it looks like for most of us freelancers working from third world countries for clients from foreign soil. Most often, we toil all night long until the early-morning hours to earn a decent living. Working these hours to overcome the time-gap is necessary for many a freelancer, as most foreign clients find it cumbersome to hire a freelancer not able to work during the hours they are available.

Getting the income generated as a result of working with clients from other countries, demands labor on a whole new level when it comes to retrieving it. With already too much on our plate, one would think getting paid in the 21^st century should be just a few clicks away. But instead, freelancers in third world countries have to struggle due to the unavailability of giants such as PayPal and Stripe. Receiving funds is one of the major issues for freelancers from third-world countries, and this often brings the progress levels of the freelancers’ to a halt, leaving their FDN careers hanging in mid-air.

Fortunately, considering this disconnect, a lot of other options have emerged as viable online payment facilitators. If you are a freelancer hailing from a third world country, do not despair. There are a couple options out there to help you in successfully combatting your payment woes.