The past decade brought about the rise of people seeking to make money online. Freelancing is part of those side hustles that are at the forefront. Anyone who has crucial skills such as writing, coding, marketing, designing, teaching, voice-over acting and lots more can become a freelancer.

It helps students and employees to create another income stream. As a freelancer, you connect with clients, do the work and get paid. It’s as easy as that. However, freelancers in Nigeria have been experiencing obstacles concerning how they receive payments. It’s either Nigerians are not authorized to use the payment services or some other issues of concern.

This can be very frustrating and counterproductive for a freelancer. How would you work when there’s no possible way to receive your money? What if the foreigners are the ones who offer high-paying gigs and you can’t benefit from it? A lot of questions run through the average Nigerian’s mind about receiving international payments in Nigeria.

We have curated a list of payment methods that would be useful to freelancers. Most of them are usually what most freelance clients are comfortable with in terms of safety, speed, and security. Check them out below.

PayPal
Most online services marketplaces promote PayPal as the best way to get paid as a freelancer. It is incredibly fast when used to send and receive funds. You either create a personal account for family and friends(FnF) or a business account for goods and services(GnS). However, it’s no new news that Nigerians cannot use PayPal to receive money while in Nigeria. So most freelancers have to use other payment methods. Nonetheless, there are clients who would insist on using PayPal to pay you. If that’s the case, we will show you what to do at the end of this article.

Payoneer
Payoneer is another high ranked payment platform that allows you to receive money online. It’s easy to get started with it. You create a free account on Payoneer.com and get your clients to send your funds to you. You can also link your Payoneer account with Upwork, oDesk or any other freelance bidding website to withdraw funds.

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