Overview of Skrill
Skrill is a website or a business using which you can make the payments and money transfer. The main aim of Skrill is to lower the cost of international money transfer. It is one of the oldest websites out there that allows you to transfer the money.
Talking about gambling websites, most of the bookmaker website allows you to make the transfer using it. Therefore, it becomes easier to use Skrill. Also, the cost and the fees are less as compared to others.
Advantages of Skrill
There are many advantages the ty will get in Skrill, here are a few of them
- There are many websites out there that accept Skrill. One account can be used for many purposes. So, it will make your online journey much easier.
- The payment is instant and for most of the accounts (including gambling), it won’t charge any fees
You can request withdrawals from a gambling website using Skrill. Most of the top gambling websites allow you to withdraw and deposit money using Skrill. - You will also get prepaid Skrill Mastercard.
- The service is great and you can get service 24 hours. You can contact customer service anytime you want. They also have a FAQ section and a lot of articles where you can read more about the platform.
- Major currencies are accepted here. So, you can get the money in your country’s currency. They accept more than 35 currencies. So, your currency will surely be here.
Not to mention, the transaction and service fee is very low. This is also a kind of disadvantage. If you are thinking about why you can head over to the next section of disadvantages where we will discuss more this issue.
Disadvantages
Just like we saw the advantages, there are certain things that you might not like about Skrill. Here are some of the top disadvantages that you will get in Skrill
- Even though the fee is less, you will still have to pay a certain fee whenever you make a transfer from one account to another.
- It gives the Prepaid Skrill Mastercard but you will have to pay a small fee every year.
- For gambling purposes, some gambling websites will add it as a suspicious behavior if some of your activities don’t match your pattern. They might place some limits on your account. This can happen with any payment website but maximum cases are with Skrill users.
- In some countries, Skrill is not yet available. So, if you are from one of those countries, you will have to wait.
Creating and verify Skrill Account
Now, let’s jump into the creation part. Until now, you will have chosen whether you want to use Skrill or not. If your answer is positive and wants to use Skrill, here is how you can create your account and verify the Skrill account.
- Visit the website and create an account.
- It will ask you to send your photo ID. This is to verify the account. You can take a photo of any of your IDs. A driving license would be a perfect choice here. Just click a picture and send it to them. In the same way, take a picture of address proof.
- Now, it’s time to verify your bank account. You can send them a picture of your passbook and you will be good to go.
- The next thing is to verify your debit or credit card. This is a little tricky process for some people. Here, you will have to submit your card details and Skrill will take out a small amount from it. It’s usually a couple of cents. You will need to check your bank account and see what amount is debited. You will have to write the same amount in your Skrill account. Just like we verify OTP, here they will debit some amount and it will act like the OTP. Once you verify it, the money will be transferred back to your account. So, there is nothing to worry about.
Depositing and withdrawing with Skrill
You can easily make the payments as well as you can receive it with your Skrill. To make the payment, you will have to make sure that the gambling website or any other website is accepting Skrill.
Once you have the confirmation that they are accepting Skrill. You can select Skrill from the payment gateway and enter your details. It will automatically debit the amount from the bank account. You can also use the Skrill Prepaid MasterCard for making the deposit. The card is more secure as compared to others.
In the same way, you can also ask for the withdrawal using Skrill. You can enter your Skrill ID and the money ill be transferred in your Skrill account. From there, it will take a couple of days to transfer the money into your bank account.
Skrill Prepaid Mastercard
If you are wondering about Skrill prepaid MasterCard, here is some information about it. It is a card provided by Skrill with a small annual fee. You can add the money to the prepaid card.
Only that amount will be exhausted. If you add 100 bucks, you can only use 100 bucks with your card. If you try to make payment of 101 bucks, it will fail. So, it helps you in controlling the spending. Especially, if you are on gambling websites, you should surely be using this card as it is very much useful.
However, there is a small catch here. Skrill doesn’t allow you to make the payment to some of the gambling websites using this card. You can surely use the normal Skrill account to make the transfer. So, Skrill Prepaid Mastercard will be of no use for some gambling websites. You can still use the normal way to make the deposit.