Signup and Billing
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10 years ago
Verification sign-up with Prepaid Card or with PayPal
Actually, Azure is available only to people who owns a credit card. I think this is a strong limitation and you should provide other verification methods to reach also users who doesn't own a credit card. Prepaid/Debit card such MasterCard and Visa or PayPal would be very nice options to get verified and subscribe the service.Please take this note in consideration because I'm sure Azure is losing lot of potential customers due to this limitation.Thanks. :)
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3 years agoHi there,My apologies for how long this post has gone unanswered. The Azure billing team has undergone a transformation to ship features faster and improve our responsiveness to our customers. The new team is excited to re-engage with the community and deliver the features you need for a consistent and reliable cloud billing experience.With that said, let�s break down this ask:Azure currently accepts Credit and Debit cards, and provides a payment option through invoice for certain subscriptions that meet the appropriate criteria. (http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0003p/)Supporting prepaid or virtual credit cards raises several concerns from a billing standpoint. Because of this, we currently don�t support this feature.Other localized payment options through PayPal or other third party services are being considered for implementation in Azure, updates will be made available here.If you have any further questions, please submit a new suggestion and we will be happy to engage.