We'd been working on similar service since mid of July 2015 - http://roshanpit.com/
Unfortunately, we can't truly compete with OPSkins and you guys because in our country it took us month and a half to open a company (week), open proper bank account (week) and PayPal Business account (month) and after that we found out that we can't accept any payments to our PayPal from foreign companies and also there are serious PayPal limitations (such as $6k limit... even on Business account which leads to additional 4% fee and currency exchange) so we can't connect Paymentwall or G2A Pay. Also, we'd lose almost 16% in currency exchange rates (very unstable like... bitcoin), services fees (3% + 1% + 4%) and special taxes on that kind of operations (6% + waiting for Foreign exchange controls) even before we're able to send payments to sellers :)
After that, we tried to open companies in several countries but it takes 2-3 months, several business trips with complex visas systems (like the UK) and thousand of dollars to do this. Funny, but we're still waiting for answer letters, it's not so fast.
So, now you have fewer companies to compete with :) Good luck!
@antonsekatski Ah that's a shame. We like to see others in the space to help grow the size of the market. Your story makes me more appreciative of how (relatively) easy it is to get a business launched here in the North America.
@iamunr North America, part of Europe and South America flourish in making quick businesses without any complications, yes. But I'm living right now in, like one book title says, "snowy version of Zimbabwe" and it took me almost 7 years to gather resources for immigration to North America and since my next project is also about eSports and it's news project, maybe we could become partners and not competitors :)
Anyway, thanks man, appreciate this!
@kevinace wow, now that's a thought! You see, I didn't have a direct access to the North America culture, especially business culture, just only by using the Internet and indirect sources, but kinda love to gather any proper and reasonable information and different philosophies from many cultures.
I always knew that people in some areas on this planet know something from the environment and society structure that could be hardly explained by words - especially about money, business, competition, etc.
And today's thought is about "competitors might help growing the market", haven't thought about it that way.
Thanks.
@leovarmak Unfortunately, we were not able to solve all problems within our country, mostly legal, and it led to totally unprofitable business for us so we decided to shut it down.
I'm incredibly proud of our team. We went from idea to heavy traction in just 4 short months. We are all avid gamers / eSports fans and love waking up every day to work on something we all love.
We're thrilled to not only be building a successful business but also pumped to be able to help grow the gaming / eSports space as a whole.
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