The official Inside AdSense blog has just announced the WU Quick Cash payments. Those who are interested in getting their next AdSense payments via Western Union should take note of the following:
In order to pick up your payment by Western Union Quick Cash, please complete the following steps:
1. Visit http://www.payment-solutions.com/agent.asp to locate a Western Union Agent.
2. Call the Western Union Agent to confirm that they offer the Quick Cash service.
3. Bring the following information with you:
– a valid government-issued photo ID (Passport, Driver’s license, National ID etc)
– sender’s information: Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. Phone Number: 650-253-4000
– amount of your payment, which you can find on your Payment History page
– your unique MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) which you can find by clicking on the ‘details’ link next to the Payment Issued line on your Payment History page
When you go to the Western Union agent, please let them know that you would like to pick up a Quick Cash payment. Additionally, please remember to pick up your Western Union payment within 35 days of the payment date, or the amount will be credited back to your AdSense account. At the moment, this is only available in Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, and Romania.
There’s a limit of $10,000 so if you’re getting more than that, you can’t use WU. Besides, if you’re at $10k a month, I’m sure you’re already a Premium Publisher with a dedicated AdSense Account Manager and receiving your cheques via UPS (commonly referred to as UPS Club Member).
Several local bloggers and publishers have known to have beta tested the WU Quick Cash for several months now. One of them is Noemi though she hasn’t written her experience about it. Mars Woo of Cebu also left a comment in my previous post about WU but he requested that I remove his URL from the comment.
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thanks for the guidelines. i’d try this one time when my check has accumulated to enough amount already.
i already opted for WU on my next payment. Will blog about my experience by the end of this month when I finally received the payment.
Oh I was writing it earlier the moment I got clearance from Adsense.
http://isulong-seoph.aboutmyrecovery.com/2007/10/04/my-western-union-quick-cash-adsense-payment-experience/
I’ve read that the name on the government-issued ID must match the payee name in Google’s database. Is it all right that the my ID has my middle name while my payee name doesn’t?
@Eugene- before the Western Union payment was released, I received an email asking me to verify the name of the payee and change it if need be. Maybe you could add the middle initial. It will also help if you claim your payment in your suki bank because they will vouch for you when Western Union calls the bank to verify.
I was also a beta tester for the Google Western Union Quick Cash since April 2007. It works great, it’s quick and easy! Very nice getting your cash in days rather than months waiting for the payment to arrive and clear in your Philippine bank account.
I highly recommend the program!
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replied on Oct 4th, 2007 at 2:52 pm (7)
Thanks for the guide… will be waiting for my next Adsense payment on my suking WU branch.
WU is good, nakakatakot nga lang… It is still safer to receive your adsense earnings as check at mas safe sya pagtravel mo going to the bank.
Earning $10K and above is not an absolute criteria to be a premium publisher.
just received my cheque courtesy of dhl…ill transfer into this program once i reach the total accumulated amount
Abe, just a student here… WU doesnt issue pays with just a school id and reg form. What is the best id which is easy to gain? (postal id po ba?)
I also liked Google’s decision to coordinate with Western Union. At least now, horror stories of lost checks would be minimized. It’s a duo of security and speed. ;D
@ unique, yup, you’re correct there.
@ paul, you can try getting a Student Driver’s License, a Philippine Passport and a Postal ID.
I’ve been using western union even before adsense was ever introduced you can usually get the money within minutes and depending on the payout center you are going to cashout you can get it in dollars so you have options to exchange your dollar to peso at a friendly price.
Anyway anyone have news on how much this will cost? Last I heard it was only $14 per transaction.
This is one big help for local publishers… Atlast speed and security..
a very smart move from google
now, i can get my earnings more faster.
no need to wait for weeks.
thanks Google!!!!
How many gov’t IDs are required? If I may ask…
Thanks in advance!
just tried it a few weeks ago
thanks google!
Can you check the status of the payment on westernunion’s website? What would be the first and the last name?
I have my MTCN number already but cannot verify if its ready for pickup
@slacker – if you have ur MTCN, then, its ready for pick up
where can i see mtcn in my account
on your payment history, choose your latest payment month “payment issued” click “details”
thats it, you can see the payment date, Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) and the amount.
Picking up payments via GE Money Bank sucks.
yesterday i picked my payment from western union. it was really great and easy.
i just received my adsense payment from western union yesterday. it was really simple and easy.
it is really east to receive money with wu.
i am exited my first payment coming today.