With a virtual MasterCard, you can make online payment as in the regular plastic MasterCard given to you by your bank or a vendor. But the advantages of virtual MasterCard clearly outweigh that of the physical plastic card; there are already lot of providers of such virtual cards, but in this post I will be talking about how to get Barter Virtual MasterCard in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and US.
Barter Virtual MasterCard allows you to do online shopping and make payments online, without having to enter your local card details or plastic MasterCard details on the merchant’s website. It creates a virtual, online sort of MasterCard that can be used on any website that supports payment with MasterCard.
The good news about Barter Virtual MasterCard is that, the daily and monthly restriction on spending on US Dollar by local bank regulator, like CBN in Nigeria, can be bypassed: There is no limit to the amount you can spend, in as much as there is money in your local bank account that is linked to the virtual card.
Also, you don’t have to put your real name on Barter Virtual MasterCard, and you can set when you want the card to expire, giving you a room for total anonymity and security while paying online.
Now let’s see how to get Barter Virtual MasterCard in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and US.
NB: I will be registering as a Nigerian, because I am. The process is the same for the other countries; only the currency conversion while funding the virtual MasterCard is different, as Barter Virtual MasterCard is run in US Dollar, but you fund it with your local currency.
The four countries listed above are only the supported countries by Barter Virtual MasterCard.
How to Create And Fund Barter Virtual MasterCard For Online Payment
In order to get the card, your first need to create a Barter Virtual MasterCard account; after creating the account, you will need to verify it, before funding the account and finally choosing a name you want on the card.
The Steps
- Go to Barter Virtual MasterCard website and click on sign up.
- After filling the registration form, a confirmation code will be delivered to your email or phone, as SMS.
- Use the code to activate your account.
- After activating the account, you will be taking to your Wallet, and all you want to do next is fund your Wallet on the Barter Virtual MasterCard account.
- On the Wallet tab, choose the currency code that corresponds to your country – – NGN for Nigeria, GSH for Ghana, KSH for Kenya, and USD for US.
- Use any of the available options to fund the account.
- After funding the account, click on +Virtual Card, and give your card a name. You can use any name, but it is advisable to use your name in case your have issue on merchant’s website.
- After giving the Barter Virtual MasterCard a name, enter the amount you want to fund in it and click on Create Card.
You have just created and funded Barter Virtual MasterCard; you can now go ahead and start your unlimited online shopping spree.
If having any problem creating or funding the account, drop it in the comment. I will respond.
I’ve been hearing of barter recently. Happy for this posts. Shoutout from mavislibrary.com
Yea, Barter is the next big thing for online shoppers in those three African countries, especially Nigeria. And thank you for the comment.
I just heard about barter not long ago. I hope it works well.
Yea, it works. However, you should test the card with small money first.