a month ago
Hello Railway Team,
I am a developer based in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa.
I have been using Railway for my SaaS project (Winyflow)
and I love the platform.
Unfortunately, I am completely blocked because:
- Credit cards are not available in my country
- All virtual/prepaid Visa cards from Africa are rejected
by your payment system
- My previous support request was declined
I would like to formally request a HYBRID BILLING OPTION:
1. Allow users to pre-load credits via:
- PayPal
- Wire transfer / SWIFT
- Cryptocurrency (USDT/USDC)
- Mobile Money gateway (for African markets)
2. Services run as long as credits are available
(similar to AWS/GCP prepaid model)
This would unlock Railway for millions of developers
across Africa who currently cannot pay — not because
they don't want to, but because the payment
infrastructure doesn't exist here.
I am not alone. Many African developers face this
exact problem. This is a significant untapped market
for Railway.
My project URL: awa-api-production-eb9b.up.railway.app
Account: [ton email Railway]
Thank you for considering this.
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