How Did I Withdraw My Adsense Earnings On Western Union - Philippines
Successful withdrawal of adsense earning from western union
After you reached the minimum payout of adsense, which is 100 US dollars, publishers like us have three options on how we can get our payment from google.
First option is the "Standard Delivery" system, where google will send our checks on a snail mail which can reach us within three to four weeks from the date of mailing. 3-4 weeks according to google's estimation, but it could take longer in reality. But the time length on when you can receive your payment is not the real issue for this option. The major concern here is the assurance that your check will reach your hand or not. Especially on our country here in the Philippines where opening of mails in post office is very much expected, we call them crocodiles people. So that's for this option, but I never recommend this, nor anyone as far as I know.
Second option is "Secured Express Delivery" system where check will be received in a week, according to google. As the name implies, "secured" and "express", this option is more secure and a lot faster. The only problem is it would cost you twenty dollars, but twenty dollars for a newbie like me (as of now, that is, smile) will hurt much, so I didn't choose this option. But if you're some kind of pro who didn't mind of spending twenty dollars, this is the option for you.
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| This is my latest earnings from adsense via western union. Can you notice how close those bills are filed up? |
Third option is the "Western Union Quick Cash" system, which carry both the "fast" and "secure" definition on it. It is fast because you can get your payment the next day the payment was issued on your adsense account. Secure because it's system is under western union, a known international company that use as a money transfer all over the world. And did I mentioned that it is free?
In short, I chose western union quick cash option.
And this is what happened.
I went to a western union center here on our city and told to the teller that I will receive money. So she hand me over a western union form to fill it up, so I did. But there's a field there that ask about your relationship with the sender, this got me confused. I explained it to the teller and she just told me to put "Employer" instead, but of course! So i put on "Employer" on the "relationship to the sender" field and wrote "Google Inc." as the first name, I left the last name blank.
I completed the form and hand it back to the teller, which told me to sit and wait for a while for processing. Nervously waiting, I told my wife-to-be to take a picture of me if I receive the money later.
I'm a littler nervous, not because I'm doubtful if my transaction will be denied, but because this is my first time having my online income came into reality.
After not less than five minutes or so, the teller gave the money. I previously asked her to have the one hundred dollars bill unchanged to my local currency and the remaining would be on five hundreds, since I am withdrawing 145.37 US dollars.
So I posed with my hundred dollars and some few five hundred pesos bills and the western union receive money form. The two teller jokingly ask me to get in the picture too, so I told them to smile on my background. We took two shots and what you can see in this post is the best shot.
Enable your western union option by going to My Account > Account Settings and select "Setup Western Union Quick Cash" option. Snapshot below:
