Suparelay

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an hour-long call to family in india, ringing their mobile at your carrier's standard rate: $180 from the US, ~$143 from spain, ~$134 from portugal. on suparelay that same hour costs $6, and the price is set by the number you dial, not by where you are US (connect by t-mobile prepaid): $180 / suparelay: $6 spain (movistar prepaid): ~$143 / suparelay: $6 portugal (NOS prepaid): ~$134 / suparelay: $6 germany (telekom prepaid): ~$107 / suparelay: $6 netherlands (vodafone): ~$84 / suparelay: $6 canada (bell): ~$64 / suparelay: $6 poland (play prepaid): ~$62 / suparelay: $6 new zealand (one nz prepay): ~$30 / suparelay: $6 add-ons change the picture, and a few beat us. stateside international, t-mobile's $15 monthly add-on, drops indian mobiles to free from the US. vodafone in the netherlands sells 50 minutes to the rest of the world for €12.50 a month. telstra pre-paid in australia bills india at 10c AUD a minute, about $4.20 for the hour, and counts india in the minutes bundled with its larger recharges. and from south africa, vodacom's calling plus rate to india is R0.99 a minute, so roughly $3.60 an hour

a $50 sale costs you $1.75 in fees on stripe, $3 on paddle and $3.50 on stripe with its merchant of record add-on. 8 ways non-US founders with a US company get paid and move the money, with fees from each provider's own page 1. stripe: card payments, sales tax is on you / 2.9% + 30¢, +1.5% for non-US cards / $50 sale: $1.75, or $2.50 on a non-US card / stripe.com/pricing 2. stripe managed payments: stripe becomes your merchant of record and remits sales tax, VAT and GST in 75+ countries / +3.5% on top of the card fee / $50 sale: $3.50 / stripe.com/pricing 3. paddle: merchant of record, tax and chargebacks handled / 5% + 50¢ / $50 sale: $3 / paddle.com/pricing 4. lemon squeezy: merchant of record / 5% + 50¢ / $50 sale: $3 / lemonsqueezy.com/pricing its 2026 update says it's building an easy way for users to move to stripe managed payments 5. polar: merchant of record that posts every rate publicly. free plan 5% + 50¢, or $20/month for 3.8% + 40¢, +1.5% for non-US cards / $50 sale: $3, or $2.30 on the $20 plan / polar.sh/resources/pricing 6. mercury: where the payouts land. US business checking with $0 ACH, domestic wires and USD international wires / $0/month / mercury.com/pricing 7. wise business: account details in 22 currencies. incoming USD ACH is free, an incoming USD wire is 6.11 USD / 31 USD one-off / wise.com/us/pricing/business 8. suparelay: for when a US client's accounts payable team or your bank's support line wants a phone call. it calls US numbers from your browser or the Windows app / 5 a minute / suparelay.app

anyone whose parents refuse another app: whatsapp guests can now join a call from a browser link who does this unlock for you? a landline still needs a real phone call

brits abroad: one hour on the phone with a UK landline (an 01 or 02 number) at the local carrier's standard rate. from the US it's $180. suparelay is $3 from all 10 places below US (connect by t-mobile prepaid): $180 / suparelay: $3 switzerland (swisscom): ~$66 / suparelay: $3 canada (bell): ~$64 / suparelay: $3 germany (telekom prepaid): ~$47 / suparelay: $3 italy (TIM): ~$35 / suparelay: $3 poland (play prepaid): ~$31 / suparelay: $3 new zealand (one nz prepay): ~$30 / suparelay: $3 portugal (NOS prepaid): ~$16 / suparelay: $3 spain (movistar prepaid): ~$16 / suparelay: $3 netherlands (vodafone): ~$16 / suparelay: $3 the add-ons are where it gets closer. t-mobile's $15 stateside international makes UK landlines free from the US. swisscom's CHF 20 international calls option is unlimited to the UK. in south africa, vodacom's international calling plus is R0.99 a minute, about $3.60 for the hour. and in australia telstra pre-paid is 10c AUD a minute to the UK, with UK minutes included on its $30+ recharges, which beats us if you already top up

40 minutes with family in pakistan on a sunday call, from a US prepaid that has no international plan: AT&T's no-add-on rate ($4.00/min): $160 suparelay (9¢/min): $3.60 AT&T also sells a $10 pack with 250 pakistan minutes. worth adding before a long weekend call

jpmorgan, citi and bank of america now all say outside ai agents can't log in to your account or move money. bofa's ceo wants a human to authorize before money leaves so an ai app asking for your bank password is asking for something your bank says it won't allow

cloudflare raised the workers runtime-update grace period from 30 seconds to 20 minutes for pending requests and connections. most phone calls fit that window. websockets can still drop earlier, so reconnects still matter

half an hour on a london landline, called on US prepaid with no add-on: AT&T pay-per-use ($4.00/min): $120 suparelay (5¢/min): $1.50 AT&T's $15 international plus add-on makes UK calls unlimited, if you add it before you dial

banks say they can't tell a person from a bot when one calls customer service. fair, their phone menus have had all of us talking like bots for 20 years. "representative." "REPRESENTATIVE."

you can run a US LLC from outside the US on $0/month banking, and stripe atlas now refunds its $500 fee if you keep $5,000 with them. the 10 services non-US founders use, with prices from each provider's own page 1. stripe atlas: delaware LLC or c corp with the EIN and a year of registered agent included / $500, then $100/yr / stripe.com/atlas since april 13 it refunds the $500 if you deposit $5,000 in a stripe treasury account within 90 days of incorporating and leave it there 30 days 2. doola: LLC or c corp formation for founders anywhere, with EIN and a US business address / $297/yr + state fees / doola.com/pricing 3. northwest registered agent: the in-state agent your LLC has to list, if your formation package doesn't cover it / $125/yr / northwestregisteredagent.com 4. suparelay: the IRS online EIN tool refuses anyone whose principal place of business is abroad, so you apply on the international line, 267-941-1099 (mon to fri, 6am to 11pm ET). it isn't toll-free. suparelay calls it from a browser / 5¢ a minute / suparelay.app 5. mercury: US business checking, no US citizenship or residency needed / $0/month / mercury.com residents of about 50 listed countries can't apply, pakistan, nigeria, vietnam and the philippines among them 6. wise business: account details to get paid in USD, EUR, GBP and 19 more currencies. incoming USD ACH is free, conversion from 0.23% / $31 one-off / wise.com/us/business nevada LLCs can't sign up 7. stripe managed payments: stripe acts as your merchant of record and handles sales tax and VAT in 75+ countries. built with the lemon squeezy team / 3.5% on top of stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ / stripe.com/pricing 8. anytime mailbox: a US street address that opens and scans your mail / from $9.99/month / anytimemailbox.com wise and mercury want a real physical address, so give them your actual one abroad 9. form 5472: a single-member LLC owned by a non-US person files it with a pro forma 1120 for every year with reportable transactions. missing it costs $25,000 / firstbase files both for $899/yr / irs.gov/instructions/i5472 10. aws activate founders: cloud credits for self-funded startups, no investor needed / $1,000, up to $5,000 for some / aws.amazon.com/startups/cred…

free starlink on united means you can now wait in united's support chat queue from seat 34b

suparelay lets you cap how long a call can run so when the airline says the wait is about 45 minutes, you decide how many of those you're paying for

so the human costs $30 now. the hold music before you reach one is still free, for now

60 minutes on the phone with a US number, from 10 freelancer hubs, at the big local carrier's standard rate. the uk tops it at $240. suparelay is $3 from all 10 uk (three): ~$240 / suparelay: $3 netherlands (vodafone): ~$84 / suparelay: $3 spain (movistar prepaid): ~$70 / suparelay: $3 germany (telekom): ~$67 / suparelay: $3 poland (play prepaid): ~$62 / suparelay: $3 portugal (vodafone): ~$37 / suparelay: $3 italy (tim): ~$35 / suparelay: $3 philippines (globe): ~$24 / suparelay: $3 brazil (claro, são paulo): ~$20 / suparelay: $3 hungary (telekom): ~$18 / suparelay: $3 add-ons change some of these. three's £12 call abroad unlimited fixes the uk. movistar contract lines get a €1/month US module, about $7.50 for the hour with the fee. telekom's €14.95 world 200 covers 200 minutes. globe's gocallidd promo is about $2.40 an hour, which beats our $3

from nov 1, unsaved domestic calls in india show the caller's registered name a call from abroad still just says "international call". worth telling family so they don't hang up assuming spam

a yougov survey for wise, 14,000 travelers: 24% have bought something at a café they didn't want, just for the wifi 7% have asked a total stranger to share their hotspot so for every traveler brave enough to ask, there are three more nursing a latte they never wanted

x calls is out in beta, and guests can join from a link with no account. we checked, and your bank's fraud line still hasn't sent a calendar invite

suparelay is in claude's connectors directory ask claude what a call costs and you get the price first (uk landline: 5¢ a minute) plus a call button. their phone rings like any normal call