If you are wondering if you can use Bloom in your country, the answer depends on which features you are hoping to utilize.
While Bloom is available everywhere and allows you to enter information in any language, there are a few limitations when it comes to getting paid, and there are features that are available in every country. Besides the features mentioned in this article, Bloom is available everywhere.
If you use Bloom to invoice and need to accept credit card payments we require that you use either Stripe or Square. These payment processors are only available in certain countries, more on that later.
Here are some invoicing options available to everyone:
Bank Transfers
Any Bloom user anywhere can add their bank transfer info in Settings > Payments and instruct their clients to send a transfer.
Cash/Check
This is another feature available anywhere. Add your instructions in Settings > Payments, and then enable the cash/check option when creating your invoice. Next, let's take a look at what's not available everywhere.
Only available in certain countries:
Accepting card payments
If you want to accept credit card payments, you must use either Stripe or Square, which are not available everywhere.
Square:
According to Square's support center; Square is currently available in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, and Spain.
We currently don’t support payment card processing outside of these countries or in U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Stripe
According to their website, Stripe is available in 47 countries.
ACH Payments
ACH payments are an option currently only available through Stripe, in the United States.