Can I keep my Etsy shop and Payoneer account after moving abroad?
Platform restrictions prevent you from simply changing your account location to a new country. This forces you to close your existing accounts and create entirely new ones from scratch.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Closing the existing account and creating a new one in the new countryDid this help you?
- 2Moving money to accounts in home countriesDid this help you?
- 3Looking into international banking services like HSBC ExpatDid this help you?
- 4Keeping US cards open and using them in Canada for ongoing US dollar spendingDid this help you?
- 5Using a friend's US address to bypass foreign address restrictions on financial accountsDid this help you?
- 6Opening a local bank account in the new country (such as Simplii or BMO) while maintaining previous foreign accountsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“will I be required to close my existing created Etsy Shop & Account and Payoneer Account and open new Etsy Shop and Payoneer in that country? or I can continue using and selling using my first created Etsy Shop and Payoneer?”source ↗
“No you can't change your location. Yes you'll probably be required to close the account and make a new one.”source ↗
“I’m currently living and working in the UAE, but I’m planning to leave the UAE permanently and will likely close my UAE bank accounts.”source ↗
“I have some savings that I’d like to keep outside Pakistan rather than transferring the money there. Ideally, I’d like to keep it somewhere safe and be able to access or transfer it whenever I need.”source ↗
“What options do I have for maintaining an international bank account or other secure way to hold my savings after leaving the UAE?”source ↗
“My question is what Canadian credit card should I apply for and get and do I cancel my USA ones?”source ↗
“I have a ton of rewards on the cards which I need to use.”source ↗
“I have c good chunk of cash sitting in my SoFi account, do I transfer to a Canadian USA $ account?”source ↗
“I also haven’t been able to change my address on all my accounts to Canada because it doesn’t give me the option so I’ve been using a friend’s address which I’m not sure is allowed.”source ↗
“I need to build Canadian credit quickly and need to figure out what to do with my USA money and credit cards and SoFi account.”source ↗