I assume you are in the US. Cheques seems to be usual within the US, but I find them a nuisance when I am there, and people outside the US generally hate cheques, which are very expensive to negotiate. Here in Germany, I shred US cheques for less than $100 and ask to have the money sent to a friend to the US instead; small cheques are simply not worth the bother.<p>A better way to handle this is to set up a wire transfer authority with your bank: you might need an overpriced business account to do this, but I have set one up with a regular home account. The way it worked for me, about 10 years ago, is that I needed to go into the branch to authorise each recipient account, but once I had that, I could make transfers with a phone call, with a PIN for authorisation. That was convenient enough, I dare say that most banks today have internet interfaces that might be more or less convenient than that.<p>If you are invoicing to Europe or other countries in the IBAN network (i.e., mostly S.E. Asia), consider getting a dollar-denominated account with a European bank: the fees for wire transfer should then be much lower than other routes.<p>Money brokers offer cheaper rates for wire transfers than retail banks. My wife uses E-Trade for international transfers and likes their service.