I came across a site quite a few months back that was planning to offer this, or did offer it, but it would take 6 months for the webmaster to receive funds so it didn't seem viable to me.Originally Posted by dalimili
I came across a site quite a few months back that was planning to offer this, or did offer it, but it would take 6 months for the webmaster to receive funds so it didn't seem viable to me.
I beleive Curious Cash has an SMS billed site in their portfolio
Regards,
Lee
i've been told that the telcos for sms billing pays out between 45 and 150 days after the calls were made, depending on country. that means if they decide to stop paying (as happened with many dialer and other phone solutions), you will miss a lot of money. 150 days of money is no joke - and no doubt a lot of people who call will claim they didn't, and someone used their phone.
Ok, this 150 days of payout is quite ... well... not reasonable and probably varies as for instance the company that already offers this kind of billing (online, stores, gas stations) in my country, pays you your money 20 days after the 1st pay period ended.
but regarding the billing itself alone I was more thinking of sending an SMS to a certain number, and that SMS would cost let's say $ 2 for one day access. After your SMS has been sent, you receive a reply with your one day password with which you then enter the site.
"and no doubt a lot of people who call will claim they didn't, and someone used their phone."
well this could apply also to Credit cards, 1800 billings, hotlines etc. There are always going to be people claiming that someone used their this and that
no telco pays sooner than 45 days, that 150 days was the longest countries. that being said, the sms billers don't pay you the minute they get their wire transfers from the telcos, either.
and actually dialers and other phone payment systems have MUCH MUCH higher numbers of people who claim someone else made the charge. the reason should be obvious - any friend in your house has access to your phone. your kids have access to your phone, the dog walker has access to your phone. most people leave their phones lying around. a lot less people leave their wallet or credit card lying that obviously around.
the chargebacks in our industry for cc use is 1% or under for most sites. i hear chargebacks on dialers started out at 15% and ended up at 40% in the u.s.
Man that really sucks! I just cancelled my 900 billing a few weeks back because of a few "fraudulent" charges.
People will goto extreme lenghts to get free porn and we pay the price... idiots.
no kidding! i'm sure a lot of those chargebacks on the phone charges are total bullshit.
on the other hand, my friend rob had a buddy stay with him for three weeks. when the buddy left, a $900 phone bill arrived - all calls to phone sex lines :-/
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