Alternative Billing Solutions and how to Monetise SMS Traffic
summary
Mediatel offers phone-based monetisation that converts users who lack cards by using premium SMS, carrier billing and international SMS plus pay‑per‑minute/call and India bank payments. Carrier billing sends an SMS confirmation and supports subscriptions and timed trials; international SMS only accepts one‑off international SMS rates and cannot do subscriptions or premium tariffs. Tariffs are country‑specific (UK pay‑per‑minute up to £3.60/min), integrations often require per‑country setup, and small developers can get free UK setup with no monthly fees.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:18What Mediatel does and its global presence
- 3:01Why alternative billing
- 4:50Key markets
- 5:52Premium SMS billing
- 6:57Carrier billing
- 9:46Global SMS monetization
- 11:57Pay per minute/call
- 14:27Bank payments India
- 15:33Phone payment benefits
- 17:37Summary
- 19:45Q&A: Locale design
- 21:09Q&A: Promising markets
- 22:54Q&A: Small developer viability
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