Mobile Phone SMS Plugin v1.1.3 (Subscriptions via SMS) Updated

[mobilebill]

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Mobile Phone SMS Plugin is a product that integrates vbulletin with the MobileBill Reverse SMS Billing Solutions. Registration is free but use of service is billable. (Works the same way as Paypal, except payment is taken from your members Mobile Phones, no credit cards needed).

Please Note: This service is currently open to the UK mobile phone networks, we will be introducing the rest of the world very soon.

Version
Latest Version: v1.1.3

Summary

MobileBill allows you to charge your members for accessing a restricted forum, by billing them monthly via their mobile phone (The money is taken from their phone credit or added to their monthly bill). This plugin is free to install, with no time limits.

1) Download and install this plugin (instructions below)
2) Signup for a FREE SMS account www.mobilebill.net (http://www.mobilebill.net)
3) Configure the plugin in your vBulletin Admin Area
4) Create a new private forum that only the VIP members usergroup has access to
5) Add the sms signup link to any page on your forum and your good to go!

vBulletin Installation Instructions

1) Upload the files in the ZIP to your forum FTP
2) Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
3) To set options: Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > MobileBill SMS > Settings

Supported Mobile Phone Networks

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Key features of Mobilebill vBulletin SMS Plugin


FREE to setup & download (Less than 16Kb!)
Very easy to install (Only 6 Files to Upload!)
Configures in minutes (via the vBulletin Admin)
Within 10mins you can be earning revenue
24/7 Support
Easy to use Members Area
Create as many campaigns as you require (for multiple forums!)
Access reports and stats
Turn your forum into a money making tool


Whats the catch? Why's it Free to setup?

Because we work like Paypal.......You can charge your forum members either ?1.50, ?3.00, ?6.00 per week or per month and Mobilebill takes a small cut of this revenue, which means, setup is free! and no monthly fee that you pay out of your own pocket!

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As you can see, YOU get the biggest cut of the payment, with the mobile phone operators taking their costs and Mobilebill taking the least amount of the revenue share. We have one of the best payout rates in the business!

How does it work?

You may have some audio, video, tutorials, photos, litterature or simply a private area of your forum that you can offer to your members as an additional bonus for them signing up as a VIP Member.

Because they will be upgraded to a VIP usergroup, you can give that usergroup extra privileges such as bigger private message capacity, different colour user titles, bigger avator/profile pictures, you could remove advertising banners just for that usergroup....

Your members then decide if they want to upgrade, so they text to our SMS Number (78889), our server then authorises and takes payment from their mobile phone. Once verified, our server sends your member a text message with a password in, they must then enter that password in the sms signup page on your forum (Supplied by us).

Our server then verify's this once more, before sending back a success request to your forum, which then in turn, upgrades their usergroup to the VIP usergroup.

Your members then have instant access to your premium content & private forum, and within minutes you have earned either ?1.50, ?3.00 or ?6.00 from that member, and it continues to bill their mobile phone, every week or month, untill they text STOP to 78889.

We have a strict policy against scammers, and we ban such people from our network. We expect all members to adhere to strict rules and we insist on our customers displaying info on how your members can cancel at any time.

Your members are sent these instuctions via text on how to cancel when they sign up, so everything is crystal clear from the start.

When the next payment is due from your member, our server will automatically take the next payment off their mobile phone.

If they have no credit left our server will notify your forum, which it will then downgrade their usergroup back to the one it was before it was upgraded.

Its a fully automated system from start to finish. And all you've got to do, is worry about keeping the premium content up-to-date, giving them a reason to stay signed up as a VIP member.

Example of LIVE Signup Page

This page is 100% customisable, you can quickly edit the text in the vbulletin admin, or you can edit the whole template from the Templates & Styles in the admin.

http://reversesms.net/sms_signup.php

[GoTTi]

let us know when this works for US accounts. thanks

[Lizard King]

I wish this worked with Turkish operators also.

[Bounce]

Can this be made yearly ?

:rolleyes:

[tmiland]

What happend to this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=175457) thread? Why did it end up there?
Not shure if i can trust som random "company" to take care of my money this way, how do i know i get my money? :)

[iogames]

What are the chances of this thread being sent to the GRAVEYARD like the other???

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=175457

[Rickeo]

LOVE IT

However on your website it lets me select ?1.50 but not any of the other amounts :(

Rick

[FleaBag]

I was wondering why/how it ended up in the graveyard too.

[Hornstar]

Well this does sound fantastic. However I live in Australia.

Questions:
Can I sign up still if I live in Australia?
How will I receive my payments?
How often can I receive payments?
Is there a waiting period before I can receive my payments?
If I have it set up to charge the member $6. Does that mean I basically only get $3 in return?
How long until other countries can start using this sms service?
Will you make it possible for members to be able to pay more then $6?

Thanks.

[M-Tuning]

Nice, can't wait fot it to be working in the Netherlands.

[mobilebill]

I was wondering why/how it ended up in the graveyard too.

The vBulletin Admins temporary suspended the thread while they had a meeting about whether to allow this mod (Because of the commerical nature of it). After several days discussion, they agreed to allow it on the basis of us stating that the service is free to setup, but we take a cut from the transactions, just like paypal do.

There is zero security issue and it is completely secure for your forum.


LOVE IT

However on your website it lets me select ?1.50 but not any of the other amounts

Rick

Other amounts will be enabled in the next few days.

Can this be made yearly ?

Yes, we will enable this in the next few days.

Questions:
Can I sign up still if I live in Australia?
Yes you can still signup no matter what country you're from, just for the time being, you can only bill customers from the UK.

How will I receive my payments?
Via Paypal for now. Direct bank payments will follow later this year.

How often can I receive payments?
Every 30 days.
Billing Example:
january.....earn revenue
february....earn revenue
march.......earn revenue
april..........recieve januarys payment
may..........recieve februarys payment
june..........recieve marchs payment
july...........recieve aprils payment


Is there a waiting period before I can receive my payments?
The mobile phone operators first pay out 90 days from the end of the month, this is the same for ALL reverse SMS companies out there. After the initial 90 days, you are paid every 30 days. (See above).

If I have it set up to charge the member $6. Does that mean I basically only get $3 in return?
Yes. Is it not us who sets the charges, it is the Mobile Phone companies, such as orange, o2, Virgin, T-Mobile.

How long until other countries can start using this sms service?
Within the next few months.

Will you make it possible for members to be able to pay more then $6?
Per transaction, we currently offer ?1.50 ($3), with ?3 ($6) and ?6 ($12) coming very soon.

The billing periods are either weekly or monthly (Daily and Yearly coming soon)

Billing Examples:
?1.50 ($3) per week
?1.50 ($3) per month
?3 ($6) per week
?3 ($6) per month
?6 ($12) per week
?6 ($12) per month


Any more questions, please ask away...

[Magnumutz]

Hmm... this seems trustworthy and i like the fact that you support it the right way.
Will install in the months to follow (when the new features are up).

[gwerzal]

Hi

Just installed this and its all looking good.

The 1 problem is i cant change the subscription price. It is stuck at £1.50 and i need it at £6.

Any ideas why this could be?

And if i may add a suggestion - It would be useful to be able to offer different degrees of membership.

Ie. say have the option for a weeks membership, a months membership, a years membership and lifetime membership or something.

Just a suggestion.

Edit - Sorry didnt read the second post properly, It looks like some of these feature will be featured anyway.

[mobilebill]

Hi gwerzal,

Yes your right, these new feature are coming very soon. Hopefully in the next few days.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

wow. great stuff.

<< bookmarked. will be looking into this seriously this weekend (no time right now), but looks great so far. can't wait for other countries!!

[KURTZ]

just wonderin: works with Italian mobile operators?

[kollam003]

any hope will it come to India and 3 months time is quite a long for a payment to be made by paypal ?

will wait and see and get the results then will think of installing ?

[FleaBag]

Thanks for answering my question mobilebill. I thought it may have been something of this nature. Very glad they decided to let you post it, as there is no 'cost' and it will only help webmasters earn back their investment in the vB software. I think they've done the right thing.

This opens up a new door for us to earn a living from our sites. I live in the UK and while I currently do not have any product to sell access to, I certainly intend to start a new site for this purpose right away.

[Bounce]

Yes, we will enable this in the next few days.




Thanks I have installed it and it looks the business..:up:

[mobilebill]

Thanks for the support and warm welcome all. We will endeavor to bring this community great software and support!!

We will be adding new countries as demand grows. If you have a specific requirement to use this plugin for a country other then the UK, please do message us so we can negotiate with our operator partners to launch to different global markets.

[kollam003]

i think you missed my question ?

[mobilebill]

Kollam003:

We do not currently support services in India, however with sufficient volume projections we can approach Indian operators about linking to them. Please PM your projected volumes to us so we can talk further.

[mobilebill]

any hope will it come to India and 3 months time is quite a long for a payment to be made by paypal ?

Also, If your transaction volumes are less than ?100 GBP, it is a 90 day initial billing cycle, but then after that, it becomes monthly. (Please dont ask me why, its the silly mobile phone operators who decide that rule). With volumes greater than ?100 GBP, the billing cycle is 45 days. Even greater volumes will be better still. We monitor all customer accounts, so will know when you reach those milestones.

Any other questions, please ask away..

[mobilebill]

For anyone experiencing problems, please add us to msn for support.

support@mobilebill.net

Please Note: Due to the large amount of people on our support list, expect a short delay in answering your request.

Thanks.

[rob30UK]

I think it would be most helpful to me and possibly other users to see examples of all the sms message types that are sent. Please could you post the txt message they receive at every step including the message they receive when someone replies to one of their threads.

[Liquid1ce]

great ill be adding it very soon

[mobilebill]

I think it would be most helpful to me and possibly other users to see examples of all the sms message types that are sent. Please could you post the txt message they receive at every step including the message they receive when someone replies to one of their threads.

The user requests the password by texting us, however the billing SMS body the handset user receives will look something like this

Password is <password>
Service costs GBP <tariff>/month.
To cancel send word stop via text message to 78889. help? support@mobilebill.net

[Bounce]

How much are the users charged for the texts?

standard network rate? or premium rate £1.50 ??

[mobilebill]

The user will be charged whatever the tariff is specified on the campaign when you create it in the mobilebill members area. Users will not receive the password if their phone cannot be billed.

thanks

[Bounce]

The user will be charged whatever the tariff is specified on the campaign when you create it in the mobilebill members area. Users will not receive the password if their phone cannot be billed.

thanks

So they would only be charged what we state ? and not for the initial text when they ......"Text Message and text the words JOIN VIP to 78889"

Just waiting on an update about the yearly payment then will make this live on my site :up:

Would also be good if we could choice what we want to charge rather than it being set in stone.

Thanks :up:

[mobilebill]

Hi there,
The handset user would not receive any messages asking them to text "join <keyword" to any shortcode. The instructions on your site (sms_signup.php) shows your users how to request billing directly from their handset. Once this is requested, the first text message they will receive is the password message, which is chargeable. The users charges should be:

1x Standard text rate (phone user sends "join keyword" from their mobile phone to our code 78889)
1x Premium text rate (at specified tariff) to receive the password(s) (from our systems to mobile phone)

[Bounce]

Hi there,
The handset user would not receive any messages asking them to text "join <keyword" to any shortcode. The instructions on your site (sms_signup.php) shows your users how to request billing directly from their handset.

Yes I know I have set it up and got the info I posted previously from my page


Once this is requested, the first text message they will receive is the password message, which is chargeable.

Cool,is that when they get charged the amount per month or is there a "extra" charge on top to recieve that text?

Added you to msn to ask these Q but no-ones online :(

[mobilebill]

Cool,is that when they get charged the amount per month or is there a "extra" charge on top to receive that text?

Added you to msn to ask these Q but no-ones online :(

Hi there,
The full amount the user will be charged for receiving the password is the specified tariff rate. There will be no extra "messaging" charge on top of your specified tariff.
The UK office seems to have gone for the night, so we have logged into MSN here (California office)

Thanks

[mobilebill]

<font color="Red">It appears there was a typo in the first initial release (version 1.0)

The plugin has been updated, so please uninstall the product in your admin, and download & re-install this new version 1.1</font>

Thanks
MobileBill

[mobilebill]

Just to let everyone know, 365 Days have now been enabled.

So you can now set it up to bill your members every year.

We are currently working on the new billing amounts of £3 and £6.

Also, dont forget to download the latest version 1.1 if you've already installed this product.

[Bounce]

We are currently working on the new billing amounts of ?3 and ?6.



Enter your own amount would be nice if you could ;):up:

[auctionguy]

I have some USA members and some in the UK and wherever else. Should I wait until you are in the US. market before I install this?

Nice mod!!

[mobilebill]

Enter your own amount would be nice if you could

Coming Soon!

I have some USA members and some in the UK and wherever else. Should I wait until you are in the US. market before I install this?

Nice mod!!

We would recommend installing the mod and on the signup page, state that it is for UK members only at the minute, with US signup's coming soon.

We estimate a few months before opening up to the US. But dont let that hold back your ability to start earning money immediately from your UK members.

[Magnumutz]

Would be great if you'd keep an update log, with the changes you made on it.

[mobilebill]

Would be great if you'd keep an update log, with the changes you made on it.

I have passed this to our developers.

[mobilebill]

Would be great if you'd keep an update log, with the changes you made on it.

Change Log now added.

[dooch]

perfect. i like the look of this very much.

[nirvana43]

workin gr8!! thanks for this superb mod man! :D

[mobilebill]

<font color="Red">We have just updated this plugin to version 1.1.1

It includes bug fixes (no security issues), please refer to change log.

We have also added a "Daily" billing option to the MobileBill website members area, so if you require this, log into your mobilebill account and adjust the billing option.

We are currently working on allowing you to specify your own billing charge to your members. This should be ready in the next week.

(Charges are in multiples of £1.50).

I.E:

2x £1.50 = £3 Daily
2x £1.50 = £3 Weekly
2x £1.50 = £3 Monthly
2x £1.50 = £3 Yearly

3 x £1.50 = £4.50 Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly

4x £1.50 = £6 Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly

5x etc etc

You can bill a member up to a maximum of £30 per day, providing they agree by responding via sms text message. The end user is always in control. For our full terms and conditions please refer to our website.</font>

[Mesohu]

Why people will believe you ??

I have contacted you from your web site since 1 week & I have received not yet any answer for my questions...

[codershark]

when it will compatible with Germany ?

[mobilebill]

Why people will believe you ??

I have contacted you from your web site since 1 week & I have received not yet any answer for my questions...

We have replied to every single person & request that has been sent to us. It might have been caught up in your spam filter or junk mail folder.

If you are still having problems, please leave your message on here and we will answer your queries.


when it will compatible with Germany ?

In a few months.

Thanks
MobileBill

[Rickeo]

I am using Mobile Bill the support is AMAZING very fast and they will work with you 1<>1 if you need support they worked with me to fix a problem I had on my board over MSN they are simply amazing I can not thank them enough for these service :)

Rick

[mobilebill]

Thanks for your kind comments Rickeo.

Version 1.1.2 now released.


Minor bug fix in the mobilebill settings in the admin that prevented the update of the billing frequency and billing amount.

This is now totally customisable.



Thanks
MobileBill

[nike.stars]

great! looking forward for your establishment in indonesia soon :)

[zlos]

Waiting for polish operators...

Have you considered giving the code free to rewrite it to the countries, where you will have no service in the future? I do have my payments operator with premium SMS service, but he is not interested in pugging it into the vB.

[energetic]

when will you release a version supporting China and Hong Kong ?

[jipjip]

4) Create a new private forum that only the VIP members usergroup has access to

how to do that?

http://www.justfeeds.net/sms_signup.php

1) Start a new Text Message and text the words JOIN texttojoin to 78889

is that correct? my keyword is texttojoin

Mike

[Awjvail]

It'd be very nice if this supported Canada too.. I've looked far and wide for a reverse SMS provider that supports Canada.

There is definitely a market for one, and very little competition (well.. that I can find..)

[Trevor Hannant]

Your website talks of yearly billing in the tour - can you confirm that this has now been enabled as your last reply said it was pending still.

[jipjip]

I emailed support and got no reply and posted here and got no reply so I guess I remove it

[VBUsers]

will this work on 3.6.10 ?

[Trevor Hannant]

Your website talks of yearly billing in the tour - can you confirm that this has now been enabled as your last reply said it was pending still.

Any update?

[Bounce]

I'm waiting on yearly too :(

[Helmut71]

nice idea, sounds great.

Will this work with Austrian operators, too???

[FatalBreeze]

Great, i can't wait for it to compatible with other countries.
Is there any chance this hack will also be available is Israel in the near future?

[maidos]

when do we see this available for countries?

[Robbey]

This has to be the Mod of the month. I love you dude

[Sandy-XXX]

Waiting for when it works with Spain.

[peterpigman]

This needs to be world wide before it would be useable for myself. I have an Idea on how to use it but the majority of my users are from the US and other countries so it is a bit pointless atm. Will keep an eye on it though.

[chjp]

I maybe use it at Vietnam ? I have account send sms and gate sms at UK . Let me know. Thank you.

[maidos]

it seems i could only select 1.50 pound and not 3 pound?

[Trevor Hannant]

I'm waiting on yearly too :(

I'm waiting on any sort of answer! Seems to have dropped off the planet in the last 2 1/2 weeks....

[Bounce]

I'm waiting on any sort of answer! Seems to have dropped off the planet in the last 2 1/2 weeks....

3 now :D

[calonterrence]

Looks good, seriously considering using it.

Please tell me, does the "stop" text cost anymore than standard network rate? In other words, are there any extra charges for doing that?

Edit: I also get this error - Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/MYURLHERE/public_html/includes/functions_mobilebill_sms.php on line 16 when submit a wrong code on purpose.

[calonterrence]

Good support this is. I shall go elsewhere.

[DanceGavinDance]

Please make it for Canada and us soon

[congtubuon101]

I cant download.Why?

[neodesc]

Make it available worldwide (Spain and South America works for me) and we will be making a shit load of cash. They don't like to use credit cards for internet payments down there but everyone has a mobile phone lol. So this could be amazing.

[Trevor Hannant]

Make it available worldwide (Spain and South America works for me) and we will be making a shit load of cash. They don't like to use credit cards for internet payments down there but everyone has a mobile phone lol. So this could be amazing.

Could be amazing if the creator logged in and supported it by answering questions....

[saotome]

waiting for next update another country please..

[mobilebill]

Sorry to everyone for the delayed reply. We have been extremely busy developing the next plugin. I now answer your questions below.

Your website talks of yearly billing in the tour - can you confirm that this has now been enabled as your last reply said it was pending still.

Yes 'Yearly' billing is now included, along with 'One Time Charge' for donations.

will this work on 3.6.10 ?

Yes.

Looks good, seriously considering using it.

Please tell me, does the "stop" text cost anymore than standard network rate? In other words, are there any extra charges for doing that?

Edit: I also get this error - Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/MYURLHERE/public_html/includes/functions_mobilebill_sms.php on line 16 when submit a wrong code on purpose.

Texting STOP costs no more than a network rate.

That error would have occured whether you entered a wrong password or not. It means CURL is not installed on your web server, and unfortunatly we dont support any other method at the moment.



We will now be checking this thread on a regular basis, so please accept our apologies.

[mobilebill]

We now have pleasure in releasing the newest release of our vbulletin sms plugin.

Version 1.1.3 - Includes support for Daily, Weeky, Monthly, Yearly & One Time Charges for Donations! up to 30GBP

We have had an extremely busy time over the last few months and the response to the
service has been phenomenal. We really appreciate the feedback we have received (good & bad) as it has helped us to grow the service to better serve your needs. While we are continually improving the service, here are a few additions we have made recently which will bring more revenue options to you

- Donations and one time charges have been released! You can now create donations (aka one time charge) campaigns in your members area. Tariff is set at 1.50 GBP per message right now, but we will be expanding this to offer 3.00 GBP and 4.50 GPB per charge/donation.

- The admin panel has a selection to decide which campaign type you wish to run, and you can choose to have the usergroup upgrade/downgrade functionality turned on or off.

- Direct API Access. For one time charges / donations we have released our API instructions, available in the MobileBill Members area. This allows non vBulletin sites/systems to integrate with our one time
charge/donation system via XML over HTTPS secure SSL connectivity. If you require some help with this, we can provide a basic PHP framework unger GPL.

- Country Access. We are currently in negotiations with a supplier for the USA market. For those of you that are interested in being able to bill USA handsets, please let us know via email or a support ticket, along with your projected volumes of billing events.

- Password Reminder:
When inputting a Campaign password to the API or to the vBulletin plugin, please remember that you must use your Campaign password (from the Campaigns screen on the members area) for authentication. Please do not attempt to use your Mobilebill members area password in the plugin
or via the API, or you will experience technical issues when trying to validate the password your users received on their handsets.

- If you require this plugin in other countries other than the UK, and you can prove traffic volumes, please email us.

We look forward to helping you and answering your questions.

[tricksterforum]

I'll sign up when you get into the US market and start accepting ATT network.

[ukdalai]

Ridiculous.... tried to sign up, your system told me my mail is invalid, its a .net

does not fill me with confidence, tried to use your contact form, that did the same, when your talking about handling other peoples money, its probably a good idea to get your house in order first..

Dalai

[NetRover]

Just found this by chance trying to find ways to bring new life into paid memberships that was good last year and now rock bottom.

This sounds awsome to me. I'm really struggling to generate revenue this year and I'm going to give this a try. Signed up in seconds at the website, no problem.

Looking forward to telling all my members now. I hope this will be a good partnership.

[fattony69]

This takes forever to get paid. Why is that?

[EAMedia]

after they type in the code can they select what usergroup they want to go in like Pink or Blue etc.

[Andyrew]

Once a person has entered the password from sms message for a donation the screen just refreshes, should it not go to a thank you screen. :confused:

[NoCo7]

Any idea on when the Canadian market will be introduced?

[Andyrew]

When is this hack going to be updated, :confused: it needs to show a thank you page after a user has made a one off donation. :confused:

[g00gl3r]

Love it - Reserved!

[galenwollenberg]

US phones please!

[RedPoint]

Let me know when this works with Romanian providers.

Excelent mod. Reserved!

[floggerss]

Is there a way to add another companys. I am working with the ones in my country and i would like to add an SMS suscription. I am from argentina. And i will have the number and all the stuuf to make it work.

[Flood]

Will this work in the republic of Ireland?

[NetRover]

Has anyone else been using this service? It has been a good revenue earner working fine on latest VB.

I think the thread needs to be monitored as I can't get any reports of transactions on their website and also the demo page above is showing as suspended.

The support section of their website is also not working so I can't contact them.