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

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
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



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!



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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by mobilebill

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]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

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]

Originally Posted by mobilebill

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]

Originally Posted by Magnumutz

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

I have passed this to our developers.