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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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: