SMS to PayPal soon possible!

[iUnknown]

Hello,

I have been developing a new business recently, and it is almost complete.

The website is called SMStoPayPal (http://smstopaypal.com/) and it will be offering a service where you can add credit to an account with us by SMS, and then have that money sent to your PayPal account.

It's simple really, you pay a certain amount, and get a little less. You get the amount you pay, minus network charges and SMS transaction charges and a little commission.

It's almost ready to go, but I'm just working on a last bit of the coding of some of the SMS to account stuff (before anyone offers, I don't need any help thanks ;)).

I'm posting it on HabboxForum just so I can introduce the idea to you guys as I know many of you will appreciate this service. I'm hoping to have it up and running within a few days.

Comments welcome.

Thanks.

[Luke]

Sounds good!

Just wonder
Say if i payed £5 on mobile
How much would i get in paypal?

[Nli.]

@above; Wouldn't that determine on your network?


and overall, i think this is a good idea.

[Jordy]

I really hope this takes off, it's been wanted so long and many have tried but failed. I'm adamant there's a lot of money to be made here and rightly so, good luck with it and I'm sure however much you charge, it'll be used :P

[PaulMacC]

Yes just make sure it isnt anything to high like 50%, I'd say £1 off each :P

[Lycan]

Hey, i looked into this awhile ago. How did you get around the legal trouble of Handling money. All the rules and regulations about it caused me to give up

[Dentafrice]

Hey, i looked into this awhile ago. How did you get around the legal trouble of Handling money. All the rules and regulations about it caused me to give up
Most likely he hasn't read up on the legal side about this.. ;P

[Lycan]

Most likely he hasn't read up on the legal side about this.. ;P


I coudn't understand most of it... mind you i'm not trained to understand it. I'll be following this project, Good Luck! :)

[Jebbo.]

Good luck with this :)

[Titch]

I spend around 3 months researching this at start at the start of year and found same problem as Lycan. I also found that i would only be able to give the customers 40-50% of the money they are useing for the sms, i will watch this quite closely to see how it goes, should be intresting.

Good Luck. hopefully its succesful.

[iUnknown]

An example of one of the payments is £3.50 will get you £2 in PayPal. Another would be £6.25 gets you £4. So they aren't bad rates and we still make money from them.

[Rapidshare]

An example of one of the payments is £3.50 will get you £2 in PayPal. Another would be £6.25 gets you £4. So they aren't bad rates and we still make money from them.


Wouldnt be worth it tbh

[Jebbo.]

it would if you dont have a creditcard and would like to buy a domain or somthing :)

[iUnknown]

Thanks for the feedback. Already I have a load of PMs and IM's regarding this asking when it's going to be open. I've also received positive feedback about the rates "not bad enough to put me off" (meaning that they obviously aren't great but they aren't bad either - i'm saying this incase it comes accross incorrectly in the small quote ;)).

I'm not going to explain but it's not me that is resulting in the hold up in the coding, but there isn't a problem, it's just something I need to be sure of before I can open the website... so basically if all goes to plan it may open tomorrow/saturday evening... (edit from here) although I'll be out all saturday and evening actually... so if not friday possibly saturday, if not, sunday.

[Dentafrice]

I'd be sure to be home the night you opened it, and the next day..

This is people's money you're dealing with.. real money :P So I would be sure to be around to work out any bugs, provide refunds if things go wrong.. etc.

;) You never know..

[friday]

Good luck me son.

[iUnknown]

I'd be sure to be home the night you opened it, and the next day..

This is people's money you're dealing with.. real money :P So I would be sure to be around to work out any bugs, provide refunds if things go wrong.. etc.

;) You never know..

Most the coding I already use on Tech-Hosts, so I'm pretty sure it will work. And I understand what you're saying so yeah, I'll be there to help.

[awelsh]

Good luck with this :) been wanting something just like this for ages now, :D ill use it if I ever need some fast cash into my paypal :) rate arent that bad either really.

[Ostinato]

I coulda swore paypal already offer this service... I remember using it before...

[iUnknown]

They definitely don't. As has been previously said, you can send money that's in your account or on your credit card through your phone, but you can't add credit to your paypal account from your phone credit.

[-Eliminate]

ill use this service, however not too sure about the rates.

[DJ-AD!]

I think its a great service

Good luck with the site opening hope all the coding is working.

[mb-group.net]

It looks a great service, and once done, I will be recommending it to my customers.

Good luck!

[yido]

Sounds good goodluck with it mate :)

[iUnknown]

I'm extremely sure everything will work, if I wasn't, I wouldn't open it.

[womanizer]

im interested when does it open

[iUnknown]

Hopefully within a couple of days...

[Experting]

Im not to sure about the Fee's there abit high.

[Corporal]

Have you asked paypal if your allowed to do this?

[iJoe]

Why are there 2 threads on this? :P I just realised I've replied to one and not to this?!

Anyway, good luck with it, sounds a good idea

[iUnknown]

Why are there 2 threads on this? :P I just realised I've replied to one and not to this?!

Anyway, good luck with it, sounds a good idea

Targetting two audiences, I've had different people responding and you're the only person that has realised there are two ;) Different people browse different sections, and the category fits both.

[Corporal]

Targetting two audiences, I've had different people responding and you're the only person that has realised there are two ;) Different people browse different sections, and the category fits both.
I take it you have got paypals permission?

[Hitman]

I take it you have got paypals permission?

Every time somebody asks that question (or similar) he ignores it, so I take it he doesn't. You'll need PayPal's permission because after you do a certain amount of transactions they'll need you to verify who you are and what you're doing.

[iUnknown]

My verified PayPal account has no limits... because everything is completely verified and allowed due to the fact that I need no limits due to the amount of transactions I do.

[Hitman]

My verified PayPal account has no limits... because everything is completely verified and allowed due to the fact that I need no limits due to the amount of transactions I do.

If you say so... I'm not 100% sure how it all works, but the PTC sites like Bux.to and others have to tell PayPal who they are and what they're doing because they're dealing with a lot of money (peoples money may I add). It might be the same for something like this, as I said I'm not 100% sure how it all works.

[Experting]

You do need paypal permissions. And i thinks its agengst there T&C

[AgnesIO]

it would if you dont have a creditcard and would like to buy a domain or somthing :)


Yeh!



It looks a great service, and once done, I will be recommending it to my customers.

Good luck!


I think i may start to like you! That would make you AND guy money!


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The only thing i dont like are the rates :D

As if i bought a site i would use tech-hosts with sms, so i wouldnt need it for that. I would use it for VIP+ but it would be cheaper to buy off someone else LOL

[iUnknown]

I will confirm it is OK with PayPal later today.


You do need paypal permissions. And i thinks its agengst there T&C

"I thinks"... as I've stated before, I've read their terms of service/conditions... if you've found something that I might have missed feel free to point it out.

[mat64]

Good luck with this. People who want to use this service will use it regardless of the rates if there's nothing around to compete with you over the same service.

[iUnknown]

Good luck with this. People who want to use this service will use it regardless of the rates if there's nothing around to compete with you over the same service.

That's what I feel also, however, I do give the best rates I can and also, the rates put other people off competing because it is very hard to get even those rates. Some people think they aren't bad, some people don't like them. All the same, people will still use it if they need it.

[mb-group.net]

I think i may start to like you! That would make you AND guy money!

I'm not sure if that is supposed to be offensive :P , but thanks :) I hope Guy makes a lot off this as its a great idea.

[AgnesIO]

I'm not sure if that is supposed to be offensive :P , but thanks :) I hope Guy makes a lot off this as its a great idea.


No offense, compliment :)

[mb-group.net]

No offense, compliment :)

Thanks!

[Corporal]

Can you comfirm you have paypals permission yet?

[coley]

I have been looking for something like this hope it open and we will see how much u take!

[coley]

Have you asked paypal if your allowed to do this?


Why would he need to ask paypal all he is doing in paypal's eyes is selling an item,

Edited by Johno! (Forum Moderator): Please do not multiple post.

[Jordy]

Why would he need to ask paypal all he is doing in paypal's eyes is selling an item,It's potentially breaking the law with their service that's why. It could also be said he's capitalising and making money from their service.

[Corporal]

Ok let me rephrase that, are you a legal company?

[.Zi]

I would use it :)

But yes,im not sure if it is legal!

[scottish]

what happend to http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15091

[RyanDOT]

Good Luck!
It get popular...

[iUnknown]

I am waiting until Monday (working day) to contact them regarding this.


what happend to http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15091

That is already up, but it's not using your mobile to add funds to your PayPal account, that's using it to send your PayPal funds to other people through SMS.

[Jordy]

what happend to http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15091http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2052/winfailhv0.jpg

It has been said many times that this only allows you to transfer your Paypal funds, not transfer your mobiles credit.

[scottish]

I didn't read 6 pages waste of time so i didn't read rest :P

[coley]

good luck

[mb-group.net]

Just wondering if you have heard anything from PayPal, Guy.

Let me know, please :)

[coley]

Its open :)

[DrLacero]

what happend to http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15091

It was made (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/mobile/MobileT2B-outside).