SMStoPayPal - Re(open)

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19-04-2013, 10:41 AM
GoldenMerc

SMStoPayPal - Re(open)

http://www.tashload.com/Uploader/uploads//PzOdRmX.png

www.SMStoPayPal.com (UK only still)
Back open, Haven't got time for a intro thread.
Any questions fire away in the thread, Enjoy.
Ross
19-04-2013, 11:22 AM
-Nick

Congrats hopefully I will use it soon!
19-04-2013, 11:48 AM
Martin

Yay glad its back open! I know you have worked super hard on this Ross! :D

Was a very easy service to use and I found it extremely useful last time so will certainly be using it again! :)

Hope it goes really well for you! :D
19-04-2013, 01:22 PM
Foregetfuhl

Glad to see you have reopened it :) x
19-04-2013, 01:39 PM
scottish

hire me when you make a profit
19-04-2013, 02:33 PM
Nick

good job on finally getting it back up and running ;) next thing on your list is making it so australians can use it :)
19-04-2013, 02:52 PM
Kyle

please add "how much i wish to pay" or w.e so we can see the conversion rate without having the reverse convert it. say I want to pay £1.50, I currently have to input 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 etc. until I get my desired number, it would be easier to just input 1.50 and it returns that i'd get 50p right away.
19-04-2013, 03:05 PM
GoldenMerc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyle

please add "how much i wish to pay" or w.e so we can see the conversion rate without having the reverse convert it. say I want to pay £1.50, I currently have to input 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 etc. until I get my desired number, it would be easier to just input 1.50 and it returns that i'd get 50p right away.

I remember you requesting this before, AFAIK its in the to do list.
Thanks for your input
19-04-2013, 03:17 PM
j0rd

Woo it's back, well done Ross :)
19-04-2013, 03:42 PM
Luke367

yay! Love this site!
19-04-2013, 04:49 PM
Chippiewill

I love the bit where I can't use SSL on a financial website..
https://smstopaypal.com/

I'd recommend getting this sorted ;)
19-04-2013, 04:56 PM
Kieran

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chippiewill

I love the bit where I can't use SSL on a financial website..
https://smstopaypal.com/

I'd recommend getting this sorted ;)

Nothing financial is done on their site though.
19-04-2013, 05:09 PM
Chippiewill

Perhaps I don't like my PayPal email getting sent across the internet unencrypted.
19-04-2013, 08:47 PM
GoldenMerc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chippiewill

I love the bit where I can't use SSL on a financial website..
https://smstopaypal.com/

I'd recommend getting this sorted ;)

Just for you I've ordered a SSL...

Sent from Phone
19-04-2013, 09:31 PM
Swearwolf

please fix it lol
20-04-2013, 07:25 AM
Jack!

Why did you close before? Like, after a week?
20-04-2013, 09:31 AM
GoldenMerc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack!

Why did you close before? Like, after a week?

Shut it down originally to expand, which we still plan to do. But in the future :)
20-04-2013, 10:58 AM
Gibs960

Am I tight or is £9 a bit much when all you want to transfer is a fiver? I understand it's needed to keep the site going and stuff but 80% of what I want to put in?
20-04-2013, 11:09 AM
scottish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibs960

Am I tight or is £9 a bit much when all you want to transfer is a fiver? I understand it's needed to keep the site going and stuff but 80% of what I want to put in?

They can't help it

On a £5 transaction, impulsepay takes something like 25% (so basically £2), then you've got VAT and Paypal fees (something like 5%)

So, last time I had access to the figures anyway on a £5 transaction, smstopaypal gets something like 40p and impulsepay gets like 5 times that
20-04-2013, 02:04 PM
Jack!

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottish

They can't help it

On a £5 transaction, impulsepay takes something like 25% (so basically £2), then you've got VAT and Paypal fees (something like 5%)

So, last time I had access to the figures anyway on a £5 transaction, smstopaypal gets something like 40p and impulsepay gets like 5 times that

This, unfortunately it is very expensive to transfer money from SMS and then send it over to Paypal, hence why there is literally one company that does it (SMStoPaypal, hehe)
20-04-2013, 05:02 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

I remember you requesting this before, AFAIK its in the to do list.
Thanks for your input

SUrely you should know whether it is or isn't on the to do list, Ross? :L

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibs960

Am I tight or is £9 a bit much when all you want to transfer is a fiver? I understand it's needed to keep the site going and stuff but 80% of what I want to put in?

Off a £9 payment, SMStoPayPal only received £6.75 from impulsepay - nevermind other charges. So really it isn't too much. They make even less off the smaller charges - so it would be nonsensical to charge less.
20-04-2013, 05:03 PM
GoldenMerc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

SUrely you should know whether it is or isn't on the to do list, Ross? :L

Off a £9 payment, SMStoPayPal only received £6.75 from impulsepay - nevermind other charges. So really it isn't too much. They make even less off the smaller charges - so it would be nonsensical to charge less.

As we do have quite a lot of work at the moment we have a lot on the to do list. So its somewhere in there :)

Also yeh, we never said it was a cheap way to pay, but by all means its efficient and wanted very much by the public.
20-04-2013, 05:05 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

As we do have quite a lot of work at the moment we have a lot on the to do list. So its somewhere in there :)

Also yeh, we never said it was a cheap way to pay, but by all means its efficient and wanted very much by the public.

Fair enough :)

Definitely not questioning whether you said it was cheap - to me it is totally expected, and will surely be a benefit for younger users (who can't get money on PayPal).
21-04-2013, 03:27 PM
RyanDOT

May I ask why the website is down?
21-04-2013, 03:32 PM
GoldenMerc

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyanDOT

May I ask why the website is down?

LONG STORY... in short, our provider has a very sensitive fraud protection and it seems to keep hitting us, then we have to wait a few months to get unsuspended. Which is why we have begun talking to other companies.
21-04-2013, 06:25 PM
today

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

LONG STORY... in short, our provider has a very sensitive fraud protection and it seems to keep hitting us, then we have to wait a few months to get unsuspended. Which is why we have begun talking to other companies.

FEW MONTHS!?!?!