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Originally Posted by psili
Just curious from a technical perspective with what I'llTestYourGirls posted:
1. There must be some money to be made from SMS, and not just by the carrier and aggregator who get most of the chunk from the premium SMS charges (unless something's changed in the past couple of years). Otherwise, the late-night commercials for horoscopes, love advice, yadda yadda wouldn't be on.
2. The price point per premium message is usually around $.99. I have no idea what the program gets of that cut after carrier and aggregator, but the affiliate would get even less.
3. Or, is it a pay-per-phone-number program?
Am I missing something? Because it'd be sweet to hear about how a company monetizes on SMS as they must exist.
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1. There is definately money to be made. Not only from your observation of late-night commercials but also knowing that there are over 255 million mobile users in the US who sent over 48 BILLION text messages last quarter
2. The wireless carrier takes about 50% of the retail price and affiliates can make up to 20-25% depending on volume
3. Most programs will want to do a straight rev share. Also remember there are no charge backs and anyone with the most basic crap mobile phone can participate.
This along with most mobile services are still in a growth stage... there is still money to be made here.
Hit me up if anyone wants more info... I have been doing this for years