There?s been a lot of negative and inaccurate information thrown out there with our current ad campaign running, one of the largest ever performed by a dialer so I thought in the first part of our educational series I?d touch on the costs a surfer sees when using a dialer for access to sites.
The dialer payment method has gotten a bad rap in the past by unscrupulous companies over-billing customers, automatically connecting them, and not disclosing pricing to the customers. However, in the current market these practices are all but outlawed by every entity billing via this method and those caught with their hand in the cookie jar are charged hefty fines. The cost to surfers is much more reasonable now, below you?ll find a chart of the top countries, countries not listed run anywhere from .30 to $2.00 for the surfer (the cost of an international call from their county)
Sweden SKR 15.7: $2.02 USD
Belgium EUR 1.12: $1.31 USD
Finland Fm 14.95: $2.95 USD
Germany EUR 1.85: $2.17 USD
Hong Kong HKD 10: $1.28 USD
Italy EUR 2: $2.35 USD
Luxembourg EUR 1: $1.17 USD
Netherlands EUR 0.68: $.79 USD
New Zealand NZD 2.99: $1.87 USD
Spain EUR 0.91: $1.07 USD
UK GBP 1.5: $2.53 USD
These are all based on current monetary conversion for 11/17/2003. Remember, there are two telco companies who stick their hands into the pot before any program or webmaster gets close to these numbers. In addition some calls run on land-line and some calls run on Satellite, some of the satellite calls charge as much as $2.00 for the uplink. Also each county as a per call limit, the UK is GBP 20: or around $34 maximum per call
In addition broadband and SMS options also provide for current and future revenue possibilities for international surfers. With the current pricing and payouts from dialer companies it?s quite feasible to earn $20-$40 per UK user and $10-$20 per user from other countries with virtually no credit card penetration. While these numbers may seem high for per minute access compared to buying a monthly credit card remember these are users who don?t have a credit card or are reluctant to pay with it and dialers are a very feasible option for them.
The dialer payment method has gotten a bad rap in the past by unscrupulous companies over-billing customers, automatically connecting them, and not disclosing pricing to the customers. However, in the current market these practices are all but outlawed by every entity billing via this method and those caught with their hand in the cookie jar are charged hefty fines. The cost to surfers is much more reasonable now, below you?ll find a chart of the top countries, countries not listed run anywhere from .30 to $2.00 for the surfer (the cost of an international call from their county)
Sweden SKR 15.7: $2.02 USD
Belgium EUR 1.12: $1.31 USD
Finland Fm 14.95: $2.95 USD
Germany EUR 1.85: $2.17 USD
Hong Kong HKD 10: $1.28 USD
Italy EUR 2: $2.35 USD
Luxembourg EUR 1: $1.17 USD
Netherlands EUR 0.68: $.79 USD
New Zealand NZD 2.99: $1.87 USD
Spain EUR 0.91: $1.07 USD
UK GBP 1.5: $2.53 USD
These are all based on current monetary conversion for 11/17/2003. Remember, there are two telco companies who stick their hands into the pot before any program or webmaster gets close to these numbers. In addition some calls run on land-line and some calls run on Satellite, some of the satellite calls charge as much as $2.00 for the uplink. Also each county as a per call limit, the UK is GBP 20: or around $34 maximum per call
In addition broadband and SMS options also provide for current and future revenue possibilities for international surfers. With the current pricing and payouts from dialer companies it?s quite feasible to earn $20-$40 per UK user and $10-$20 per user from other countries with virtually no credit card penetration. While these numbers may seem high for per minute access compared to buying a monthly credit card remember these are users who don?t have a credit card or are reluctant to pay with it and dialers are a very feasible option for them.
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