I didn&#39;t mean the developers set up the numbers, I meant the vendors. They could set up this scheme<br><br>0000 - 50/-<br>0001 - 100/-<br>0002 - 150/-<br><br>etc<br><br>So to buy an app that the developer wants 50 bob SMS to 0000 and enter the returned code somewehre to unlock the download.<br>
<br>But like I said, let collecting the money be the telco&#39;s problem. Let the developer just code, uplaod his app and indicate what price he wants. The telco should collect the money from buyers and bank it/ otherwise deposit the developer&#39;s cut where he wants it.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Phares Kariuki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im"><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">I don&#39;t see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or
are developing payment technologies. In any case, there&#39;s always the
route of asking end users to send an SMS to a premium rate number and
get payment that way. Let getting the actual payment be the telco&#39;s
problem.<br></blockquote><br></div>Well, getting premium rate numbers is a little expensive for your average small scale developer. The easiest thing to do was leach of M-Pesa&#39;s payment system for the time being. I can get more details as to why they chose to go down the M-Pesa road as well. Excellent suggestion though... <br>
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