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Mobile Payments in the United States
United States: General Information
| Population: | 308,851,000 (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Currency: | USD (1 USD = ~0.75 EUR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| More info: | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mobile operators: | AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Alltel, US Cellular, Boost, Nextel | ||||||||||||||||||
Mobile Operators Market Share
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MT-billing
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MO- and MT- billing are the two methods how carriers charge users. With MO-billing (Mobile Originating Billing), operators charge for the sent message. In this case, users are billed at the moment when they sent out SMS. With MT-billing (Mobile Terminating Billing), operators charge for the reply-message sent back to the user. In this case, users are billed only when they receive the reply-message (also known as reverse billing).
United States: Direct Carrier Billing
| Price (USD) | 1.99 | 2.99 | 3.99 | 4.99 | 5.99 | 6.99 | 7.99 | 8.99 | 9.99 | 24.99 |
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| Payouts ~80% | ||||||||||
- Supported carriers: AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
United States: Mobile Payments
| Price (USD) | 0.49 | 0.99 | 1.50 | 1.99 | 2.99 | 3.99 | 4.99 | 5.99 | 6.99 | 7.99 | 8.99 | 9.99 |
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| 40% | 42% | 44% | 44% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 48% |
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Boost supports price points from $0.49 till $6.99
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Alltel does not support price point $0.49
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Alltel supports additional price point $19.99
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US Cellular supports additional price point $29.99
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The table above shows your revenue after the operator's share, Fortumo commission and the costs of sending the users a reply SMSMobile operator takes a revenue share on each transaction for handling billing, collecting money and covering credit risk. The operators then pay the remaining money (usually between 40% and 60% depending on end-user price) to Fortumo. Fortumo pays you the money received from operators minus a small commission (which can be only 2-3% of end-user price, depending on country, type of service and volume). The table above shows your revenue after the operator's share and Fortumo commission.
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Payout cycle in the United States is 3 monthsFortumo pays you money immediately after we have received it from the mobile operators. Operators in different countries pay at different speeds. Payout cycle of 3 months means that the revenue earned by your services in January will be transferred to you in the first half of May.
After the initial waiting period, you would get a payout each month, as your February money arrives in June, March money in July, etc.
3January February March April May1. Your services earn revenue
2. Operators pay money to Fortumo
3. Fortumo pays money to you
United States: Rules and Restrictions
- The service must be in compliance with Fortumo Terms of Service, legal acts and good morals of USA.
- Adult, gambling, lottery and donation related services are strictly forbidden.
- T-Mobile customer care fee $10 per case will be deducted from the payout.
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Coverage & Payouts
Fortumo is available in 61 countries
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