Charge to Bill What is it? Business Application Stores Sports All types of digital services are supported Vodafone Charge to Bill is a simple, flexible, and reliable way of billing customers when they purchase your digital content and services. with just what they want, just when they want it: right now. And the experience is so seamless and reliable they will be sure to come back for more. Here’s how it works… Vodafone has a long history of innovations in mobile payments and Charge to Bill has been developed using our unique insight into both merchant needs and consumer behaviour. A Vodafone subscriber uses their phone to go to your website or mobile application. They come across a musthave piece of content or service and can charge it to their Vodafone bill or their prepaid credit with just a few clicks. It’s like a built-in payment system that everyone can use! No pre-registration, no usernames or passwords to remember and no credit card or other payment information required. Just a very simple and convenient way to pay. Video Music Entertainment Lifestyle Education Games Charge to Bill reduces barriers to purchase, putting the power into your customers’ hands and providing them By partnering with Vodafone you will have the ability to drive up conversion rates and adoption through an unrivalled end-user experience. Plus, a single point of technical integration means that you can extend your reach to millions of Vodafone subscribers across the globe ahead of your competitors. When an intuitive mobile experience meets a highly convenient payment method and an unparalleled footprint, the possibilities for your services are significant. Your B ill Mu Book sic to go so Ring tone n Dema nd Stor e next 7.9 2.99 9€ Get more details 1 Charge to Bill What’s good about it? It’s Flexible With Vodafone Charge to Bill, you are in control of your pricing model, whether you offer one-time transactions, recurring subscriptions or ‘try before you buy’ models. Our event billing APIs support all your use cases and business models. It’s Transparent Payment transactions are processed in real time, with instant notification of payment success or failure to your server. Detailed real-time logs and monthly reporting from Vodafone ensure that you have a clear audit trail of your transaction activity and the ability to track performance and conversion rates and identify trends and issues. Fund Reservation and Capture capabilities enable you to confirm that content has been successfully downloaded before final payment is taken, so you can avoid situations where your customer pays and doesn’t receive the content or where your customer gets the content but hasn’t paid. This helps build satisfaction and trust in your service and reduces the demands on your customer care teams for complaint handling and refund requests. It’s Consistent A simple and consistent payment flow with a seamless user experience creates consumer trust and delivers a payment option that your customers will be happy to use again and again. Vodafone has many years of experience in this area and we will provide directions on how to design the payment flow so that you get the best results and your customers get the best service. NOTE: Areas with red dots contain additional rollover information 1 Billing Request 3 Authorisation & Throttling Other Enablers Your Platform Vodafone Global Gateway Charge to Bill Authorisation Request Other Enablers Other Enablers 2 Certificate Authentication 4 Request Routing More about our infrastructure: • High performance Tibco Service Oriented Architecture • Highly available Oracle (RAC) databases – scaled for growth – eliminate/minimise downtime 5 Billing Response Local VF Billing Systems Reporting & Settlement System Your Revenue Payment - $ £ € • Multiple servers (Sun Sparc T2000/T5220) – horizontal scaling, built-in redundancy • Solaris 10 Operating System delivers the performance, stability and security demanded by Vodafone and its partners • 24/7 support previous | next Get more details 2 Charge to Bill What can it deliver for you? As a partner of Vodafone, Charge to Bill gives you access to over 100 million subscribers in 8 countries through a single integration point, a single contract and a single rate card.* We make it simple for you, so that you can make it simple for your customers. Partnering with us enables you to get to market quicker. There is no need to grapple with multiple integrations, rate cards and contracts. Our solution removes these hassles for you so you can focus on what you do best: serving up content and services to your customers. We offer a single revenue share settlement in your currency of choice (e.g. you can receive payment in €, even if the original sale was charged in £). And your statements and reports will arrive monthly in the same format and with the same payment terms for all markets. With Vodafone Charge to Bill, you can: Now you can plug into a customer base of millions, from all over the world, and seize this market instantly. This global channel enables you to easily deploy content whenever you have it, reducing costs and complexity and potentially reaching new markets and customers. Simply a better way to go global in a big way. • Enjoy a faster time to market for new products and services • Reduce barriers to purchase and enable increased conversion rates • Enhance revenue opportunities for one-time and repeat purchases There’s no reason to give away great content, or have it languish away. Now you can monetise and deliver it straight to mobile users, turning browsers into paying customers with minimal fuss and frustration. Partner Content was made to move. With Vodafone Charge to Bill, you can get your content working harder and going farther than ever before. To find out more about how Charge to Bill can help your business, contact us now via the ‘Get more details’ link below. Access to over 100 million customers in 8 countries through 1 contract and 1 connection Charge to Bill RATE CARD Charge to Bill CONTRACT *This footprint will be rapidly extended to include other Vodafone markets and a base of over 300 million subscribers with no need for additional integration as our international reach grows. previous Get more details 3