Making money from Premium rate numbers

Zebedee69

Hi Guys,

Does anyone run premium rate numbers and make a little bit of cash from it. What companies do you use to rent/buy the lines, how does it work and what do the lines do?........

Also, when do you recieve the money? Every month or few months?

Thanks guys!

geordie_joe

There was something about it on the referrals board months ago. Can't remember the company name, but you got a premium rate number to give to people and earned money each time you used it.

You also get paid if people joined up from you. A lot of people were posting, trying to get others to sign up and saying how much they were earning. Then it died down and I don't remember anyone coming back and saying they got paid.

I find that odd as they put a lot of effort into getting people to join when nobody had been paid yet. But didn't bother trying to get more sign ups after they'd been paid.

Maybe they didn't get paid and have all quietly forgotten about it.

Zebedee69

mmmmm okay, I wouldnt realy be fussed in any mlm thing id rather just buy myself a number and collect the funds direct from BT/whoever pays out.

anyone else got any ideas? I already run my own internet directory/search engine and a tiny little one van courier business on the side. Im just looking for the third money spinner lmao! I always said I wanted my 3 little side earners chugging away by the end of 2007, iv got two but im late with the third one ha ha!

geordie_joe

Zebedee69 wrote: »

mmmmm okay, I wouldnt realy be fussed in any mlm thing id rather just buy myself a number and collect the funds direct from BT/whoever pays out.

For that you will have to do a google search for "get a premium rate number" and pick through the thousands of results yourself.

I've just tried on ask.com and there were a lot!

If I were you, my first stop would be BT to cut out the middle man.

geordie_joe

And as if by magic the thread pops up again!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=475206

jhp

geordie_joe wrote: »

And as if by magic the thread pops up again!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=475206

Noodle is not a Premium Rate Service.

Premium Rate Numbers start 09 and are subject to stringent conditions by the regulator see: http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/service_providers/default.asp

Zebedee69

Aw....... does anyone have any info?........... dont think noodle is what I wanted.........

Lynnie27

Try this, I hope it helps

http://www.dataproservices.co.uk/affiliates/

geordie_joe

jhp wrote: »

Noodle is not a Premium Rate Service.

No, but you make money when people ring the number, and that's what the op wanted.

Seems a good way to start to me. Cost nothing and allows you to test the methods of getting people to call the number. After all, there's no point in getting a premium rate number then sitting hoping someone rings it. You have to give them a reason.

Zebedee69

Lynnie27 wrote: »

Try this, I hope it helps

http://www.dataproservices.co.uk/affiliates/

Thanks for that, looking at site now.

Bubbles35

I would stay away from dataporservices as I have been hearing that they have recently went bust. I work on the chatlines and was going to start up myself through this company but changed my mind.