Use mobileshop.ph instead since spend-a-bit is gone
UPDATE: piiko.com is back in business now, and has way lower fees than mobileshop.ph
Topic: Spend-a-bit: Bitcoin payment system (Read 4916 times)
I just interviewed a company with the same name...
FYI, the new spendabit (https://spendabit.co/) is not affiliated with the old "spend-a-bit" service that helped people top-up their mobile phone credit. We are and were aware of this other service with the 'same name', but it appears the old website (spend-a-bit.com) and piiko.com (https://www.piiko.com/) are both no longer available.
See any potential problems? I just interviewed a company with the same name...
http://bitcoinist.net/spendabit-search-engine-that-finds-bitcoin-products/
http://bitcoinist.net/spendabit-search-engine-that-finds-bitcoin-products/
What happened to this service? It just says "application offline for maintenance" whether I go to Piiko.com or spend-a-bit.com. it's been this way for a couple weeks.
it is a web or app product?
It would be awesome if you guys can possibly add the UK and the Netherlands by the time the conferences come to town. Amsterdam is next week, and London is in July
What is the problem with SSL certificate?
Any wallet will work, coinbase is just separate, because it allows transaction to pass immediately.
Any wallet will work, coinbase is just separate, because it allows transaction to pass immediately.
Hey, you are doing great, Keep it up!!
but your SSL is not working again. Please fix that issue soon. Many people like me would feel better using it all over SSL.
And can't you accept blockchain.info online wallet?
but your SSL is not working again. Please fix that issue soon. Many people like me would feel better using it all over SSL.
And can't you accept blockchain.info online wallet?
Looks like a very handy service. Bookmarked for future ref!
Your web addresses aren't redirecting properly. I thought your site had been offline for the last few days because I was using the address that my browser auto-completed.
https://spend-a-bit.com
https://www.spend-a-bit.com
Great service by the way. I've been telling everyone about it at the Bitcoin conferences.
https://spend-a-bit.com
https://www.spend-a-bit.com
Great service by the way. I've been telling everyone about it at the Bitcoin conferences.
Enabled SSL certificate throughout the website. Now every request you make is secure!
Application for Hive wallet will be updated accordingly in few days.
Application for Hive wallet will be updated accordingly in few days.
Activated BTC withdrawal to Russian Qiwi wallet and CashU AED wallet in beta mode.
BTC withdrawal to Yandex.money activated in beta mode.
Right now payments require manual approval, but this is for beta period only.
Right now payments require manual approval, but this is for beta period only.
Now you can recharge your mobile from Hive wallet!
Application for Hive wallet is ready to use and will be bundled with their next release!
Don't want to wait? Grab it here:
https://github.com/s-a-y/mobile-recharge.hiveapp/releases
Application for Hive wallet is ready to use and will be bundled with their next release!
Don't want to wait? Grab it here:
https://github.com/s-a-y/mobile-recharge.hiveapp/releases
Just found an fixed the issue, which caused users from Ukraine to see wrong (old) prices!
Check the fee again! it's 5% + 25 cents only!
Check the fee again! it's 5% + 25 cents only!
New countries added!
Turkmenistan (Altyn Asyr)
Turkey 2 new operators (Turkcell, Avea) and price reduction for the third one (Vodafone)
Paraguay new network Personal
Costa Rica new network Movistar
Turkmenistan (Altyn Asyr)
Turkey 2 new operators (Turkcell, Avea) and price reduction for the third one (Vodafone)
Paraguay new network Personal
Costa Rica new network Movistar
Finally, fees for Ukranian providers reduced from 31% to 5% + 25 cents
Almost two months we were working on it, completely changed our partners in ukraine and starting today it's became available on our website!
Another new feature - ukraine is first destination, where we can recharge any amount, specified by user, not predefined denominations.
Check this out
Almost two months we were working on it, completely changed our partners in ukraine and starting today it's became available on our website!
Another new feature - ukraine is first destination, where we can recharge any amount, specified by user, not predefined denominations.
Check this out
We're continuously working on improving our relationships with service providers and today I have great news:
3%-10% price reduction for operators in
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Afghanistan
Philippines
Nigeria
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
3%-10% price reduction for operators in
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Afghanistan
Philippines
Nigeria
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
Spend-a-bit.com just became better!
We had lots of complaints over last month that payment popup isn't stable and doesn't always appear, that's why today we replaced it by simple checkout page
It also gives a hint on one of our upcoming features. Stay tuned!
We had lots of complaints over last month that payment popup isn't stable and doesn't always appear, that's why today we replaced it by simple checkout page
It also gives a hint on one of our upcoming features. Stay tuned!
More special offers from mobile operators!
We created new page which lists active offers here:
http://www.spend-a-bit.com/static/special-offers
Offers applied to every recharge for specified operators if all conditions met. No need to enter any promo codes.
We created new page which lists active offers here:
http://www.spend-a-bit.com/static/special-offers
Offers applied to every recharge for specified operators if all conditions met. No need to enter any promo codes.
Special promotion from Cubacel mobile network:
Promotion: Double (2x) Airtime Bonus
Operator: Cubacel (ETECSA)
Country: Cuba
Denominations (CUC): 20 to 50
Date: Tuesday 17 th December to Friday 20th December , 2013 11:59pm (GMT -4)
Terms and Conditions:
- Both, initial amount and bonus amount do not have expiration date to be used.
- Bonus amount can be used by any service available to Cubacel prepaid customers.
- Current prepaid rates will be applied to the bonus amount.
- The final Topup price that the customer will pay will not exceed $ 5.00 USD above the Topup face value.
- Based on the initial amount (without considering bonus amount) Cubacel mobile subscribers will be subjected to the following activation cycle:
From 10 to 19.99 CUC - 60 days
From 20 to 29.99 CUC - 180 days
From 30 to 39.99 CUC - 270 days
From and up 40 CUC - 330 days
- In all cases, after the active period expires, Cubacel subscribers will enjoy 30 additional days to receive SMS and calls from other active mobile (TFA) or from mobiles outside Cuba. This period will allow the customer to Topup the mobile before it gets deactivated.
Promotion: Double (2x) Airtime Bonus
Operator: Cubacel (ETECSA)
Country: Cuba
Denominations (CUC): 20 to 50
Date: Tuesday 17 th December to Friday 20th December , 2013 11:59pm (GMT -4)
Terms and Conditions:
- Both, initial amount and bonus amount do not have expiration date to be used.
- Bonus amount can be used by any service available to Cubacel prepaid customers.
- Current prepaid rates will be applied to the bonus amount.
- The final Topup price that the customer will pay will not exceed $ 5.00 USD above the Topup face value.
- Based on the initial amount (without considering bonus amount) Cubacel mobile subscribers will be subjected to the following activation cycle:
From 10 to 19.99 CUC - 60 days
From 20 to 29.99 CUC - 180 days
From 30 to 39.99 CUC - 270 days
From and up 40 CUC - 330 days
- In all cases, after the active period expires, Cubacel subscribers will enjoy 30 additional days to receive SMS and calls from other active mobile (TFA) or from mobiles outside Cuba. This period will allow the customer to Topup the mobile before it gets deactivated.
I have tried to recharge my indian mobile but not working
There are no failed payments, you may probably mean that payment button isn't working?I'm experiencing some troubles right now with Coinbase button, but already working on changing worflow a little bit to make it more stable.
Send an email with details to [email protected] to get help further
I have tried to recharge my indian mobile but not working
Black Friday Offer: 10% discount to all destinations!
How cool is that?!
For some countries, like US it means you can buy 100 USD recharge for 90 USD only!
For countries where we overpriced, it's 10% less overpriced for couple of days
How cool is that?!
For some countries, like US it means you can buy 100 USD recharge for 90 USD only!
For countries where we overpriced, it's 10% less overpriced for couple of days
It's been a while without news, actually just couldn't find time to post:
We finally released fully automated payments!
Now you get balance to your mobile
- immediately if pay from coinbase account
- after 20-60 minutes if transfer bitcoins from any other bitcoin wallet (system awaiting for 3-6 confirmations of the payment)
- up to 24 hours in case of any problem with your recharge.
We fully eliminated the need for manual confirmation.
When we started the project we planned this milestone as the end of beta period, but now decided to keep beta status because we don't have QA in our team and bugs may sometimes appear
We finally released fully automated payments!
Now you get balance to your mobile
- immediately if pay from coinbase account
- after 20-60 minutes if transfer bitcoins from any other bitcoin wallet (system awaiting for 3-6 confirmations of the payment)
- up to 24 hours in case of any problem with your recharge.
We fully eliminated the need for manual confirmation.
When we started the project we planned this milestone as the end of beta period, but now decided to keep beta status because we don't have QA in our team and bugs may sometimes appear
Good news, found partner in Ukraine. Wait for the announcement after 2-3 weeks, fees will drop drastically.
Prices updated for Kenya, Morocco, Ukraine, Indonesia and Nepal. Average change: -10%
Still a bit high, but we're on the right track!
Still a bit high, but we're on the right track!
This week update brings more security into admin part of the system and first prototype of external interface.
Now we're only 1 step (1 week) away from fully automated payments - in a week you'll start receiving your payments as soon as there are enough confirmations in the blockchain, even if I'm asleep and ability to work with external interfaces.
Now we're only 1 step (1 week) away from fully automated payments - in a week you'll start receiving your payments as soon as there are enough confirmations in the blockchain, even if I'm asleep
and ability to work with external interfaces.No, should I?
If you live in Russia, why should you report to U.S. govt agency...?! 
No, should I?
If you live in Russia, why should you report to U.S. govt agency...?! Nice way to build Bitcoin economy. I voted on your site. I hope you become rich. I was also hoping you did more services than just cell phone minutes. Keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot, I'm going to for sure. It just all takes time and really hard to manage hundreds of services, regularly test each one and so on.I can add Indian D2H TV services, Russian banks, internet, social networks, some online games, but I don't want to invest money and complicate things until I have enough demand.
Nice way to build Bitcoin economy. I voted on your site. I hope you become rich. I was also hoping you did more services than just cell phone minutes. Keep up the good work.
Nice, this will really help bitcoin to spread out.
now Syria MTN also 0% for payments above 1 USD and 10 cents fee under 1 USD
I'm happy to announce, that today we have updated our website!
Release was mostly dedicated to improving internal tools for price management, services configuration and availability monitoring.
New features are not visible to public, but add more visibility and simplicity into our calculations.
What it means for you? It means, that now I can see at least 10 destinations (countries), where we can offer mobile recharge with 0% fees!
Today I've started with United States. From now on all recharges to US mobile operators without any commission!
Stay tuned and wait for future announcements!
By the way, if you like the idea, donations are always welcome at our website.
Release was mostly dedicated to improving internal tools for price management, services configuration and availability monitoring.
New features are not visible to public, but add more visibility and simplicity into our calculations.
What it means for you? It means, that now I can see at least 10 destinations (countries), where we can offer mobile recharge with 0% fees!
Today I've started with United States. From now on all recharges to US mobile operators without any commission!
Stay tuned and wait for future announcements!
By the way, if you like the idea, donations are always welcome at our website.
No, should I?
We are not from Russia where criminals launder money with your service.
Very funny, nobody else launders money outside of Russia.Why do you flood here then?
Do you report to the IRS?
We are not from Russia where criminals launder money with your service.
Very nice stereotypes - Russians are criminals, ha-haWhy do you flood here anyway?
We are not from Russia where criminals launder money with your service.
Hi everyone.
This weekend we spent researching new possibilities for our users.
I'd like to get some feedback from bitcoin-talkers community.
We can make available couple of new services:
We need to invest some money to make this possible, so my question:
Would anyone be interested?
Please, leave your vote https://tricider.com/en/brainstorming/17DuA to make it possible for us to calculate feasibiility.
Also tell all of your friends about this - more votes, faster it will be done.
If we find enough people interested we will launch it anyway, but if you don't want to spend months waiting - donations are always appreciated at our website.
Important notice: Service cannot be fully anonymous, it may require phone number for Russian cards/accounts and full name, address for CIS countries
This weekend we spent researching new possibilities for our users.
I'd like to get some feedback from bitcoin-talkers community.
We can make available couple of new services:
- VISA or MasterCard card recharge for cards issued in Russia
- Bank account top up for some Russian banks, like Alfa bank, TRUST, Tinkoff, Russkiy Standart
- VISA card recharge for CIS countries, such as Ukraine
We need to invest some money to make this possible, so my question:
Would anyone be interested?
Please, leave your vote https://tricider.com/en/brainstorming/17DuA to make it possible for us to calculate feasibiility.
Also tell all of your friends about this - more votes, faster it will be done.
If we find enough people interested we will launch it anyway, but if you don't want to spend months waiting - donations are always appreciated at our website.
Important notice: Service cannot be fully anonymous, it may require phone number for Russian cards/accounts and full name, address for CIS countries
Spend-a-bit is a payment system, where everyone can pay with Bitcoins for their favorite services.
We launched our service (beta) at the end of September 2013.
Ultimate goal is to offer as many services as possible to be payable by Bitcoin, for example internet providers, TV services, utility bills and much more.
Right now available:
Prepaid Mobile Top Up in 100+ countries worldwide!
More services coming soon
We launched our service (beta) at the end of September 2013.
Ultimate goal is to offer as many services as possible to be payable by Bitcoin, for example internet providers, TV services, utility bills and much more.
Right now available:
Prepaid Mobile Top Up in 100+ countries worldwide!
More services coming soon
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