Freebees & Mobile Mania
The madness of the Dot Com Mania is back, there are some crazy free Offers and SMS Sites, Websites offering or at least promising to offer Money or share in profits on the Web and Mobile all riding the bandwagon of SMS adverting.
Mginger : mGinger pays you for reading SMS on your mobile phones, ( i.e. @ 0.20 paisa per SMS received, 10 Paisa per SMS your referred friend reads, 5 paisa for SMS read by friends referrals
Sounds like Mobile Amway minus Investments
mGinger is funded by Draper Fisher Juvertson( DFJ), NEA Indo-US Ventures
Paymate – Giftmate
First of its kind mobile voucher which can redeemed on most of the ecommerce sites in India, once you sign up you get free gift voucher regularly ( Rs 100, Rs 250).
They are backed by Sherpalo & Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byer.
Youmint
Free SMS upto 80 Characters & refer your friends and get money.
Same on the lines on Mginger, not too many details given on the investors.
And yes they promise to save INR 900 a month on your mobile bills !
Others Companies on Similar lines or Madness Levels..
Rupee Mail
http://bombaylives.blogspot.com/2007/10/rupeemail-money-for-reading-mails.html
Vakow
http://bombaylives.blogspot.com/2008/01/vakow-4-doz-who-luv-sms-fwdz.html
SMS Gupshup
If you know any other services like these, Do scribble in..
Cheers & Get Rich Soon
p.s The idea here is not to make fun of any ventures or services, rather make a list of options that a mobile user has if he wants to make moolah
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