I have to put together a website for my client and on it, he wants users to be able to Pay their PHCN bills, buy recharge cards, purchase National Sports lottery tickets (NSL) etc.

Now the problem is, how? I know it might entail signing to form of contract with these companies.
How do i go about that.
How do i make it possible for people to buy recharge cards on these sites. Just like prepaidnigeria, how do we get the recharge cards to sell?

Please i will welcome any contributions.
If you can help out and want to contact me, i will be glad to hear from you.

Email- brushparke@yahoo.com Tel: 08064010730

i once was tinkerin wt designin my recharge site

for nepa etc; u'll have to meet them

for recharge, security and dbase design is d problem

if u can pay, i may mail u

otherwise why ask pple to call or mail u

wanna use interswitch, get 150,000 or see earlier posts on subjects

Excellent response. Nothing to add.

tundewoods:



Well if your client got money to spend,your e-vending site should alteast be running with out much hassles as well as the NSL vending but PHCN may be chasing shadows.

It is not chasing shadows. Residents of Abuja can now buy prepaid Units online for their prepaid meters. Sites like ReloadNg.com and prepaidNigeria.com sell PHCN prepaid credits.

@tundewoods
Thanks for your posts. I can't but say it is very informative. Of course thanks also for the bashing
I Guess what i meant to say was PHCN prepaid units, since i was not aware PHCN now allows commercial dealership of it's prepaid Units.
That does not mean i have no idea of what i want.To better put it, I have not done it before.
I really appreciate your idea of what the database should look like. To put it more clearly, what i am really interested in knowing is the Money side of it. What will it cost to strike this deals with the various parties involved?
I want to know:
1. Like the Recharge card thing, will i have to purchase recharge cards and upload the PINs to my database, or can i have a deal with the dealers to make such PINs available for me to vend online. In other words, make some payment as security deposits but actually have access to recharge cards far above the amount deposited.

Same for the PHCN Units and NSL tickets. I want to know if anyone knows exactly what needs to be done. Not whether someone knows how it should be done.

I am willing to work with you on this if i can get an answer that's a solutions. Thanks for all your contributions so far.

i see u're tryin to do ur research for an offline business online

u need to get out there on the field

i can bet u that no one will givw u such info for free

why nt go to their office, they cant bite

get ur hands wet, like someone wld say

Well thanks guys. Information, i thought that was the essence of a forum. Are you telling me that all the info people post on forum this forum are crap? I never knew that.

I guess i'll do just as you've said.

mind your words !

smartsoft:

mind your words !

 

@brushparke
As regards the recharge vouchers and PHCN cards. . . I suggest you look into a solution offered by ReloadNG. They help integrate their cart and payment process with your site. They've done this with smslive247.com, dudumobile.com, mynaijanews.com, etc. Following that model, you earn per transaction on your site. Plus you have an admin console to view purchases done via your site.

If you would like to manage your shopping cart process yourself, there is an API provided that allows you to yank PINs off their DB on-demand at low costs. Legwork.com.ng went for this option. But this would imply that you develop and manage your cart and buyer payment process yourself.

In your own case, i suggest you go with the first option as you wouldnt have to deal with cases of stolen debit cards being used on your site. ReloadNG takes care of all that.

Thanks Naijafan.

I think you just hit the nail on the head

Your reply is quite practical and i'm glad

I'll check them out and see what they've got

to offer.