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Vodafone Ireland appoints SLA Digital as Managed Service Provider for Direct Carrier Billing

Posted on by Andrea Putnam-Moorcroft

 Irish mobile operator, Vodafone Ireland, has appointed SLA Digital as their managed service provider for Direct Carrier Billing for their 1.96 million subscribers.

SLA Digital has a previously long-standing relationship with Vodafone Ireland, providing the mobile operator with the platform to enable carrier billing. Vodafone Ireland’s customers are already able to make payments for digital content including app stores, streaming services and games by charging purchases to their mobile account.

The new partnership agreement means that Vodafone Ireland will be able to delegate new services to SLA Digital for onboarding, integration and business support. SLA Digital, in turn, will provide digital content providers with seamless access to carrier billing.

“We are delighted to extend our relationship with Vodafone Ireland and become their managed service partner for carrier billing. By working with new digital content providers, we see this as a real opportunity to extend the offering of a secure and convenient mobile payment option to Vodafone’s customers,” said Kevin Drayne, CEO at SLA Digital.

SLA Digital provides carrier billing to app stores including Google Play and Samsung as well as digital content providers including Gameloft, Playwing, Spuul, MBC and Vuclip. To work with us, please contact emea@sla-ltd.com

What there is to discover at the White Label World Expo London

Posted on by Andrea Putnam-Moorcroft

With just over 4 weeks to go, the White Label World Expo is ready to take over the ExCel, London, on 27th& 28th November.

Being the UK’s largest event for professional online sellers to meet white label goods suppliers, thousands of global business leaders, entrepreneurs, online sellers, retailers, and distributors come together for the White Label World Expo in order to meet top representatives from the likes of Amazon, Ebay, and Shopify to further their business and make long lasting relationships with suppliers that will benefit their business long term.

The White Label World Expo will host 300 of the world’s top suppliers, allowing you to try, touch, and test a multitude of different products and services; all of which will benefit your business if you decide to buy them. You will find a wide range of products and services from a selection of sectors including: beauty, health and wellness, personal accessories, food and beverage, CBD, amongst many more.

The White Label World Expo not only offers the best exhibitors from the white label and private label industries, but it also possesses an unequalled seminar program, consisting of expert speakers from every walk of life.

Here’s a preview of what of the topics the incredible speakers will be discussing at ExCel:

– ‘10 Hacks for Black Friday & Cyber Monday on Amazon’ with Danny McMillan, host of Seller Sessions à Danny will walk you through 10 plus hacks on nailing Black Friday and Cyber Monday, from protecting yourself from Black Hat sellers to executing PPC and ranking strategies in the toughest window of sales.

– ‘The New Consumer – What You Really Need To Know’ with Andrew Busby, retail writer, Forbes contributor and one of the top 20 lists of global retail influencers à In this seminar Andrew will explore the new age consumer, the current state of retail and then will look at some of the trends from around the world which are responding to these demands and expectations and in doing so are beginning to push the boundaries of legacy retail.

– ‘Innovative Sales Strategy for Business Success’ with Bianca Miller-Cole & Byron Cole, award winning entrepreneurs àThis talk will outline 4 innovative sales strategies to make your business more profitable and to force you to think outside of the box as you continue along your Self-Made journey.

– ‘Keep Optimising – how to Massively Increase Your Traffic & Conversions’ with Chloë Thomasone of the Top 50 UK influencers in eCommerce and Shipping and host of the eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast àGrowing from 10 orders per month to 100 or 100 to 1000 (or beyond) means doubling your business multiple times. In this seminar Chloëwill explain how it’s all about capitalising on what you and your business are best at, eradicating your weaknesses, and constant experimentation. Chloe will take you through her model for achieving this, and give you lots of tips and case studies along the way.

– ‘Build a Brand, not a Business’ with Alan Barratt, CEO & Co-founder of Grenade àBuilding a business doesn’t create a brand, but create a brand and you can build a business. Learn with Alan the key factors and decisions that led to building one of the best known and fastest growing businesses in the UK over the last five years, Grenade.

Finally, don’t miss Huboo Technologies masterclass and learn the Do’s and Don’ts of outsourcing your fulfilment.
Huboo Technologies offer a unique and innovative approach to eCommerce fulfilment with their core focus being on reducing costs, increasing revenues and providing a first class service.
Understanding fulfilment with Huboo will give you a complete overview of all the major benefits of outsourcing your fulfilment, from the basic elements of outsourcing to detailed analysis.
With an open Q & A session to finish, their aim is to for you leave with the answers to enable you to make those business critical decisions.

Tickets to attend the White Label World Expo are free, so make sure you do not miss out on the opportunity to attend it. Register for your free tickets on their website.

aimm is Chairing this afternoon at Carrier Billing Summit

Posted on by Andrea Putnam-Moorcroft

If you are heading to the Carrier Billing Summit today remember to keep an eye out for our General Manager Joanna Cox who will be Chairing some of the proceedings today.

You can find Joanna speaking across the afternoon at the sessions featured below:

Global launches Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Pubcast for Make Some Noise with Delayed Donation

Posted on by Andrea Putnam-Moorcroft

London

1st October

Global, the media & entertainment company, has launched The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X’s annual charity ‘pubcast’ with a delayed donation mechanic.

Once again, The Chris Moyles Show team have recorded their no-holds-barred ‘pubcast’ – a special edition of their Radio X Show podcast recorded in the pub – featuring guests including Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland in aid of Global’s Make Some Noise charity.

The pubcast, now in its 4th year is available for the first time through SMS interaction by texting a shortcode, to receive a unique link to stream or download the audio content. Powered by Fonix Mobile, a voluntary donation of £5 is then taken from the user, unless they decide to opt out.

This is the first time that content has been delivered using this method which has previously been used to facilitate voluntary donations from competition entries. Global’s Enterprise Director, Joel Stern said “We have been looking at how to facilitate the delivery of premium content with a charity element for some time and the delayed donation mechanic ensures the simplest possible user journey, whilst maximising the benefit for Global’s Make Some Noise and the small charities that benefit from it.”

The PSA is extending the implementation period

Posted on by Andrea Putnam-Moorcroft

Following publication of the PSA’s Statement on introducing new Special conditions for all subscription services, and the new Special conditions for Recurring Donation services, the PSA held an implementation workshop for industry members working in the charity space to raise any implementation-specific queries, ahead of the regulatory changes coming into force on 1 November 2019.

At the workshop it was identified that some charity print and broadcast advertisements that have already been produced for upcoming campaigns may not be compliant with the updated Special conditions for Recurring Donation services.

Following consideration of this issue, the PSA is extending the implementation date for Special conditions RDS6(d) and RDS7(c) for specific providers, which will now come into force on 6 January 2020. The PSA considers that this will enable those providing recurring donation services who intend to use the two-stage Mobile Originating Short Message Service to obtain consumer consent to charge, sufficient time to make the necessary changes to their television and print advertisements to ensure compliance with the new Special conditions. This represents an approximately nine-week extension to the previous implementation date of 1 November 2019.

Full details can be found from PSA