Text and Sell with Your Cell Phone

It is amazing to note how people come up with innovative ideas to make money by using their cell phones. textandsell.com is an interesting website with an interesting concept. They allow mobile phone users to send ads of something to their website. Tobias Hardy, a graduate from John Moore university in Liverpool is the man behind this website. I visited the website and found it to be interesting. This is what they wrote about the website:

Set up in 2006 text and sell (textandsell®) uses the mobile phone platform to provide customers with a quick, simple, efficient and affordable method for a customer to place a local/national online classified advert including a picture. If you (the customer) wants to sell an item, then you simply send an MMS including your advert to text and sell (textandsell®), the advert is screened and immediately displayed onto the website for two weeks. The cost of using this service is added to your mobile phone bill.

What I understand is that this service is for the British mobile phone consumers only. No problem, if it becomes popular then this kind of service will spread in other countries very fast. To give a product ad in this website you need to follow these simple steps:

Take a picture

Create a Picture Message (MMS)

Send Message

Your advertisement will be displayed for 2 weeks and you will need to pay £1.50 (plus your standard message charge). That is why, I like this website. It is quite affordable for anyone. Secondly, you can use your mobile phone to place an advertisement. Finally, you don’t have to use your credit card to pay for the service. The bill will be deducted from your mobile phone. So, there is no risk of giving your credit card information.

So, take a look to textandsell.com. You may like it.