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For those who have not had the opportunity to use our service yet, FillMyBelly is an online takeaway food ordering service. We connect our users with their favourite takeaway restaurants virtually over the internet. This means that now, instead of having to trawl through your ever growing pile of takeaway menus, it’s possible to browse through your favourite takeaway’s selection of food and order at the same time, all on one website!

How does it work?

Using the site couldn’t be any easier! Simply enter your postcode and we show you all available restaurants that deliver to you. Select the type of restaurant you’d like to order from, and all available choices appear. Choosing your food couldn’t be simpler, and all the deals you’d usually find in the paper menu are available online. Using our service is completely FREE and the food prices you see are the same as ordering direct, all restaurants are required to offer free delivery (within their delivery area and subject to minimum order value).

Where is our service available?

FillMyBelly, initially established to serve just the Nottingham area, is now expanding due to our huge success. We now cater to the majority of the Midlands area as well as Sheffield, Birmingham and London amongst other places across the country. We are rapidly expanding, adding new areas and restaurants frequently. Check back with us regularly if we do not already deliver to your area. If you can’t find your favourite restaurant, you can help us by giving us their details and we will contact them.

New features

Our newly redesigned website has many improvements, including:

Multi restaurant ordering

Have you got multiple tastes to cater to and can’t decide on which restaurant to order from? We have the solution; a unique new feature allows our users to select food from multiple restaurants and to combine them on a single order. Most importantly, this allows one payment for multiple restaurants! We believe many of our users will find this a welcome feature.

Restaurant Ratings

Seen a dish you fancy trying, but not ordered from the restaurant before? Want to let others know about the fantastic meal you’ve just enjoyed? Our new ratings system will allow anyone to leave personalised feedback about their experience, as well as quick feedback using a 1-5 star rating.

Improved navigation and payment process

We’ve streamlined our navigation, making it quicker than ever to find a restaurant. In a few clicks you can be browsing and ordering from your favourite menu. Want to place an order the same or similar to a previous time? Easy! All previous orders are stored in your account to use time and time again.

Online Payments

We have tried to be as flexible as possible with possible payment methods. Many of our customers choose to pay for their order online with a credit or debit card. Online payment is offered even if the restaurant wouldn’t usually accept card payment! All of our restaurants are happy accept cash on delivery, and some may accept a cheque with cheque guarantee card.

These useful features as well our excellent customer service are why FillMyBelly already receives thousands of visits every week and continues to expand at a rapid rate. Why not give us a try soon and see what all the fuss is about!

In the early days of online casinos making deposits at an online casino was a bit intimidating, as most folks were not too eager to give out their personal information to absolute strangers, especially sensitive information as their Credit Card Number, Name, Address etc. Due to the ever increasing popularity of online casino many companies realized the need for a service to facilitate this type of payment transaction, and now there are a large number of companies offering these services, making it much easier for you to make a deposit at your favorite online casino. Now besides making a deposit to an online casino via Credit/Debit Card, you have other options to choose from, such as Wireless money transfer (e.g. moneygram) pre paid credit cards and online payment services just to name a few.
Making a deposit to an online casino with your Credit/Debit card is probably the simplest way to make a deposit, all you have to do is fill in the relevant forms and when prompted you just fill in the relevant details for your Credit/Debit Card and you are done. Although this type of deposit is literally pain free there are still people out there who do not like sending their personal information across the internet, but not to worry there is a solution for you folks out there it’s called the Pre Paid Credit Card. All this entails is purchasing a Pre Paid Credit Card for the amount of money that you require and then you can use it to deposit money to your online casino account. Pre Paid Credit Cards come in two flavors Reloadable and Disposable. Reloadable Pre Paid Credit Cards can be reloaded through your regular Bank Account or Credit Card System. Disposable Pre Paid Credit Cards are not reloadable, which means every time you need to use them to make a deposit to your online casino account you will have to purchase a new one.
Wireless money transfer is not only a safe and easy method of making a deposit at an online casino but it is also very fast, just visit your favorite wire money transfer agent, hand over your cash, give them the address of the online casino and in seconds your funds are deposited to your online casino account. Some online casinos also accept check payment to your online casino account, but keep in mind that checks takes time to clear, so if you need to have that money in your online account in a hurry, you should use one of the other methods to make a deposit at your online casino.
Online payment services are also quite simple and efficient. You simply open an Online Account with one of the online payment processing services using either your normal bank account or credit card account or even your Pre Paid Credit Card to make a deposit into your online account. Once the account is set up whenever you need to make a deposit to your online casino account you either send them an e-mail or give them a phone call and they will transfer the payment to your online casino account in seconds.

Do you still queue up in the bank to pay your credit card bills or patiently wait for your bank statement to arrive in the mail?  Welcome to the internet age.  Online banking has now become an alternative to going to the bank physically to transact business.  It uses today’s advanced computer technology to give users the option of doing away with the time-consuming and paper-based aspects of conventional banking in order to better manage finances more efficiently and easily.

With internet banking, you can monitor and perform banking transactions online, whenever and wherever you want as long as there is internet access.  It lets you bank with maximum convenience, ease and security through the latest technology and it is for free.

Online banking offers a varied array of convenient and secure features for customer banking needs.  Suffice it to say, you can do almost everything you need to do from the comfort of your home or office.  Moreover, internet banking has been enhanced with even more customer-friendly improvements to make online banking much easier and safer.

Bills Payment – There is no need to line up at payment centers to meet your payment due dates.  Pay your utility and credit card bills online at your convenience.  You can also set up scheduled payments for recurring transactions.  You get to receive an online payment confirmation number for reference.  This service also allows you to view pending and past payments.  You can add payees as well as delete payees you have created.

Account Details – Keep track and manage your accounts anytime, anywhere.  View balances and updated transactions of your savings and checking accounts credit card statements, time deposits and loan accounts.  Peruse your previous transactions.  Export your transactions into a selected range of personal financial management software packages.  You can even print your account statements.

Electronic Statements – With electronic statement, there is no more waiting for the mail.  You can receive your bank statement through email or view online all day any day.  Access past statements for easy reference.  Some banks even offer interactive electronic statements with check images and notices and search for specifics such as check numbers and amounts.

Fund Transfers – Transfer funds between your accounts within the bank or just as easily to other accounts in other local or foreign banks.  For transfer to other accounts, an online activation code is used to ensure that funds are transferred only to registered payees.  You can also request for demand drafts.  Set up scheduled transfers to accounts within your bank.  Define the amount, affectivity and frequency of your payments.Banking Alerts – Receive email alerts notifying you of important bank and credit card movements.  If your balance falls below the minimum requirement or a posted check caused large withdrawal from your account; an alert will be sent for your review. 

Banking Services – Book time deposit and provide instructions online.  Order new checkbooks.  Request for stop payments on checks.  View posted check images online.  Obtain quotes for investment products.  Purchase bank draft.  Request to open new accounts.  Enquire about the latest interest and foreign rates.  Pay taxes online.

Online Security – Banks use the latest and most secure technology.  SSL encryption codes protect online bank transactions.  Users are also given Security Device that generates a unique code to ensure bank transactions enjoy a high level of security.  Other online security features include computer firewall protection, user ID and password authentication with code encryption and digital certificates.

Affiliate marketing is not rocket science, it’s simply a recipe. But like in all recipes you need to use the right ingredients and follow the instruction.

When it comes to affiliate marketing the primary ingredient is the product or service you want to sell. Your website development and all you marketing efforts will be built around this product. So, it’s essential that you take the time to select it wisely.

You just have to do a simple search only to discover that there are thousands of products or service you can choose from. Variety is good thing when the products you want to promote are of equal quality. But it can become very confusing when a lot of the products offer no real benefits to your potential customer.

So, to identify a winning product, the secret is to analyze it, and look for the following:

1- Make sure the site is well organized and easy to navigate. Potential customers will only remain on a site for 30 seconds before they move to another one. This means that if the site doesn’t grab the attention is the first few seconds, the customer will walk away.

2- How many steps are there before customer are taken to the order now process. The idea is to make sure it will be easy for anyone to place an order.

3- Does the product you’re about to promote offers a strong money back-guarantee. This point alone is a must to build the confidence of any potential customer.

4- Do they offer you affiliates tools or tips to help you promote the product. I personally like to work with companies that offer tools to help me going. If they have tools in place it means they are serious about helping their affiliates succeed.

Taking the time to research and analyze products properly, will make your selling job much more easier.

We all know that the online content industry is worth millions of dollars, but today millions of sales are lost due to inefficient or incomplete payment services that do not solve all the concerns of the customer and cater to their every need. The question is how do we fix this and turn consumers browsing the web into customers.

Well one of the things that would help would be to put up more payment options, in fact, the more the merrier! Consumers are more likely to purchase content if they can choose the payment method that suits them. According to research that was done by CyberSource, merchants can convert as many as 20% more customers by offering them more payment options to choose from.

The problem is there are so many options, it is very hard to choose which ones would work the best and convert more customers, and each payment option has it own glitches in the system, here are some examples:

Some payment options work very well for inside the US but once you live abroad, you have a problem to pay through them. Some payment options require the customer opening an online account with them and funding it from their credit card or bank account. That might be a problem for teenagers or others who do not have a credit card or bank account, which according to the Yankee Group, are 40% of internet users .

Some content providers opt to put their content on the operators’ portal and not have to deal with payment processing issues. This means that the mobile operator has put the site up on his “walled internet garden” and the customer gets charged for the download through his mobile operator monthly bill. But will that really solve all the problems? That will definitely not help users who download content to their PC’s and not to their mobile, they cannot charge the content to their mobile bill. And what about all the users that surf outside the operators portal, how will the merchant generate that audience to his site? Also the revenue share that the merchant receives from the mobile operator is pretty low. The “walled gardens”, or the operators portals are crumbling due to customer demand for “open internet” browsing. Mobile carriers are not the only way for buying content to the handset, consumers are downloading also from the open web and from their personal collections. According to Parks Associates’ “The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming” report, US mobile games sold through carrier decks are predicted to generate 72% of revenue in 2012, down from 90% in 2007.

Then there is the issue of credit cards. First of all, not everyone owns one, and second; people are less reluctant to use their credit cards for micropayments since they are worried about security issues, fraud and identity theft. Online fraud and identity theft have sadly become a daily event, as online shopping become more popular because of its convenience. Hardly a day goes by where we do not hear of an individual whose life was destroyed or nearly destroyed because someone hacked into their personal information and made purchases on their behalf, leaving them to “pick up” the bill. In 2007 in America alone identity fraud reached $45 billion in losses and affected 8.1 million American consumers! (According to a research conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research)

Of course this is a worldwide epidemic and the numbers are staggering and growing as we speak…

If people’s worries about security issues were at ease, the pool of online shoppers would become greater.

So what is the answer, how can merchants create a bigger churn and more customers?

Remember my initial answer, more online payment? Well there is a relatively new “kid on the block” for payment processing for digital downloads.

eBIZ.mobility LTD has created a revolutionary online payment processing service for digital downloads, called OneTouch Online Purchasing™. The OneTouch Online Purchasing™ service enables consumers to purchase digital content (such as music, ring tones, games, video clips, wallpapers etc.), via their computer or their mobile handset, and charge their purchase directly to a billing account with any telecom service provider, bank, or ISP of their choice. Simply put, OneTouch allows your customers to make purchases without the need of a credit card, or even a PayPal account.

Using OneTouch to make an online purchase, no personal or financial information is transmitted to the merchant, or to OneTouch. Their payment system was designed to eradicate the possibility of identity theft online. It’s simple really: since they do not store any personal or financial information anywhere in their system there is nothing for criminals to steal.

By offering OneTouch as an additional payment method alongside or as an extension to other payment options, merchants will be able to reach millions of consumers who are afraid or unable to use traditional payment methods. OneTouch solves the problem of consumers overseas who want a fast way to buy online since there are no country limitations for using this payment method.

It solves the problem for teenagers and others who have no access to credit cards or simply do not want to use them for online micropayments and it solves the problem for those who are afraid to give out any personal information online. So by adding the OneTouch payment solution to your other online payment services, your site has a better chance of casting the net on potential consumers giving them an all round solution to their limitations and fears.

Millions of dollars are floating on the internet sea waiting to be caught. By putting multiple payment options on your site you are casting the right nets in place to pull the consumers in and to change them into customers. ..

When new people come online searching for ways to earn money from home, they often run smack into claims of how easy it is for them to start making thousands of dollars, practically overnight – without having to hardly lift a finger to do anything.

This is how many people get their first glimpse into the world of Internet Marketing. But are they being presented with the real deal?

No way.

Claims of easy and fast income online are false and mislead people who want to believe the hype is true. The internet is a great place to find and share valuable information of all kinds. It’s not, however, a magic gateway to easy wealth. Those pushing these types of money making systems are themselves looking to make easy bucks off of gullible people.

Now that I’ve spilled the beans on this type of scam, I want you to know that you can really make good money online – if you are realistic in your goals.

Forget about making thousands and focus on making just $1.

Why $1?

Because once you start digging into all the ins and outs of internet marketing, you’ll quickly realize that there’s a sharp learning curve you need to go through first before you can even THINK about earning thousands from your online efforts.

On the other hand, it’s real easy to see yourself earning your first $1 within a reasonable period of time. Also, this takes the pressure off of you since you don’t have to pull your hair out frantically trying to make “big money” from something that just isn’t designed to produce those kinds of returns.

Lots of people, like me, who’ve been doing the internet marketing thing for a few years, have tried and failed at many projects before we finally got our sea legs and began making real money. Trust me, when you get around to making your first dollar or two you’ll be very happy.

So, what do you need to do, realistically, to make some money online?

Here’s a few tips:

Get an Education – The world of the internet is vast and there are many ways to earn extra cash from it, BUT not by following fly-by-night get rich quick schemes. Just like any serious job you would have in the offline world, you need to be seriously trained to know how to go about it. People who are successful at this have absorbed lots of information. Get online and start doing your research.

Business or Hobby? Decide right now how you want to approach your online venture. Is it going to be something you put a lot of effort and hours into, or, is it something you want to do once in a while, more like a hobby?

There’s no right or wrong in whichever one you choose, just be aware that your results online will match your attitude towards what you’re doing. Some people enjoy it as purely a hobby – just for fun, and are happy to make a few dollars here and there. Others want to make serious part-time or full-time money. Know which category you fall in.

Work on Small Goals – Set small goals for yourself and work to achieve them. Yes, I know you’d love to be making great money from doing something online, but going for a huge target in the beginning is not the best way. Many beginners have quickly grown frustrated because their initial goal is way too big for them to possibly achieve in a short time.

Step back and set up small goals for yourself. It’s a lot easier for you to find success achieving smaller goals. This way you’ll stay motivated and avoid the frustration that leads many others to quit in frustration. The $1 is an example of a small goal. Write down this goal: “I want to make $1 doing X in 60 days.”

Now you may or may not make your first $1 in 60 days, but regardless, you will have picked up a whole lot of knowledge on learning how to accomplish this first goal.

I know that if you take these tips into consideration, you’ll be able to make your first $1 online – and more!

There was a time when, if you wanted to watch a movie, the only place you could go was the local cinema. Then came video, which meant that you could record your favorite movies from your television and watch them time and time again, until the tape wore out. Buying movie videos meant that you could watch many films before they came on the television, usually only a short time after they were released in the cinemas.But over the last few years, technology has moved at a tremendous pace. We are no longer tied to watching movies on our televisions, or at the cinema, and we now have much more choice over what movies we watch, when we watch them, and even where we watch them.

Movie downloads sites have sprung up in the light of all this new technology. All you need to benefit from them is an Internet connection and a computer. The way the movie download sites operate can vary from site to site. Often the user is required to pay a yearly subscription, and this will usually include a certain amount of downloads for free after the initial payment. Or the user may be able to pay a monthly subscription, and on some occasions it is possible to pay a one off fee for the movie that you want to download. It is worth checking out the different ways of joining a movie download site to ensure that you find one that best suits you movie viewing needs.

Of course, technology has not stopped evolving, and with the new technology comes new ways of watching our favorite movies. It is now possible to transfer movie downloads onto your mobile phone and watch it whenever you want to. The same goes for mp3 players and ipods. Now we can watch movies whenever we have some spare time. For some people, this is even a good way to pass long train journeys, or time spent waiting at airports or stations. Even work breaks can be times when you can catch up with your movie watching.

With the increase in movie downloading sites, comes the increase in the choice of movies that are available for our viewing pleasure. It is possible to find almost any genre of movie online and available for download. If you are traveling and require a film in your own language, then it is possible to find on online. No matter what country you are in, it is possible to access your own movie downloads site with just the use of an Internet connection and a laptop computer. This can make traveling much less lonely for many people who need to travel as part of their employment. At the end of the day they are able to sit back and relax in their hotel room with a movie of their choice and in their own language if need be.

Whatever your taste in movies, there is always something available for you to download and enjoy, where-ever you are, and no matter what time it is.

An online payment gateway links a commercial/transactional portal or website and -normally- a bank.  This process starts when the cardholder enter his/hers details after having performed a purchase on the website.  The information is then encrypted at the cardholder’s web browser side and securely sent to the merchant website.  At this stage the encrypted information is forwarded from the merchant server to the payment gateway on a Secure Socket Layer encryption, which connects the processor used by the merchant’s acquiring back. The processor forwards the transaction information to the credit card interchange, which then routes it to the issuing bank.

The reverse process happens within seconds as well, and along with the issuing bank’s response some other details, such as: a notification code, the transaction status and the reasons why the transaction could not take effect -if any, are sent to the cardholder. In other words, this information passes by the credit card interchange, the acquirer processor, the payment gateway, the merchant’s website and finally reaches the cardholder.Apart from the above steps, the rest of the transaction happens in a different time frame, and it implies the delivery of the product and the money transfers from the acquiring bank to the merchant’s nominated account.Amongst other options merchants can take advantage of out of online payment gateways, one can list: authorize transactions, make refunds and capture payments by accessing the real time reports and tools set up for these purposes.  In some occasions, online payment gateways also allow merchants to easily work with different currencies and card types.

Do you want to live a comfortable life and make more than enough cash to make this possible?  One of the basic keys to making more cash is to really welcome the thought that you can earn from many places and in anytime. Whether you have thousands of dollars now, or whether you are down to your last dime, the prime principle is the same: be open to new and various sources of revenue or income. Even for a simple home based web business, having numerous sources of income is a necessity.

The internet has also made it possible to transform your own website into a potential resume for success.  Investing in a website is definitely an important step to starting your own web business. Get more than one money-generating project going and make sure to have residual income running!

Here is a possible scenario: You could get a 10-15 hour/week job as an online virtual assistant or clerk, for example, you can visit social networking or online job search sites to get more information about these types of short term work. This part/half-time job can be your starting base.  Then, see if you can handle more and grow from there.

You have time to build your own website and make money doing what you love most. You just need the right team to help you through. Put yourself and all your energies into more than one activity, and you can get income from more than one source. This is the prime principle that many individuals are using to create more income and live a fuller life.