FunkySexyCool falls for Bango

Rating: a licence to print money

By Annie Turner at CTIA

FunkySexyCool is a mobile social networking site where members create profiles as well as vote for and send messages to each other. The big difference is, allegedly, that, “Unlike other large social networks, FunkySexyCool has unique inbuilt features and functionality that monetize each and every subscriber”, which is where Bango comes in.

“Bango has enabled FunkySexyCool to launch off-portal in more than 18 countries with minimum financial risk and maximum revenue gain,” says Tim O’Connor, CEO, FunkySexyCool. “The Bango Service gives FunkySexyCool the ability to launch off-portal in weeks, not months.”

FunkySexyCool is already successful in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and is now set for a full frontal attack on many unsuspecting others.

• On Tuesday, Bango introduced a service called Bango 2Go, to help brands and content providers get on to the mobile web. The new service is claimed to be the first of its kind in the world.

Bango 2Go provides content providers and mainstream PC web brands with mobile web site building services, hosting, traffic generation, monitoring and a global payment service. The service costs £2,997 to set up, with monthly fees from 839 for hosting, the Bango Service, including billing, tracking, traffic, info and ongoing maintenance.

Actually, the big problem isn’t getting on to the mobile web, it’s ensuring people can find your stuff once it’s on there. Still, Bango 2Go will certainly help the technically challenged to get started.

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