On my web travels I came across ether. A great tool for people to sell there advice on the phone and get paid by the minute or hour.
You register, and ether will allocate an extension number to you, set the rate your callers have to pay for your advice and then wait for the phone to ring. You need to put a call button on your website, so your callers can get registered with ether and can get the extension number to call you on.
Your callers will also be able to tell if you are online or not. Whether you’re an accountant, a computer expert, a blogger, or a good gossiper, you can earn money selling what you say to others over the phone.
Unfortunately this service is currently only available in the US and Canada. Still, a great idea.
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Said on June 8th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Here’s the workaround to use Ether outside the Americas: get a US-based VOIP call-in number on Skype, VoipStunt, Yahoo..etc., then map it to your Ether number:-)
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Said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Great find Stefan
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Said on August 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Yeah, an interesting find - i wonder if anyone has made any decent money out of it yet though, or if it’s just another web startup that noone will ever use!
John