BlingNation.com - Paying For Local Transactions

The motto of this company is “keeping local transactions local”. It provides an e-commerce solution whereby you can make payments to service providers with a given community. Customers make payments employing a sticker which is placed on their mobiles (named a “Bling Tag” on the site’s parlance), and any merchant or retailer which is Bling Nation-enabled will be able to accept it. Transactions are then dealt with within the local community, and any unnecessary expense is kept out of the way.

In the end, it is easy to agree with the philosophy that the company adheres to. You don’t use the post office for pizza delivery. It makes sense that you should not use a global payment processor for a local transaction. That would only mean an unwarranted expenditure on your part. If marketed correctly, a service such the one offered by Bling Nation could find a niche of its own on the WWW. As it stands, it already benefits both parties: merchants are freed from some prototypical processing costs, whereas the consumer has a chance to engage into safer web-based operations.

“Keeping local transactions local - and making payments profitable for you.”

It is an interesting (not to mention very well-focused) alternative that can find a niche slot.

What are the fees that apply?