http://news.billmyparents.com New About BillMyParents Wed, 27 May 2009 22:36:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like the idea for two big reasons: It creates a paper trail for the things you buy your children -- so you'll know pretty quickly how much you're really spending on their "needs" -- and it forces the child to justify what he wants, in writing. Rather than letting ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/billmyparents-lets-kids-and-parents-bond-over-shopping-yahoo-tech/ Lack of credit card was the reason cited by 40% of teenagers in a US study for not buying online. According to the Harris Interactive YouthPulse Survey, over a third of the money spent by youth in the US is researched first online. To deal with this issue, an online payment system ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/credit-card-payment-technology-for-teenagers-launched-card-smart/ "This is going to give parents a controlled way to scrutinize their children's spending," Collas says. But will it pass the Mom test? Granted there is an advantage in finding a way to avoid passing Junior the plastic. Read more about BillMyParents on CNBC http://news.billmyparents.com/news/hitting-up-mom-dad-for-cash-is-just-a-click-away/ Bill My Parents works in a manner that will be familiar to employees of large companies that use online expense tracking systems. Kids will find something they want to buy online, but instead of going through a traditional credit card-based payment system, they click a “bill my parents” button, which ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/letting-web-savvy-kids-bill-my-parents/ Meet BillMyParents.com's Amazon Web site, where the entirety of Amazon.com's Web site is available in a one-click format. The kicker? A child doesn't need a credit card, just a parent's willingness to buy little John or Sally whatever his or her heart desires. There's even a charming little image of ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/hey-mom-can-i-buy-this-at-billmyparentscom-pleeeeze-appscout/ Bidding for a share of the estimated $132 billion spent annually by teens, online and off, Socialwise Inc. has launched BillMyParents. It’s an online payment platform that teens can use to make purchases at Amazon.com, and soon at several video game sites. On the way is a social shopping application ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/no-credit-card-no-problem-as-online-teen-shoppers-just-say-billmyparents/ As inclined as I am to disparage systems that put the Web in the middle of the parent/child relationship, I actually think this idea works. It doesn't reduce or remove communication in a family, in fact it could increase it. And it makes it easier to mark, track, and purchase ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/billmyparents-makes-it-easy-for-kids-to-spend-parents-money/ The idea of the youth payment system is to capture some of the $40 billion spent by kids who end up shopping at traditional retailers only because without a credit card, they have no way to pay for stuff online... Read more about BillMyParents in the Reuters Blog http://news.billmyparents.com/news/don%e2%80%99t-look-at-me-im-just-a-kid-bill-my-parents/ New Payment Processing System Enables Teens and Tweens to Make Secure Online Purchases, Parents Get Insight and Control Over Expenditures San Diego, CA – May 18, 2009 – Socialwise, Inc. (OTCBB: SCLW) today launched BillMyParents, an innovative online youth payment system that gives teens the freedom to shop online and parents ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/press_releases/billmyparents-launches-unique-online-payment-system-for-teens-and-parents/ Well, the idea of creating a service that will allow parents to trace purchases of their children is actually original and interesting. Its main advantage is that in this case children cannot pay for the items they want without parents’ consent and thus they avoid debts on credit cards. Read more ... http://news.billmyparents.com/news/billmyparents-learn-how-your-parents-can-pay-for-your-e-shopping-ecommerce-journal/