#fonenode

You may have heard of the call button we launched in conjunction with Hotels.ng earlier today. The fonenode call button allows visitors to your website to call you directly without the need to install any software.

The website owner is billed for the calls at the rate of N15/min .

To install a call button on your site, all you need to do install a javascript code where you want the button to be

Here are the steps.

Register for a fonenode account on https://fonenode.com/

Login and go to the settings page under accounts

3.  Click on the call button tab

Update the number you want to receive the calls on. Make sure it is in the international format (Nigerian numbers only)

Update the code of your website as seen on this page https://fonenode.com/docs/button

Buy credit when your credit finishes.

If you have any questions or need help email us at [email protected], tweet @Fonenode or leave a comment here.

Businesses that have integrated the button include Hotels.ng and Simply Infants

For quite a lot of people, they simply want to know what Fonenode can do for them now. Telephony API is simply technical jargon.

One of the low hanging fruit applications of Fonenode is a way to verify a phone number entered in your website or mobile app. It might be important for the registration of your website or to secure a transaction.

Most people are aware of OTP by Quickteller or the call that you get when you sign up for WhatsApp. Something like Fonenode is used for it.

So we built a live demo (http://demo.fonenode.com/otp/) you can try out to see Fonenode in practical action. Put your number in the international format without the plus sign (234802XXXXX). The code used can be found here.

So you no longer need to go for long meetings with telcos to do you your number verification, that can be sorted easily from the comfort of your home.

Logo So we finally got a logo done. We hope you like it. That symbol is a node and we chose blue because it is a soothing colour. No complicated reason behind the choice.

SSL We also got an SSL certificate for our website and API. You can now be certain that any interaction you or your application is having with our website is fully encrypted.  Our API docs and Fonenode code repo have been updated to reflect this change

Challenges

Payments have been manual (bank transfers!!!) but we are working hard to get a good payment option that works for everyone in the long term

It has not been easy communicating the use of Fonenode to non-developers but we are working on improving that. However, if you have a website and would like to know how Fonenode may be useful to you, please drop us a line [email protected]

Per Second Billing We are aware that per second billing is a fairer pricing scheme. We are working with our partners to convert our cost from per min to per second so we can transfer that flexibility you. Please be patient. Of course, if you have any questions our contact details are here Other: We have been amazed at the response we have got so far and we’re closing in on 100 registered developers most of who have finished their free credits.

There are also some really interesting applications and usecases coming up. We cannot wait to share them with you.