Is it Safe to use my credit card on any website !?

This is always a question that users have when they want to buy a product on an e-commerce website, the doubt is for a simple reason of loosing money due to Multiple Credit-Card Frauds.


What should an end user do ?

As an end user of the website you can be careful of a few things which will make your online transactions safe.

When you are redirected to the Payment page, make sure that the payment page is an interface of the Payment gateway or in other words you are redirected to a secure payment gateway to make payment (be it of Visa or Master-card or Paypal or of any other credit card).  These payment gateways are PCI compliant and never pass on your credit card information to these website databases besides storing your card information in encrypted form.

So, it would minimize the risk of database being hacked and the information of your credit card stolen, or website owners cheating their end customers.

Also, you can avail the 3D verification or OTP option offered by your credit card companies to authorize any payment done online via your credit card.

What you need to be careful of ?

The  websites which make you enter your card information on their own website and store it in their own database, making you susceptible to online credit-card scam.

Let us know if you have any questions for us.


Cheers !
Technologies33 Team

How to earn money via Internet !?

Everyone wants to earn money. We have access to internet and somehow want to monetize the time we spend on internet, besides wasting a huge amount of time on Facebook and WhatsApp.

Though it is important and a part of global culture to have a Social Network Profile these days. However, most of us do not really monetize or earn anything out of it for the time that we spend on these platforms.

Technologies33 thought to list a few ways in which Internet in general could be a boon for you.

Street smart way to earn:

Lets start with a street smart way to earn some quick money. Everyday we have a hot discussion in the global arena. There is some piece of news which is trending regionally and globally.
The best we can do is to buy a domain which reflects information about that piece of news. And create a small website with all copy paste content from other websites with content on the same news. (I know its not morally correct, which is why I called it a street smart way)
This would mean a huge possibility that your website would get listed on Page 1 or Page 2 on Google Search for that piece of searched news.
But how did you earn money from it ?
Well, you need to have placed Google Ads on this website and place it strategically on the page so that it gets clicked often and you earn money from it.

An example of it is Horoscope website.

Check a few websites and you would realize that text on all of them is mostly the same. In fact an exact same content on various websites is also seen at times.

Also,  such websites would always have ads on them which help them earn money from it.

Monetize Instagram Account:

How to earn money from Instagram: A possible way to earn money from Instagram is to be a regular user of the application with some regular likes and a good number of followers.
If you maintain a theme based account (not really a personal account) with posts about just your city or technology or gadgets or latest fashion trends or cools apps pics, then there is a high possibility that some small company or some new users of Instagram would contact you for a shoutout and you can always charge for it.
That is what is rumored, some international models charge millions of dollars for some accessory or fashion brand like Gigi Hadid or Kim Kardashian.


Facebook Helps too:

How to earn money from Facebook: Well, there is no direct monetization from Facebook (at least we are not aware of one and not really big fans of Facebook) however, Facebook is a great medium to promote your service or Business.
It becomes necessary to have a Facebook Profile because people would search for your product or service or Business on google and due to high page rank of Facebook, your business profile page on Facebook would get listed on the first page, else you might miss visibility.


Get your own Mobile Applications Done:

Try to get services of some mobile application developers to get some small applications coded in your name, it could be some small games, or trivia applications or knowledge/textual application or any small application. And if it clicks you have a huge chance of making some big money.
You can always take the example of "Yo" Application. When it was launched it would just be able to send a Yo to the contacts in the phone book. It became a viral application and got millions of Dollar in venture funding.
You can also get Ad networks integrated on the application which pay the app owners for ever click of the ad on the application.
Also, in-app purchases can be integrated on the application for which Apple charges you 30% of all sales done on Application, so does Google.

Hope you liked a few ways we have described. More possible ways would be described later.


Cheers !
Technologies33 Team

How to choose the best UI Design Company/Partner !?

An important step to realizing a good and a successful product is the User Interface or popularly known as UI of the Product/System.

Sometimes the most feature rich systems are not as successful as their user-friendly counterparts which is the reason platform like "Whatspp" has been more successful than "We Chat"- a platform that existed before whatsapp was coded and ended copying whatsapp User Interface.

With a constant increase in the number of internet users on mobile (which is expected to be 63.4 % globally by the year 2017), it is very important to have a design or User Interface which is user friendly for a Mobile User and looks perfect on a iPad or a Macbook or a Desktop too.

The need of a user interface which looks perfect on all device sizes throws another important question at every site/product owner - How should you choose the best designer to trust with the User Interface ?
Should you spend a fortune approaching a big company to trust their design sense or can you trust a startup company with a handful people ?
What is the best design for your product ?
How much should you spend on Graphic design or an improvised User Interface ?

While the need for an impressive User Interface is really important however, it is not as difficult to choose the right User Interface person to work on improvising the current system or designing a new one, should you consider a few parameters.

- Graphical Design is really subjective, and the same graphic might look good to one and might look horrendous to another user.
However a few things can always be taken care of: The current design trend is of big and bright flat colors, big fonts, grid layout, The design should look perfect on various size of devices from a mobile phone to a large screen of a desktop. Hence, the design should be in correspondence to the latest design trends of Web 2.0

Also, there are a few guidelines that can help you choose the right color
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- Progressive involvement of the client with the designer during all stages of design is really important, as sometimes the designers do tend to misunderstand or overlook a minor but an important detail of the product/system being designed.

Never wait for the final product to be ready to test instead be progressively involved during every stage of theme finalization and try and test every created module or design.

Make sure that you have seen the previous work of the designer who is assigned the work of working new designs for your product.

- A mistake that a lot of people tend to make is when they form an opinion in their head, if designs are coming from a big company who are using a lot of fancy tools and terminology to describe a simple work then it must be good, which is not correct as even big companies go wrong with their final design.

- A very important thing to understand as the owner of the system being developed/improvised is that the User Interface person should ask you enough questions to understand the product.
The design should not just be graphically appealing, it should also create the kind of brand that you want to be created amongst your current and potential users.

- As a client and the owner of the system if you take continued interest in the design or conceptualization of the system you can always end up with quality work working with small companies while spending a whole less amount than you would hiring a big name to get your work designed.

- Another psychological point that can be of help is smaller companies are always looking to make a good portfolio and give all the care and attention to the work at hand.

Hope you liked our perception, do let us know if you want any help from us.

Wish all the readers a Happy New Year!! :)