Send SMS for FREE and read SMS for money in India – youmint.com

India is one of the countries where SMS (Text Messaging) are heavily used. With Indian telecom subscribers continuing to grow at an healthy rate, mobile value added services are looked upon as an industry. We have heard about many mobile based startups (like for gaming, advertisements, micro payments, etc., ) in India. The latest one to the list is YouMint.com. May be the founder is inspired by youtube success story and has kept “you” prefix for his company.

YouMint.com combines some of the mobile value added services which other startups are already offering under a single roof. It lets you to send FREE SMS to anybody in India. cool isn’t ? Also, get paid when you read your SMS coming from youmint.com. wow! You send SMS for free and read SMS for money! That is not all. You can also download free contents like ringtones, wallpapers and others to your mobile. Ok, now the company name makes sense a bit. You mint money through these services and so youmint.com. All is well, but, is there any catch in these services ?

Yeah, you will be able to send 80 character long SMS and rest 80 characters will be used by youmint.com to server contextual ads. Also, you can form groups and opt for receiving promotional SMS and emails and earn money on reading them. You can either get directly paid, or you can always exchange these points for free goodies like mobile talktime, ringtones, wallpapers, games, Free Air tickets and others. What an IDEA Sir Ji ?

When someone you refer joins YouMint and takes up the ZipCash Offer, you will instantly get Rs. 5 (see comments section for updated info) in your ZipCash Wallet which you can use to spend on prepaid recharges, utility bills etc. You will also receive a credit of Rs 3 (see comments section for updated info) for every person who your referrals bring on-board. You get paid for people who join your network and complete their registration by verifying their mobile number. That seems to be a viral marketing.

Within short time of launch, YouMint.com has grabbed handful of advertisers – Bharat Matrimony, TimesJobs, SimplyMarry, Juxt Consultancy, Star Movies, Nokia, Max New York Life, Tata Sky, Barclays Bank and TripMela. You can find more information on YouMint founders here