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API: LET VTPASS.COM SERVE YOU WELL

The first question that will be on your lips is what is an API?

Well, here is a textbook definition:

An API stands for “Application Programming Interface.” An API is a set of commands, function, protocols and objects that programmers can use to create software or interact with an external system. It provides developers with standard commands for performing common operations so they do not have to write the code from scratch.

But not all of us are computer geeks or nerds. Ok, most of us are not. So here are simple, fun ways of understanding what an Application Programming Interface (API) is:

You buy an extension, which you intend using to charge your phone, laptop and the likes. For the extension to work, you are not going to plug straight to the transformer next to your house, or the wire transmitting electric current to you, right? No, you need an interface. Something that can stand in the gap and collect the energy from the electric current down to you. You need a socket. This socket which is usually connected to a wire on the wall serves as an interface to which you plug your extension. This in response to the interface, enables you to charge your phone and any other thing.

The API is just like that socket, except it is something you can’t see and it has more to do with the internet world.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

You want to buy rice and chicken from your favourite restaurant. Now, do you just go into the kitchen where it is being cooked or stored? And then demand a plate of rice and chicken? Of course, not, there is an attendant, a waiter. In this case, an interface that delivers your request for a hamburger to the kitchen staff. They in response to your request, hand over the food to the waiter, who will, in turn, place it before you. And then, lunch or dinner is served. Or breakfast, if you are the one that does late meals or does not fancy the routine bread, tea and egg.

The waiter has served as an API, relaying messages for you all in a bid to deliver a service. You must have guessed by now that in the real sense, the person making the request is not a person, but codes. Just like the waiter and kitchen staff responding to the requests are are all codes.

So, simply put, APIS are messengers that take requests from a user end, go to the right quarters to deliver the message. And then relays back an answer to the user again. In a technical sense, you use an API when you employ the code written by someone else or their database for your own purpose, or to service your own website.

WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW API?

There are a lot of ways knowing how the API works can profit an average online business person. Say, you have a natural hair blog that sometimes needs to display videos. You might not have these videos at all. But by integrating Youtube’s API to your site, these videos can be displayed on your site.

It is through this the API that many videos on YouTube get featured on sites that clearly are not Youtube. Another easy way of using API is having a website where you need people to sign in or login. Because you know Google or Facebook already have the sign in feature which is way professional. On proper request, you can simply use Google or Facebook’s sign in feature. So that, what you will have on your own website is “sign in with Google or Login with Facebook”. You might be nodding in understanding right now. That’s good, but there is something even better.

LET VTPASS.COM SERVE YOU WELL

Vtpass.com is your one-stop online payment platform through which you can pay for any such service like your phone airtime, Cable TV subscription, Electricity bill and other services. Because of its widespread reach, you can utilise the services we offer at vtpass.com anywhere and at any time. All that needs be done is:

Select the service you want to pay for and enter the necessary details.

Pay.

And if you want to do bigger things as an IT brain, you can integrate Vtpass.com’s API into your website or application and begin to sell any of these services to those in contact with your website or app. What this means is that you get to resell such services as 9mobile, MTN, GLO, Airtel airtime and data subscriptions, electricity bills for almost all electricity distribution companies, educational payments such as WAEC Scratch Card, cable TV subscriptions and so much more. And if you are not the technical specialist, but you have a website through which you can sell our services, you can consult your web developer or programmer who will, in turn, visit our website vtpass.com or consult our support centre and make you a retailer of our services.

And if you are not the technical specialist. But you have a website through which you can sell any of our services. You can consult your web developer or programmer. The programmer will, in turn, visit our website vtpass.com or consult our support centre. And make you a retailer of our services. But the first step is logging into vtpass.com and trying your hands on the services we sell such as phone airtime, electricity bills, data subscriptions, DStv, Startimes and GOtv subscriptions and so on. This first step will definitely take you off guard into a place of greater beginnings.

iPHONE 8-X BECOMES REVOLUTIONARY WITH VTPASS.COM

Let’s talk revolutionary.

In 1948, Robert Heinlein wrote one of his now popular science fiction called Space Cadet. It told of 2075 and a Cadet, Matt Dodson, who amidst his investigative task on Venus, found out time to pick a call from his father,

“Say your telephone is sounding.”

“Oh!” Matt fumbled in his pouch and got out his phone. “Hello?”

But hey, that is only meant to happen in the year 2075, right? Well, you know that’s not true because though we are barely out of the year 2017, a whole lot more can be done than being able to dial folks and wave a virtual hi from anywhere in the world or outer world. It seemed Robert’s scientific fictional forecast gored the oxen of the factual technological scientists. So much that from the next year, 1949, the invention of the mobile phone went past being a playful hypothesis and military experiments. And became being a stark reality in every individual life, as stark as living itself.

THE SMART EVOLUTION

The evolution of mobile phone has transcended imaginative limits to become the smartphones we now know. But no, in spite of the unthinkable feat that has already been achieved in this realm.There has been no stopping. Not with the recent launch of yet another Apple’s advanced iPhone versions. The iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.

TWO PEAS IN A POD

Vtpass.com, in like manner, has excelled in being an unbeatable online payment platform through which payments for your phone airtime, data subscription, electricity bills and cable TV subscriptions. Though not the first of its kind, it has proven to be the only one of its kind, considering the rate of speed, convenience and efficiency with which dispenses of pending bills. From anywhere you are and at any time, you can pay for your 9mobile, Airtel, MTN, GLO airtime and data subscription, electricity bills and cable TV subscription, and watch yourself relax even as the service paid for reaches you at the very nick of time.

Now if you are wondering what makes an iPhone 8 – X different from the other iPhones. That is, apart from the fact that it costs $800-1000. And makes your girlfriend or boyfriend pine for it like it were some secret lover, then we got you covered.

FEATURES OF THE NEW iPhone 8-X

Wireless Charging

At first, when Apple announced their intention to incorporate wireless charging, it sounded virtually impossible. But they have proven they were not bluffing one bit as their new line of phones now feature wireless charging. Added to this is the fast- charging feature. This might look nothing to anyone using an Android. But the past iPhones are typical for how slow their charging process. The new iPhones, according to claims, can now reach a 50% within the space of 30 minutes. And that can be used for the whole day.

Dust and Water Resistant

That you can accidentally drop your phone into a cup of water or a heap of dust and still come back to meet it healthy and waiting drowsily after a whole 30 minutes, it’s quite a big deal. This is what iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X promise, and really, it’s a helluva awesome feature.

Glass and Aluminium design

The back of the iPhone 8-X is made of glass. Now, this might not sound like a quality feature, but it would make better sense if you knew the glass is ion-strengthened, and an oleophobic coating. Also, the glassy thingy helps the battery charge faster,

Battery and Shelf Life:

Talking about batteries, the battery for the new iPhones are deemed to be smaller yet better and lasts two hours more than its predecessor, iPhone.

Color Accuracy

This is one feature of the new iPhones. Alongside this, they also have a cinema wide colour gamut, True tone display and 3D touch, HDR photo and panorama shot, super retina display, 16M colour and a great video coverage ability.

Biometric Detection

What this implies is that the phones will be made accessible only by face/smile authentication and touch focus.

Other features

There are other features of the iPhones which include new chipsets, the Apple Watch that makes streaming possible without having another iPhone nearby, the minimal bezel and OLED features, geo-tagging and the massive 64GB storage.

Vtpass.com

Now there is a lot of people who can’t wait to get their hands on these pretty amazing models. When you do get any of the iPhones, you would want to put it to good use. You can do this best by making vtpass.com your one-stop convenience store. By visiting vtpass.com, selecting your service provider- 9mobile, MTN, GLO, Airtel and paying, you can make sure your phone never runs out of all the airtime or data subscription you need to explore all the other great features of your iPhone.

Not just that, you can keep your electricity’s current constantly flowing by logging into vtpass.com, just as you can renew your DStv, GOtv, Startimes subscription right where you are in the nick of time. You do know what this means, right? It means that with Vtpass.com, you can take on the world without pressure, without stress, in just three easy steps- LOG ON, SELECT, PAY.

Now, this is what you call revolutionary.

DSTV BOUQUETS AND HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THEM

Life is best enjoyed in Techno-colors and mirror blues; in wonderlands and mythical seas spanning digital screens; laughter soaring from four corners and tears drowning a transparent black; football matches causing jabs across centre tables. Ok, there is no sense in this, right? But this is what being immersed in the near yet far-away world of a cable TV like DStv can do. It inspires grave thoughts.

Accordingly, DStv is a Pay-TV, provided by Multichoice Africa, a leading video entertainment provider. It serves as a medium for airing local and international channels including first run films, documentaries, news and sports, children’s animations and educative programs.

But hey, this should not be told, the various programs really do speak for themselves. As in, how else do Nigerians enjoy their favourite episodic Telenovela series on Telemundo, trailblazing football matches on SuperSports, Hollywood Blockbusters on M-net, Nollywood’s locally scentedJenifa’s Diary on Africa Magic or heartrending seasonal thrillers like Game of Thrones? Maybe, you are presently wondering why you have been missing out on all the good stuff even though you are plugged to a DStv. The truth is that you might be plugged into a very wrong cord.

In any case, here is a list of DStv bouquets that offers you the best and the very best of hot, smoking channels that will keep you inspired and alive.

LIST OF DSTV BOUQUETS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED OUT ON

DSTV BOUQUETS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

DStv German Only- #3640

French Only- #6050

Asia Only- #5050

Dstv Premium German Only- #15920

Premium French- #19680

Premium Asia- #16530

For Premium German Asia- 17360

For Premium French German- 21300

Premium French Asia- 24480

Premium French German Asia-26100

For Mini Asia- 10800

Mini German- 9640

Mini German Asia- 14440

DStv Family Asia- #8850

Family German-#6640

Now, as you can see, this is more variety than you ever thought there was. Now you can pick from any of the English bouquets, and if you are keen on stepping into other worlds and knowing what flavour they got to offer, there is a whole lot of that as well. Consequently, to subscribe to any of these bouquets, all you need do is click on any of the bouquets you want. And you will be redirected to a place where with a simple bit of detail, you can pay for your choice bouquet.

So, if you have tried it and you are wondering why it takes that short a time to go connected to any bouquet, then you would want to know about vtpass.com.

VTPASS.COM

Vtpass.com is a fast and easy way to subscribe to any DStv bouquet. Not only that, you can pay for your Airtel, MTN, GLO and 9mobile phone airtime as well as subscribe to any data bundle you desire. Just as well, you can pay your electricity bill through vtpass.com. All you need do is follow these three easy steps:

Log in to vtpass.com

Select the service you want to pay for and enter its details in a displayed form

Pay.

Finally, by logging in to vtpass.com, life becomes much more convenient and fun as you can settle your pending bills from anywhere you are and at anytime. You just cross over to vtpass.com and you would agree more that life is best enjoyed with vtpass.com.

ELECTRICITY METERS: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Electricity has, no doubt, been a blessing to every individual life. And though it seems there are more miles to cover before we attain the status of constant, stable electricity in Nigeria, we can’t ignore the fact that right steps are being taken in the right direction. First off, there is the decentralisation of power distribution and partial handing over of power management and administration onto private companies with the purport of ensuring a more effective, less bureaucratic control over the power sector.

Also, the sale and installation of prepaid meters in individual homes have gone a long way in stamping a seal of accountability on the minds of Nigerians. Not only can individuals gauge and estimate the rate of electricity they consume, but they can also control it. So that the company only charge them for the exact amount of energy they consume. As great as having the prepaid or postpaid meter may be, it poses certain questions which if not readily and rightly answered can put off any consumer. Here at Vtpass.com, we have provided ready, responsive answers to all such questions as can be seen below.

WHERE TO PAY

Having to go far away to distant outlets can be quite an energy-sapping task. And a time wasting one too. But why go through a lot of stress paying for your electricity bill when you can, from wherever you are, simply sit back and pay for it in three easy steps. Vtpass.com affords you the opportunity of doing this, just as it affords you the opportunity to pay for your phone airtime, data subscription and cable tv subscription. You want to try it now?

Just log in to vtpass.com.

Select Pay Electricity Bill and enter your details on the displayed form.

Pay.

A token will be generated for you in form of an email or text message. You only have to input the number of the token into the meter.

HOW TO PAY

When paying for your electricity bill, one thing you need to know is your meter number. But oh, you are thinking, my meter number. Isn’t it the one on the card that comes with the meter? Well, you will be right if you are not talking about the long list containing both alphabets and numbers. Because that is only the serial number, not the meter number. Meter numbers are strictly numbers, no alphabets included.

Again, meter numbers are not just found on cards, they can also be found on the meters. It all depends on where you live and hence, which distribution company you belong to. In fact, they are also called account numbers in some regions. The pattern of the meter number also varies based on each distribution company.

With these meter numbers, you can pay your electricity bill on vtpass.com by simply logging in, entering your details including your meter number and paying. Just remember that your meter numbers are strictly numbers.

WHAT YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR ELECTRICITY METER

Beyond buying and installing your meter, you might want to know about the pending debt on your meter. This pending debt usually comes with almost every new meter and needs to be cleared before any proper use. You can make proper enquiries about the exact amount of the pending debt on your new meter and then clear it on vtpass.com. Log in to vtpass.com, enter the amount of the debt alongside your meter number and pay.

Also, you can make payment for your 9mobile, Airtel, MTN, GLO airtime and data subscription on vtpass.com. Again, renew your DStv, GOtv and Startimes subscriptions and so much more by visiting vtpass.com.

PHCN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Following the privatisation of PHCN (Power Holding Company of Nigeria), several different electricity companies are now responsible for the disbursal of electricity and the handling of electricity payments. What this has done is decentralise the means for the payment electricity bills so that they are now paid based on where individuals live. The distribution companies as they stand presently include the following.

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC)- Solely for those on the mainland, (Ikeja and environs).

Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED)- Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa and River states.

Eko Electricity Distribution PLC– For those on the island (Lagos and Agbara regions).

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)-– Federal Capital territory, Kogi State, Niger State, Nassarawa State.

Jos Electricity Distribution PLC– Benue, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau states, Saminaka in Kaduna state.

Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC)- Kano, Katsina, Jigawa.

PHCN ELECTRICITY PAYMENT

There are a few more electricity companies, who like the ones here, own and maintain the distribution network and support equipment within the zone. These companies also manage meter installation and servicing, billing, coordinate consumer credit service and collect revenue. It is no gainsaying that despite a reasonable distribution of zones, the reach of these distribution companies does not at all span the length and breadth of the country.

More so, it can be quite a handful trying to understand the workings of these companies, especially if you are just a consumer using power to meet your everyday needs. What can be more of a handful, though, is going through the process of paying for your electricity bill. Rather than worry about companies and distribution centres, why don’t you merely cross over to vtpass.com, an online payment platform, that ensures a speedy and convenient payment of your electricity

Rather than worry about companies and distribution centres, why don’t you merely cross over to vtpass.com? Vtpass.com is an online payment platform, that ensures a speedy and convenient payment of your electricity bills.

Just by logging in to vtpass.com, you can pay for your electricity bill without bulging from where you are and have your electricity token sent to you almost immediately. On this site, vtpass.com, you can also pay for your 9mobile, Airtel, MTN, GLO airtime and data subscription as well as your DStv, GOtv, Startimes subscription. To make payment into any of the electricity companies, simply click on the one you want to pay into.

TV SUBSCRIPTION: JUST WHERE YOUR SMART CARD NUMBER IS

Have you just bought a new DStv, GOtv or Startimes decoder or you just found out that your tv subscription has been exhausted? Of course, you would need to renew your subscription using an online payment platform like vtpass.com, where you can, with convenience and speed, pay all your pending bills. Everyday payments like the electricity bills, phone airtime, data subscription and of course, subscription for your decoder can be paid for once you log in to vtpass.com. This way, you can renew your tv subscription and continue to sit back in the comfort of those channels you think are just for you.

But first, you would need to know just where that smart card number without which you cannot make a payment.

DSTV SMART CARD NUMBER

For your DStv smart card number, you don’t have to look too far. As the smart card number is right on the card that comes along with the decoder.

how that can be done.

STARTIMES SMART CARD NUMBER

Also, this applies just as well for your Startimes smart card number. Alongside the Startimes decoder is a card containing the smart card number. And allowing you to renew your subscription on vtpass.com. By just logging in to

vtpass.com, selecting Startimes and entering your smart card number and bouquet plan, you will at the spot get a renewal of your subscription.

GOTV IUC NUMBER

For Gotv, rather than look for a smart card number, you should be looking for an IUC number and this is located right at the back of the decoder. Every GOtv decoder has its IUC number right at the back of the decoder itself.

So there it goes. You can visit vtpass.com to renew your decoder, buy your 9mobile, Airtel, MTN, GLO airtime and data subscription, as well as pay your electricity bills.

Great Friday, great life. It is yet another weekend and what better way to enjoy it than to catch up with the distant friends and families that you miss. It is with this in mind that you would want to keep your phone actively online and buy as much data as you can afford.

Remarks on end have shown that Airtel has proven to be topmost in offering fast network services and cheap data bundles. Well, if you don’t believe in cheap, the Airtel data bundles that will be listed below all come with 10% bonuses. Ten extra percent of any data bundle you subscribe. Of course, this will really come in handy for you. Way too handy, in fact.

So below is a list of Airtel data bundles with ten percent extras and how you can in the quickest time subscribe to them.

List of Airtel Data Bundles

#50- 10MB + 10% BONUS- 1 DAY

#99- 50MB + 10% BONUS- 1 DAY

#200- 200MB + 10% BONUS- 3 DAYS

#300- 350MB + 10& BONUS- 7 DAYS

#500- 750MB + 10% BONUS- 14 DAYS

#1000- 1.5GB + 10% BONUS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA- 30 DAYS

#2000- 3.5GB + 10% BONUS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA- 30 DAYS

#2500- 5GB + 10% BONUS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA- 30 DAYS

#3500- 7GB + 10% BONUS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA- 30 DAYS

#4000- 9GB + 10% BONUS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA- 30 DAYS

#5000- 10GB + 10% BONUS- 30 DAYS

#8000- 16GB + 10% BONUS- 30 DAYS

#10, 000- 22GB + 10% BONUS- 30 DAYS

#15, 000- 30GB + 10% BONUS- 60 DAYS

#36, 000- 50GB + 10% BONUS- 180 DAYS

#70, 000- 100GB + 10% BONUS- 365 DAYS

#136, 000- 200GB + 10% BONUS- 365 DAYS

Wondering how to subscribe to these amazing offers? Well, JUST CLICK ON THE ONE YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO. Yes, it’s that simple. Once, you click on it, you will be redirected to vtpass.com where you can enter in your details, pay for it and get your bundle.

ABOUT VTPASS.COM

Vtpass.com is your one stop online payment platform through which you can pay for any such service like your phone airtime, Cable TV subscription, Electricity bill and other services. Because of its widespread reach, you can utilise the services we offer at vtpass.com anywhere and at any time.

Also, you can send airtime to others, as well as recharge your phone through Vtpass.com. There is no limit to the number of people or amount of airtime you can send. Vtpass.com has proven over time to be the reliable courier to whom you can entrust the payment of your bills to be done with speed and convenience.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

Sharing airtime with your loved ones through Vtpass.com can be done in three easy steps:

Log on to vtpass.com.

Select the network you want to pay for and enter the phone number you want to pay into in the displayed form.

Pay.

It’s as easy as it looks.

REGISTERING ON VTPASS.COM

Registering on vtpass.com affords a lot of privileges that you otherwise wouldn’t have gotten round to exploring. For one thing, you can credit your wallet when you register. The vtpass.com e-wallet is a deposit avenue on Vtpass.com where you pay in any amount and can at any time use it to fund payment for your phone airtime or any other service you wish to pay for. Not only does this save you the stress and worries of paying for services in cash, it also helps you ration your expenses while still able to share and care for your peeps.

SHARE AND EARN

The good news is apart from using vtpass.com to share with your loved ones, you can also earn more money. To start with, there is the Refer a Friend program, whereby you share with a friend and earn a specific commission of every transaction your friend performs. The Affiliate program is even bigger. By sharing on your website the banners of Vtpass.com, you earn a commission of any transaction performed through your website. Again, there is the widget program… Now, find more reasons to share and care for your peeps and pals. Visit vtpass.com NOW.

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