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Guides for running a paid WiFi hotspot business

Billing, vouchers, mobile money, MikroTik routers and the daily work of running a hotspot, written for operators.

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Hotspot Billing Basics

How to Start a Paid WiFi Hotspot Business

A paid WiFi hotspot business is easy to describe. You buy an internet connection from a provider, set up equipment that controls who can use it, and sell...

27 min read
Packages and Pricing

How to Set Time-Based Internet Packages for Hotspot Customers

If you run a cafe, a guesthouse, or a small reseller business, you already know the problem. Guests want internet, but they do not all want it the same way....

17 min read
Packages and Pricing

How to Set Data Cap Internet Packages for WiFi Users

Data cap internet packages are WiFi plans that give each customer a defined amount of data to use, instead of unlimited consumption. When the allowance is...

18 min read
RADIUS and Sessions

How Session Expiry Works in a Hotspot Billing System

If you run a paid WiFi service, you already know that the hardest support messages are rarely about speed. They are about endings. "Why did I get kicked...

22 min read
Vouchers and Fraud Control

How to Sell Internet Access With WiFi Vouchers

You already pay for an internet connection. Maybe it runs a small hotspot, a cafe, a guest rental, or a shared space where neighbors and travelers keep...

20 min read
Venues and Business Types

How Schools and Campuses Can Manage Controlled WiFi Access

A school runs on connections. Teachers pull up lesson material, students research for assignments, the front office sends parent notices, boarders call home...

13 min read
RADIUS and Sessions

How Router-Enforced Speed Limits Work for WiFi Packages

If you sell WiFi access by time or by data, you have probably asked yourself one question more than once: how do I keep the connection fair for everyone?...

13 min read
Operations and Monitoring

How a REST API Can Connect a Billing System to Other Business Software

If you run a small ISP, you probably know the Friday routine. Someone exports customers from the billing system, someone else exports invoices for the...

18 min read
MikroTik and Routers

How Remote Access Helps Manage MikroTik Hotspot Routers

If you look after hotspot routers installed at sites you cannot reach in a hurry, you already know how frustrating it feels when a small change turns into a...

15 min read
Operations and Monitoring

How to Reduce Revenue Leakage in a Hotspot Business

If you run a paid WiFi zone, you probably know the feeling. The connections look busy, customers keep coming, yet the money in the till does not match the...

16 min read
Mobile Money and Payments

How to Reduce Manual Payment Verification for WiFi Businesses

If you run a hotspot or a small local ISP, you know this routine well. A customer pays with mobile money, then waits. Someone on your team opens a list of...

16 min read
Mobile Money and Payments

How to Reconcile WiFi Voucher Sales and Mobile Money Payments

If you run a WiFi hotspot, work behind a shop counter, or resell vouchers for someone else, you probably take two kinds of payment in the same day. One...

15 min read