{"id":6823,"date":"2024-03-19T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/interview-with-bojokos-christoffer-odegarden-on-the-popularity-of-mobile-deposits\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:25:56","slug":"interview-with-bojokos-christoffer-odegarden-on-the-popularity-of-mobile-deposits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/interview-with-bojokos-christoffer-odegarden-on-the-popularity-of-mobile-deposits\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Bojoko\u2019s Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden on the Popularity of Mobile Deposits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paying with your phone bill has become increasingly popular for UK gamblers, but to what extent are casinos catering to this niche, and why are Brits drawn to this solution? We sat down once more with industry expert Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden, head of casino at the popular UK casino affiliate Bojoko.com, to get answers to these and other questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00d8deg\u00e5rden has previously helped us shed light on how offering a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/interview-with-christoffer-odegarden-head-of-the-casino-at-bojoko\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diversity of deposit methods<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a clear, positive effect on FTDs for online casinos. In this interview, he will elaborate on the safety, accessibility and value of pay-by-phone bill deposit methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do so many UK players prefer to pay by mobile?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><i>Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: When you play using your phone, there are certain limitations you have to take into account. You may not have all your passwords with you, or you don\u2019t want to type in card details out of fear of exposing them to unsafe networks. Having the right deposit methods available is the key.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay by Mobile deposit methods consider this. For example, when you deposit by phone bill, you only need your phone number, which people can rattle off the top of their heads at any time. This is one of the reasons why our page dedicated to casinos that allow players to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bojoko.com\/casino\/pay-mobile-phone\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deposit by phone bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is as popular as it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, what we see is that the majority of UK casinos do not cater to these players.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-logo-title-box box-100 text-left relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-box box-25 relative img-radius\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Visit Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t<amp-img alt=\"Kats Casino\" src=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kats-casino-1.jpg.webp\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" layout=\"fixed\"><br \/>\n\t\t<\/amp-img><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-title box-25 relative py-10\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Kats Casino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kats Casino<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n\t\t<strong><strong>250% Extra + $125 Free Chip!<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"pt-1\">New players only. 250% on 1st Deposit + $125 Free Chip<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-rating box-25 relative mb-10\">\n<div class=\"rating-box text-center box-100  relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-rating-box relative\">\n<div class=\"stars\"><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-rating-notice relative\">Casino<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-button box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-button-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Visit Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\tVisit Site<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can casinos best cater to players who wish to deposit by phone bill?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><i>Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden<\/i><\/strong>: It is straightforward. They just need to incorporate popular pay-by-mobile solutions. Boku and PayForIt are the two most common payment methods, and frankly, it is very strange how casinos just do not add them to their list of deposit methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Players are actively searching for casinos that feature these two payment methods, or just pay by mobile casinos in general, as brand names in themselves are not important to all. Most casinos just have a generic Pay by Mobile button, which uses one of these methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you work with us and implement these options, you will be featured on our overview of pay-by-mobile casinos and the pages dedicated to the individual payment methods as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How popular are these methods in real, measurable terms?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><i>Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If we combine the various search terms for pay-by-mobile casinos in the UK alone, we are looking at well over 10,000 searches a month. Thousands of Brits are also specifically looking for casinos that offer Boku as a deposit method, again, every single month.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-logo-title-box box-100 text-left relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-box box-25 relative img-radius\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Visit Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t<amp-img alt=\"Kats Casino\" src=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kats-casino-1.jpg.webp\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" layout=\"fixed\"><br \/>\n\t\t<\/amp-img><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-logo-title box-25 relative py-10\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Kats Casino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kats Casino<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n\t\t<strong><strong>250% Extra + $125 Free Chip!<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"pt-1\">New players only. 250% on 1st Deposit + $125 Free Chip<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-rating box-25 relative mb-10\">\n<div class=\"rating-box text-center box-100  relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-rating-box relative\">\n<div class=\"stars\"><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><span class=\"star on\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-rating-notice relative\">Casino<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-button box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-button-ins box-100 text-center relative\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/site\/kats-casino\/\" title=\"Visit Site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\tVisit Site<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These players land on affiliate sites such as Bojoko to compare the casinos, and as they are actively looking for casinos where they can make a deposit, they often do just that. In other words, these search terms, and our pages for them, have high <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.useproof.com\/calculate-conversion-rate\/\">conversion rates<\/a>, and casinos that are listed on them are practically guaranteed a noticeable increase in their FTDs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How safe are phone deposits?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><i>Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Pay by Phone deposits are regulated and safe to use. From a technical standpoint, these are perfectly fine methods and have no issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is worth noting is that these are so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/casino-invoice-play-now-pay-later-1459\/\">play-now-pay-later<\/a> methods. Playing this way can be potentially harmful, as it is easier to lose track of how much you have spent, and with that, there is a potential of playing with money you don\u2019t have. Fortunately, safety measures have been built into them to keep things in check. For example, you can only deposit very limited amounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are more online casinos not allowing pay by mobile options?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><i>Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden<\/i><\/strong>:<em> Brits have used phones as the main way to gamble online for several years, and all UK online casinos are mobile-first. However, for reasons that are beyond me, they are taking a significant amount of time to get on board with pay by mobile deposit methods.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One excuse that gets a lot of smaller operators off the hook is that their brand is hosted on a platform with built-in payment methods and without the ability to change these payment methods. I don\u2019t want to speculate too much on why the platforms themselves have yet chosen to incorporate them, but it may be that they think the basic options are enough for small casinos.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, casinos that choose their own payment methods are missing out on valuable potential players without a good reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/interview-with-bojokos-christoffer-odegarden-on-the-popularity-of-mobile-deposits\/\">Interview with Bojoko\u2019s Christoffer \u00d8deg\u00e5rden on the Popularity of Mobile Deposits<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paying with your phone bill has become increasingly popular for UK gamblers, but to what extent are casinos catering to this niche, and why are Brits drawn to this solution? 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