What is Zong (mobile payments)?
{{wikify|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox Company | company_name = Zong | company_logo = File:Zong Mobile Payments.png| company_type = | company_slogan = | foundation = 2008 | location = [[Menlo Park, California]], [[USA]] | industry = [[Telecommunication]]s <br> [[Mobile communication]]s <br> [[Payment]]s | key_people = | num_employees = 80| products = [[Electronic payment]]s <br> [[Mobile Payment]]s | owner = [[eBay|eBay Inc.]] | revenue = | net_income = | parent = | homepage = [http://www.zong.com Official] | }} '''Zong''' was a mobile payment company that allowed users to make [[payment]]<nowiki/>s of small amounts of [[money]] on the [[internet]] through postpaid mobile phones.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/zong-lets-you-bill-web-apps-to-your-phone/ |title=Zong Lets You Bill Web Apps To Your Phone |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2008-09-08 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> These payments were charged in mobile phone bills by the mobile operator.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zong.com/help |title=Consumer help and FAQs &#124; Zong, Merchant help and FAQs |publisher=Zong |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24 |archive-date=2014-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701232324/https://zong.com/help |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2014}} The company was bought by [[eBay]] in 2011<ref>{{cite web|author=5:21 pm ETJul 7, 2011 |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/07/07/ebays-zong-deal-mobile-payments-are-all-fun-games/ |title=EBay’s Zong Deal: Mobile Payments Are All Fun & Games - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2011-07-07 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> and disappeared in 2015. Zong was based on [[PayPal]] based service. Many [[online game]]<nowiki/>s and social networks supported its mobile payment system. It can also be used to buy non-physical things. Zong was the global division of the mobile payment company [[Echovox]]. It was started in 2008 and [[eBay]] bought it in 2011. It is connected with 67