If you have a roaming phone from the Philippines, use an OFW Globe SIM card or need to reload your Smart OFW SIM the 500 peso and 1000peso load keep your sim loaded so you don’t have to worry about the sim being deactivated from load running out. All Globe loads you buy on Aryty.com use the Globe AutoLoadMax system so you’re loaded right away. Smart is eload as well so no need to wait for your load. Why hassle buying reload cards when you can buy load using Aryty.com!

Remember all loads work for Touch Mobile and Addict Mobile. Think how happy your loved ones will be with 500 or 1000 peso load!

The influential blogging crew (a.k.a. BoB) included Jayvee Fernandez, Sasha Manuel, Gail dela Cruz Villanueva, Annalyn Jusay, Markku Seguerra, Ederic Eder, Mike Villar, Aileen Apolo and J. Angelo Racoma. I was also happy to see my friend Veronica Bartolome who just happened to be in Manila and made time to join us.

While it was nice to demonstrate how easy it is to buy Globe, Smart or Sun eload and discuss some of our future plans for Aryty the part I enjoyed the most was getting feedback and suggestions from the group. What a great opportunity to avail insight from some of the brightest in blogsphere! Conversation included subjects parang G-Cash, Smart Money, online loading, sari sari’s, OFW’s, remittances, new Aryty features and plenty about Globe, Smart and Sun loading habits.

The Roundtable

No Name Cafe Next Time?

Gail and Jayvee

Peace!

Salamat po!

You can check out these All Star’s blogs below. And if we missed you on this trip to Manila drop us a line so we can make sure to invite you to our next gathering! Hope to see you~

The Parody
Kutitots
Ajay’s Writings on the Wall
Rebelpixel Productions
ederic@cyberspace
Mike Villar
Stitching
The J Spot
Pinoy Centric
s’assombrir ange immortelle
A Bugged Life

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It is estimated that over 200,000 Filipina OFW’s work in Japan as entertainers sending home more that a half billion dollars to their families in the Philippines. As the economy in Japan continues to improve there will probably be an increasing demand for even more labor from the Philippines. Not just entertainers but caregivers as well due to the aging population in Japan.

With so many Filipina’s sending money back from Japan I am sure they would love an easy way to buy load or send load to family in the Philippines. Maybe it’s time for Aryty accept Yen!

Services Targeting Filipina’s in Roppongi

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The Philippines is the 4th largest remittance market in the world making up about 14% of the country’s GDP! This story did a good job at presenting the mixed blessing of remittances while giving an interesting look into the lives of the OFW’s that send them.

NYT Magazine Story Here

Millions of OFW’s around the world send money and load back home. These new mobile remittance services promise to make it cheaper and easier than ever for Filipino’s to help their loved one’s all at the speed of text. Take a look at this video about Globe’s award winning G-Cash and microfinance.

A strong peso is nice for Filipino’s who send their kids to school overseas or want to take a vacation in the states but it’s not great for those who want to send money to the Philippines or buy Philippine goods because you get fewer pesos for the dollar.

WOW! Tingnan mo ito!

We always try to keep the cost of sending load to the Philippines as low as possible for Aryty customers. Unfortunately we cannot control currency fluctuation. When the Peso goes up the price of load will increase and when the Peso goes down load prices will decline as well. And rest assured, while the dollar might be worth a little less for the time being, the gift of load is not!

Virtual worlds and economies are growing in popularity and the purchase of their currencies be it acorns or other is becoming big business. The cool thing about trading digital goods is the cross border earning potential to buy and sell items. In virtual economies the world is truly flat. The Gold Farmers in China are a great example. Job opportunities become local allowing people to stay with their families instead of having to head overseas to find work like todaysOFW’s. The future Pilipino bayanis might be W.O.W. players.

Sparter will drive efficiency of prices and allow sellers direct access to buyers reducing the need for brokers. This means more money in the pockets of the people who earned it! We like that so here’s a pound for the Sparter team and best of luck for success! I hope they become huge.

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