Turn foot traffic into revenue
SudoSpot lets people buy WiFi with EcoCash and get online in under a minute, with no staff involved and no app to install. If you own the space and the crowd, SudoSpot turns the connection into a revenue line instead of an expense.
- Paid with EcoCash
- No staff needed
- One code, one device
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The problem
People will pay for a connection if paying is easy
Most venues either give WiFi away as an unpriced cost, or do not offer it at all. Not because the demand is missing, but because there has never been a practical way to collect the money.
What you already have
The location and the crowd. Thousands of people pass through a shopping centre or a terminus every day, and most of them are rationing mobile data.
What has been missing
A way to charge for access without hiring staff to sell it, using a payment method your visitors can actually use.
Why other systems fail here
Hotspot systems built for card markets assume a credit card and a signup flow, so a visitor holding a Zimbabwean phone cannot buy anything at all.
Paying with EcoCash
People do not need internet to buy internet
This is the one thing systems built for card markets get wrong, and it is the reason SudoSpot works in Zimbabwe. Payment happens on the phone network, so a visitor with no data can still buy a bundle.
The prompt arrives over the mobile network
A visitor picks a bundle and types their phone number. The EcoCash prompt lands on their handset over mobile, not over the WiFi they have not paid for yet.
No app, no card, no account
Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. There is no redirect to a payment page the visitor cannot reach.
The code appears on screen
They approve the prompt and the code is shown immediately. It can be emailed as well.
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You will get a prompt on your phone to approve the payment.
For your receipt. Leave blank if you would rather not.
How it works
Four steps on each side of the counter
There is no counter, which is the point. Both flows are built to run without anyone on duty.
For a visitor
- Connect to the WiFi. A purchase page opens automatically.
- Choose a bundle.
- Enter a phone number and approve the EcoCash prompt on the handset.
- Online. The code appears on screen and can be emailed as well.
For a venue
- Sign up the site.
- SudoSpot configures the equipment remotely.
- Set bundles and prices.
- Watch takings from a phone.
What it does
Everything needed to sell WiFi in a busy place
Built around the realities of a venue with a crowd, no counter and nobody on duty to help.
Buy without data
The EcoCash prompt arrives over the mobile network, so a visitor with no data can still pay and get online.
Sells itself
Every purchase is self service start to finish, built to work unassisted by a stranger on a cracked phone screen, first time.
One code, one device
A code binds to the first phone that uses it and will not work on a second. In a crowd, that is the difference between a business and a giveaway.
Prepaid voucher cards
Printed cards can be sold at a till, kiosk, turnstile or information desk. Nothing is charged until a card is used.
Built for events
A site can be set up for a weekend and taken down afterwards, selling a one day pass at its own price.
Data allowance per bundle
Every bundle carries an allowance, and a code works on one device. That is what keeps a shared line usable.
Owners set their own prices
Each site controls its own bundles: duration, data allowance and price. A terminus and a mall can run completely differently.
Several sites, one view
An operator with a mall, a terminus and three events sees them separately and together, with takings per site.
Managed remotely
Routers connect over an encrypted tunnel. Prices, bundles and settings change from a browser, with no site visit.
Power cuts do not cost customers
If power drops mid-session, remaining time is preserved. Buyers are charged for what they used, not for the hours the equipment was dark.
Money tracked properly
Every sale records what the site earned and the commission at that moment. Changing a price later never rewrites what somebody already bought.
Standard hardware
Runs on standard MikroTik routers. No proprietary appliance and no per-router licence.
Keeping it usable
A shared line stays worth paying for
In a crowd, the controls are the product. These are the rules that stop one connection being consumed by a handful of people.
One code, one device
A code binds to the first phone that uses it. Without that, one person buys and shares the code with everyone around them, and the people who paid are the ones who suffer.
An allowance on every bundle
Each bundle carries a data allowance, so a handful of heavy users cannot take the line away from everybody else.
Time survives a power cut
If power drops mid-session, remaining time is preserved. Fewer arguments, and in a venue with nobody to argue with, fewer refunds.
Bundles set per site
Duration, data allowance and price are decided by the site owner, so short passes at a rank and day passes at a mall can coexist.
Prepaid cards
Sell at tills, kiosks and gates
Not everyone will buy on their phone, and not every venue wants them to. Printed voucher cards give staff something physical to sell, without changing how the money is tracked.
Sell them anywhere in the venue
A till, a kiosk, a turnstile, an information desk. Cards reach people before they even connect.
Nothing charged until a card is used
Printing costs nothing. There is no upfront cost to stocking cards and no loss on cards nobody buys.
Good for gates and queues
For a stadium or an event, handing out cards at the gate puts a code in someone’s hand while they wait.
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Who it is for
Anywhere a lot of people are in one place
Whoever owns or controls that space is the buyer. If people gather there, the connection can earn.
- Shopping centres and malls
- Stadiums, arenas and sports grounds
- Bus terminuses, ranks and transport hubs
- Markets, high streets and trading areas
- Campuses and colleges
- Festivals, conferences and shows
- Bars, restaurants and salons
- Lodges, guesthouses and hotels
Events
Built for crowds that arrive and leave
Festivals, conferences, shows and sports fixtures put a large, temporary crowd in one place, all of them short of data. SudoSpot treats that as a site like any other, for exactly as long as it needs to exist.
Stand a site up for a weekend
A site can be configured for the dates it is needed and taken down afterwards.
Price the event on its own terms
Bundles are per site, so a one day pass can be priced for that crowd without touching anywhere else.
Reach people at the gate
Voucher cards handed out on entry put a code in someone’s hand before they have looked for a network.
Running it
Watch the takings from your phone
The dashboard is built for an owner checking on a business, not for a network engineer reading a console.
Overview
Across every site
14
devices with a live session
2 / 2
all reachable
$27.50
22 payments
45
printed and not yet used
$812.50
650 payments
$1.25
across every site
614.8 GB
283
phone numbers buying for the first time
Revenue, last 30 days
Gross taken per day
Every site, separately and together
A mall, a terminus and three events appear on their own and as one picture, with takings per site.
Change anything from a browser
Routers connect over an encrypted tunnel, so prices, bundles and settings change without anyone driving across town.
Earnings recorded at the moment of sale
Each sale stores what the site earned and the commission as it stood that day. Changing a price later never rewrites history.
Statements you can act on
Operators receive a statement of earnings and what is owed, so settlement is not a spreadsheet exercise.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions venue and event owners ask first.
They connect to the WiFi and the purchase page opens automatically. When they enter their phone number, the EcoCash prompt is delivered to their handset over the mobile network rather than over the WiFi. They approve it and the code appears on screen.
No. There is no app, no card and no account to create. Everything happens in the page that opens when they connect.
A code binds to the first device that uses it and will not work on a second. That is what keeps a purchase worth making for the people who actually pay.
Yes, and that is the design goal. The purchase flow is self service from start to finish so that a venue can earn from its visitors without putting a person on duty to sell anything.
Yes. Cards can be printed and sold or handed out anywhere in the venue: a till, a kiosk, a turnstile or an information desk. Nothing is charged when cards are printed, only when they are used, so there is no upfront cost to stocking them.
Yes. A site can be set up for the dates it is needed and taken down afterwards. Because bundles are set per site, an event can sell a one day pass at its own price without affecting any other location.
The site owner. Each site controls the duration, data allowance and price of its own bundles, so different types of venue can run completely differently on the same platform.
Remaining time on a session is preserved. Buyers are charged for what they used rather than for the hours the equipment was without power.
SudoSpot runs on standard MikroTik routers. There is no proprietary appliance and no per-router licence. Routers connect over an encrypted tunnel, so configuration and later changes are handled remotely.
The commercial model is arranged per agreement. Talk to us about pricing for your site and we will work through it with you.
Talk to us about your site
Tell us the type of location, whether it is permanent or an event, roughly how many people pass through each day, and whether an internet connection is already in place.