Prepaid Phone Card

What is a prepaid phone card? When you use a prepaid cell phone you probably don't want to use your credit card, so instead your purchase prepaid phone cards. These prepaid cards allow you to call your service provider and give them the pin number to your card. When you give the pin number for your prepaid card, the value of that prepaid card is added to your account.

In the past, and still in some areas, prepaid calling cards were popular. Prepaid calling cards are different than prepaid phone cards because you call a 1-800 number on the back of prepaid calling cards from a regular phone or payphone. These cards were and still are popular for calling internationally and for long distance calls. If you are calling internationally from a prepaid phone, it may be in your interest to use a prepaid calling card to call internationally.

Prepaid phones and prepaid phone cards are very popular in this day and age. Many younger people will often have 2 cell phones, one for friends and family, and one for hookups and dealing with people they do not want to have their regular number. When running an internet business, or selling items online without a 3rd party, it is often safer to use a prepaid phone and prepaid phone card than use your contract based, long term phone.

If you need an extra phone, or a main phone, prepaid cell phone plans are very affordable, though the prepaid plans can often cost more than their subscription or contract counterparts. When looking at prepaid plans, you need to have a rough idea of how many minutes your going to use a month. Having a good idea of how many minutes you need in a prepaid cell phone plan can save you a lot of money in overage charges (it can happen with prepaid plans!) and additional minute purchases.