YourBillBuddy helps you save money by, analyzing the uploaded bills
or the approximate usage entered by you and recommending the best
plan suited to you based on your usage. In addition to this the
other things that we provide:
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Details on the plan most suited to your needs
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A complete
analysis of your usage
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Information about the numbers called most often, the SMS sent,
the amount spent on each number
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Comparison of your bills across various plans
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Various plans available currently with supported service
providers
YourBillBuddy has come-up with lots of new features:
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Recommendations without bills - If you don't have bills
there is no need to worry. YourBillBuddy can help you even
without those. Simply fill in the figures about your average
usage and it will try to find the best plan for you.
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Multiple numbers on a login - Do you want YourBillBuddy to
help you minimize your costs on more than one numbers? You can
simply create separate profiles for each of these numbers and
upload bills or provide usage statistics for each profile. You
can individually analyze the usage pattern on each number and
take recommendations from YourBillBuddy.
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Email-ID based login - Now you can register your email-id
with YourBillBuddy. This will be used as your login. Old users
can continue to use their mobile number as login.
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Support for new service providers - YourBillBuddy now
supports more service providers like Reliance, Tata Indicom,
Loop (Karnataka) and BSNL.
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Recommendations on bills without itemized statements - If
your bill does not have call by call breakup, that is an itemized
bill, we can still give you recommendation on the best plan
suited for you.
The site has been tested extensively on
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above. Users of other browsers
like Firefox, Opera, Konqueror etc. might face some issues due to
browser incompatibilities. Therefore, it is recommended that you
use Internet Explorer 5.5 or above while making use of
YourBillBuddy services. The site makes use of
Javascript. So, if your browser has javascript disabled you
might not be able to use some features of the site. It is
recommended that you enable the javascript in your browser in case
it is not enabled.
Yes. A one-time registration is required before you can
start using YourBillBuddy services. The steps to the same have been
listed in
this
question.
Yes. The services on this site are
absolutely free. No fee is charged for registration,
analysis or any other service offered by this site.
If you are new to YourBillBuddy, create an account by clicking on
Register on the
Home
page. You cannot use our service without creating an account.
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If you are a
postpaid user with e-bills available with you:
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When you login/create a new account you will be taken to the
Upload Bills Tab
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Upload the bills you have in PDF or HTML format
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If one or more of your bills are not uploaded click
here to see why.
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Select
Analyze bills to see number-wise and usage-wise breakup
of your bills (cumulative and month-wise)
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Select
Recommendation to get the Plan most suited to your
usage. YourBillBuddy gives you the best plan in four segments:
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Overall
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Within your current provider
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Across all GSM providers in your circle and
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Across all CDMA providers in your circle
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If you are a
pre-paid user or a post-paid user who does not have
e-bills:
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When you login or create a new account you will be taken to the
Upload Bills Tab
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Click on the link labeled
Recommendation Wizard
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Enter the details asked for namely, break-up of calls, break-up
of SMS etc.
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Click on
Recommendation to get the Plan most suited to your
usage. YourBillBuddy gives you the best plan in the same four
segments as mentioned for the case of post-paid users having
e-bills above.
YourBillBuddy analyzes the bills that you upload or the approximate
usage that you enter to understand your usage. It intelligently
figures out the tariff plan that can best suit your requirements
depending on the usage patterns. This tariff plan is the one on
which the bill is lowest.
YourBillBuddy recommends only
post-paid plans. Irrespective of whether you are currently a
pre-paid user or a post-paid user the usage figures are used to
find out the best post-paid plan for you.
But very soon we intend to support pre-paid plans as well.
Yes. YourBillBuddy recommends you a single best plan that it
finds best suited to your requirements. There are graphs that will
show 5 best plans for you. In addition to single best plan,
recommendation is given for the best plan within the same service
provider that you are on currently and also on other network type
(i.e. if you are on GSM, best plan in CDMA will also be identified
and vice-versa).
Depending on the service provider, YourBillBuddy supports bills in
PDF or HTML format. These are also called
e-bills. Some service providers like Vodafone have changed
their bill formats in the past. Some old bill formats are not
supported.
An e-bill is your mobile phone bill provided by your service
provider typically in the PDF or HTML format. They can be
downloaded from your service provider's site.
Once you have registered with YouBillBuddy, we provide detailed
information about how to retrieve e-bills. For any further
information, contact your service provider.
There are different steps for obtaining your e-bills and these vary
from one service provider to another. Please contact the Customer
Care of your service provider for the same.
An itemized bill is the mobile phone bill provided by your service
provider that details your usage such as number of local, STD, ISD
or roaming calls made, number of SMSes sent and so on.
YourBillBuddy recommends the best suited plan for you based on your
mobile phone usage. The accuracy of the recommendation depends on
the availability of detailed usage information. Hence, it is
essential to provide itemized bills to YourBillBuddy to know which
is the best plan for you.
For more information about receiving itemized bills, contact your
service provider.
14. I am a prepaid user and I do not have e-bills. Can I still
use this service?
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Yes. Even if you don't have an e-bill YourBillBuddy can help
you come up with a suitable plan. You can fill in your average
usage figures like number of calls, percentage of local calls,
calls to same service provider, std call etc. and YourBillBuddy
will analyze these to suggest you a plan. The more exact and the
more detailed information you feed in the better will be the
recommendations. The plans recommended to you will be post-paid
plans.
We intend to support pre-paid plans soon.
15. Can I analyze my
landline bills too?
No. At the moment YourBillBuddy is only about analysis of
mobile bills. This includes both GSM and CDMA mobiles that are used
in India. The support for analysis of landline bills is not present
in the site.
The service providers have a number of specified circles or regions
across the country which in turn have a number of circle specific
plans provided by them. There are also national plans.
Out of the numerous plans YourBillBuddy supports a majority of the
important and most used plans. A list of the supported plans can be
found
here.
Yes. Most advanced rental plans are supported. For a more
complete list of plans we support click
here.
Yes. Most zero rental plans are supported. For a more
complete list of plans we support click
here.
No. They are not supported now as they are not publicly
available and are generally customized for companies. However,
mail us the details of your corporate
plan, if you are under one, and we'll try to have it included soon.
There is no upper limit on the number of bills that you can upload.
Following can be the reasons for you encountering an error while
uploading bill(s):
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The file that you are trying to upload is not a PDF or HTML file
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The file size is greater than 2 MB
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The bill is in a format that is currently not supported
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The number on the bill does not match the number for which you
are trying to upload the file
To avoid the errors please upload bills in PDF or HTML format with
size no more than 2 MB. Also take care that you are not uploading a
bill that has a number different than the one selected.
No. You can use your same login for analyzing the usage of
your new number. You simply need to
add the new number in your login.
No. You can use the same login for managing usage of all
your mobiles. You will simply have to add these numbers under your
login. Each number has its own usage analysis. Usage analysis of
two numbers cannot be combined.
The Recommendation Wizard is a utility that you can use if you do
not have e-bills or are unable to upload your bills for some
reason. The wizard recommends optimal plans on the basis of some
basic information such as the number of Local or STD calls and SMS
made by you in a month. This information can be easily obtained
from your paper bill. If you do not have your paper bill you can
enter approximate numbers and the wizard will still give you a
recommendation.
You can help the Recommendation Wizard give you better
recommendations by providing some
optional advanced information such as the percentage of
local calls to the same service-provider, to other providers etc.
The Recommendation Wizard intelligently approximates your bill,
based on the usage information entered by you, on various tariff
plans and recommends the cheapest plans to you.
If you know that your calls or SMS to numbers belonging to a
particular service provider are very high/very low, specify a
break-up accordingly in the advanced options. This will help us
give you more accurate recommendations as we can make more accurate
calculations with that information.
26. From where do I get local minutes, STD minutes, ISD minutes
and SMS usage to provide to the Recommendation Wizard?
If you have a hard or soft copy of your bill, the break-up of your
calls and SMS are provided, usually on the second page.
Yes. The amount includes 10% service tax and 2% cess on the
service tax.
The YourBillBuddy system now supports more bill formats. Therefore,
you could now be seeing bills that could not be uploaded
successfully earlier.
Also, the system now tries to match the mobile phone number
obtained from your bill to your currently selected mobile number.
Therefore, if you had uploaded bills earlier that were for a number
other than the one entered by you then those bills may not be
displayed anymore. Please add the number to your profile and then
upload those bills again. This is to ensure that the
recommendations you get are as accurate as possible.
This could occur if your bill contains information for a period of
more than 1 month or the format of your bill has undergone minor
changes. This usually occurs when a subscriber changes his tariff
plan in the middle of a billing cycle. In these cases, the bill
uploaded contains details for both the tariff plans. We do not
currently support bills of these types but intend to support them
soon.
No. Currently you cannot delete the bills uploaded but
we will soon have this functionality in the future.
Click on
Forgot your Password ? on the
Home
page and provide the mobile number using which had you registered
with YourBillBuddy. An email will be sent to you at the email-id
that you had specified at the time of registration. The email will
contain your password for the account.
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