‘Recharge your Vodafone mobile phone online’ is a simple and suitable way to recharge your prepaid card online at www.vodafone.in. Just log on to www.vodafone.in, and click on ‘Prepaid > Recharge online’ option. If Vodafone subscribers want to recharge their mobile phone then, they should have a valid credit card or an online banking account to make payments for their recharge amount. Online recharge service is for 24X7.

Following are the steps how to recharge your Prepaid Vodafone mobile phone online?

Step 1 Give your Vodafone recharge details – Log on to www.vodafone.in. Click on Prepaid > Recharge online. Choose your recharge amount and fill your details (name, Vodafone number, email id) and click on ‘Enter’.

Step 2 You will be requested to reconfirm your details. Post which select the payment option from the drop-down and click on ‘Submit’ you will be securely redirected to the payment interface of your choice, i.e. credit card gateway or internet banking.

Step 3 Confirm the payment at the credit card/ bank payment gateway – Enter your verification details at the credit card/ bank payment gateway and confirm the payment amount. Your account will be debited for the recharge amount.

Step 4 Receive a recharge confirmation – You will immediately receive an online transaction confirmation and a Transaction Reference Number as an acknowledgement of your payment. On successful payment, a recharge will be initiated on your Vodafone number and you will receive an SMS confirmation from us within 15 minutes.

Presently, Online Recharge service is available in all geographical area where Vodafone has operations currently. There is no limit on amount or time of recharge. Anyone can get the Online Recharge facility which gives you the flexibility to recharge your Vodafone prepaid card for any amount, but within the broad limits specified below:

Maximum & Minimum Limit for Recharge: On any given day, from Rs 10 to Rs 3500, you can recharge, which is depending on the circle that you are in. Though, on any given day, maximum of 3 transactions from any prepaid Vodafone mobile phone can also be made. The minimum and maximum recharge limits per transaction are as follows:

There is no additional charge levied by Vodafone or the Bank. Users just have to pay the amount they want to recharge.

Users can use any of the given payment methods which are given below to recharge their prepaid Vodafone mobile number:

Credit Cards: Any valid Visa, Mastercard, Diners or American Express Credit Card.

Net Banking: Axis Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda (Retail), Bank of Baroda (Corporate), Centurion Bank of Punjab, Citibank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Indore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Travancore, Union Bank of India.

Subscribers will receive an online confirmation acknowledging their payment transaction. For each payment users will receive an online Transaction Reference Number that is an acknowledgement for their payment request.

On the basis of user Vodafone mobile number, the recharge request is taken. If entered number and the circle combination are incorrect then the transaction would not be go ahead. The region drop down is given for the purpose of users’ information about availability of the services and the amount of talktime you will get for each recharge amount however, if the circle entered is unacceptable and the transaction gets processed, a refund will be issued within 4 working days.

Vodafone gives the supreme importance to the subscribers’ security that’s why the transactions of each subscriber are safe and secure. Subscribers are given with best-in-class security standards when it comes to using the Vodafone Online Recharge service so that subscriber transactions done are safe. The Recharge online service is brought to users by Vodafone in association with BillDesk who is the leader in electronic bill presentment and payment services in India. 128-bit SSL technology is used to protect customers from unauthorized tampering or viewing of their account and billing information by BillDesk. This technology makes sure that the users’ data is never transmitted over the Internet unencrypted and cannot be viewed by unauthorized individuals. BillDesk is also certified by Verisign Inc., one of the leading certifying authorities for website security.

If users enter an invalid Vodafone number or Postpaid number or if subscribers’ request is out of Amount / Time. In all these cases, Bank / Credit Card will debit Users’ account for amount entered. Though, being invalid, the request will be rejected and amount will be refunded to users within 5 working days.

He/she will come to a payment confirmation page and will receive an SMS confirmation indicating the recharge. SMS confirmation sample: Dear Customer, you account has been successfully credit with a recharge of Rs 200.00. Your currently available balance is Rs 175.00. Please call 111 for further details.

In case, if users do not receive a recharge confirmation SMS, then Vodafone requests users to check if users’ account has been debited and user can also check the balance by pressing *141# or *140#.