Terminology

Bango uses some specific terminology for high-level parts of the overall architecture:

Term	Meaning
User, end user	A person buying directly from a merchant, or being resold products and services provided by a third-party merchant.
Merchant	A person or organization selling directly to users, or making products and services available for resale through the Bango Platform.
Reseller	An organization with an existing billing relationship with a user, which wishes to bundle or offer products and services from merchants.
Payment provider	An organization providing payment services integrated into the Bango Platform. Some payment providers may be Mobile Network Operators.
Store	A service – for example, a website or app – making items available for purchase by users.
Bango Payment	An API provided by Bango to let you identify and take payment from users, insulating them from the differences between payment providers.
Bango Resale	An API provided by Bango to let you manage entitlements (access rights) to products and services provided by merchants.
Bango Platform	The collection of APIs and services provided by Bango.

There’s also an industry term you should be familiar with:

Term	Meaning
MSISDN	A number that uniquely identifies a subscriber to a Mobile Network Operator: the phone number, including international and area codes. See MSISDN on Wikipedia.