[asterisk-biz] RE: Bottom end of the market for an Asterisk PBX ?

[Nikolai Manek]

Hi,

You want to charge $5000 for a small biz Asterisk server? Yes, you
definitely need to rethink your strategy. I would rather think that $1500 is
the absolute maximum. For very small companies (5-15) you can put a Asterisk
on a Linksys router with Linux. I think there are some projects you can
Google up who are doing it. And then your customers will figure out very
quick that they can get your PBX for a couple hundred bucks including
service from someone. Why don't you set up some Astersik servers yourself
and offer hosted Asterisk? This way you can charge a monthly fee, your
customers don't have the headache of running their own server and you will
make over time your $5000 without overcharging people (which is IMHO not the
way to do business). You might want to google around and see what other
people are charging. But my educated guess would be that a small business is
very much willing to pay let's say $20 per seat per month and have their
service hosted with you. On top you are selling the minutes at approx. 55%
margin in the UK for international calls and probably 70% for domestic
calls. Then you can make money and your customers are very happy too. You
can bill the service with our new Asterisk billing solution (it's free)
(www.remwave.com) which will be released by the end of the week or any other
billing platform. I am also thinking that a hosted solution is better for
your business bottom line since it will enable you to have a consistent
revenue stream. 

Best

Nikolai Manek
http://www.remwave.com


On 7/3/06 6:30 PM, "asterisk-biz-request at lists.digium.com"
<asterisk-biz-request at lists.digium.com> wrote:

> Bottom end of the market for an Asterisk PBX ?