[asterisk-biz] Distributors

[Steve Totaro]

Thanks for being honest and candid.  

 

Not to discourage you from your pursuit but I looked into the calling
card biz and it seemed almost impossible to turn a decent profit without
having greatly discounted routes and a pretty massive distribution
chain.  Not to say that it is impossible, just difficult without
significant investment and many contacts.

 

I think you will probably receive quite a few responses to your most
recent post.  Some may be very helpful people but please remember, there
are plenty of scammers on the net, even on this list.  Besides the
scammers, there are plenty of people that will try to sell everything
under the sun to help you, such as billing, route engines, front and
backends.  

 

Please be careful and do your due diligence in any dealings.  You seem
like a very honest entrepreneur and I would hate to see you taken
advantage of.

 

Best of luck to you in your ventures!

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
KB3OPB
  

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Arya
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:44 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Distributors

 

To be honest with you guys, I'm just starting this bussiness, and I have
not printed the cards or made any $ from it yet.I'll be going live very
soon tho. But I have done some talking to some stores from before to see
if they would buy it or not. I think the only way I can make $ from it
by selling a lot of it and I would need a distributors, the "profit" is
low on each card. 

On 3/27/07, Steve Totaro <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:

So do you mind sharing in public what the profit margins are?  Costs?
Minimum commitments?  Bulk discounts?  Routes?  Anything that might give
a little insight into what you are offering rather than "Calling
Service".

 

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
KB3OPB
  

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Arya
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:23 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Distributors

 

Well, the thing is, some stores buy it from me, but some of the stores
tell me they only work with distributors, And it would be very expensive
for me to drive to far stores, I was thinking if there are companies
that buy the cards from me and they would ship it to different stores. 

On 3/27/07, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

Arya wrote:
> Hey guys
>
> I have a calling service, but I only sell it to a couple of stores
> locally. Are there any distributors that can help me sell calling
> cards in other parts of the country as well? 
>
> --
> Thank You

Do you mean to say "only a couple stores are willing to buy it locally"?

Please provide more details.  If there is profit to be had, there will
be buyers.

Thanks,
Steve

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