Yeah sure think again. There is no way that you can sell a system with 5 phones for $1500.00 just the phones (at around $160 per phone for a decent business phone) will cost you $800.00. You think ppl buy these things like they buy bread? think again.
On 7/3/06, Nikolai Manek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bottom end of the market for an Asterisk PBX ? _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
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