Comments on: Paying tribute to the fallen MVNOs http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/mvno/paying-tribute-to-the-fallen-mvnos-35436/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Prepaid Freak http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/mvno/paying-tribute-to-the-fallen-mvnos-35436/comment-page-1/#comment-42209 Prepaid Freak Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:47:32 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=1191#comment-42209 The problem with all these MVNOs is the lack of commitment to the agents and ISOs that are putting out phones for them. Very few have the pockets to advertise like Virgin and Disney so they depend on the people on the street going door to door selling their phones to convenience stores, grocery chains, and wireless dealers. But most of time these agents actually loss money on the phone and hope to get it back on the pin/card sales. If the customer went somewhere else to refill then the agent is out of luck. Now a new MVNO is trying to fix it. It comes from Telrite Wireless and they have branded it Pure Prepaid. The commission follows the phone. ESN are tied to the store owner where the phone was purchased and that owner gets a residual everytime that customer refills no matter where. That is motivation to sell phones and programs like this will succeed. Much like Arrow Wireless has with its exclusive deals to protect its dealers. The problem with all these MVNOs is the lack of commitment to the agents and ISOs that are putting out phones for them. Very few have the pockets to advertise like Virgin and Disney so they depend on the people on the street going door to door selling their phones to convenience stores, grocery chains, and wireless dealers. But most of time these agents actually loss money on the phone and hope to get it back on the pin/card sales. If the customer went somewhere else to refill then the agent is out of luck.
Now a new MVNO is trying to fix it. It comes from Telrite Wireless and they have branded it Pure Prepaid. The commission follows the phone. ESN are tied to the store owner where the phone was purchased and that owner gets a residual everytime that customer refills no matter where. That is motivation to sell phones and programs like this will succeed. Much like Arrow Wireless has with its exclusive deals to protect its dealers.

]]> By: PrepaidWirelessGuy http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/mvno/paying-tribute-to-the-fallen-mvnos-35436/comment-page-1/#comment-41267 PrepaidWirelessGuy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:17:06 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=1191#comment-41267 It really is amazing when you think about it. And what I find the most interesting is some of those that are still around, like Virgin, that hasn't turned a profit since its launch (from my understanding). I guess if you have deep enough pockets, you can keep such businesses alive, but eventually investors get tired and require radical changes. Competition is good, so I wish all of these folks well. I just hope that they can create sustainable business models while delivering the best value to customers! Cheers, PrepaidWirelessGuy www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com It really is amazing when you think about it. And what I find the most interesting is some of those that are still around, like Virgin, that hasn’t turned a profit since its launch (from my understanding). I guess if you have deep enough pockets, you can keep such businesses alive, but eventually investors get tired and require radical changes. Competition is good, so I wish all of these folks well. I just hope that they can create sustainable business models while delivering the best value to customers!

Cheers,
PrepaidWirelessGuy
http://www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com

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