| Agent Program | Turnkey Commission
| Turnkey Wholesale | Basic Wholesale
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| A great way to start out - no up front cost, no inventory, no risk! You can be offering service within 24 hours. Commissions are paid on the first and fifteenth and are up to 20%. | We create a brand for you, including web site and on-line signup. We handle all subscriber billing, technical support and customer service. We drop ship the subscriber equipment. The subscribers pay us and we pay you commission. This option is usually selected by non-profit organizations and companies who can not pass a credit check. | We create a brand for you, including web site and on-line signup. Technical support and Customer Service can be handled by you or by us. Subscriber billing can be handled by you or by us, but is done using our subscriber billing platform. The subscribers pay you and you pay us the wholesale cost of the service. This is most commonly used by existing businesses targeting telephone services at their customers. | You may provide the sales web site, on-line signup and subscriber billing, but it is also possible to use our dynamic web system to handle signups and service management while using your billing platform. If you provide your own on-line signup and web site then you must provide technical support and customer service. This option is most commonly used by broadband providers who wish to bundle telephone services onto their existing broadband bills. |
Margin/Commission | 12.5% to 20% on residential and small business packages. 20% on International and tell free inbound usage. | 25% on residential and small business packages. 20% on International and tell free inbound usage. | 25% on residential and small business packages. 20% on International and tell free inbound usage.
| 25% or higher on residential and small business packages, depending on options selected. 20% on International and tell free inbound usage.
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End-User pricing | Set by us 24.95 Residential Unlimited. $39.95 Small Office/Home Office Unlimited. Toll free numbers as low as $0.029 per minute | Set by you. Commissions are based on standard end-user pricing. i.e. you could set residential unlimited at $19 per month...but you would not be making any commission.
| Set by you. We give you a base, wholesale cost of the service. You tell us where to set the retail cost and of course the difference is your margin. | Set by you.
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Up front cost/commitments | Zero cost. Zero commitments. Zero minimums. | Standard setups have a maximum of $1,500 up front cost unless custom programming is requested. Multi level marketing setups may have higher cost for custom programming. No commitments, no minimums. | Standard setups have a maximum of $1,500 up front cost unless custom programming is requested. Multi level
marketing setups may have higher cost for custom programming. Credit check required for wholesale setups. Deposit may be required. No commitments, no minimums.
| Standard setups have a maximum of $1,500 up front cost unless custom programming is requested. Multi level
marketing setups may have higher cost for custom programming. Credit check required for wholesale setups. Deposit may be required. No commitments, no minimums.
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Sales web site | You have a page on one of our house brand sites. See www.vortalk.com for an example. | Complete web site included. | Complete web site included. | You may use our complete web site or just link in pages for subscriber service management ad on-line signup. |
Level of branding | You have ability to customize aspects of your agent page.
| Virtually everything is branded to you, and we will customize the look and feel of the web site to match your logos, color schemes and more. Page content can be customized and additional pages can be added.
| Virtually everything is branded to you, and we will customize the look
and feel of the web site to match your logos, color schemes and more.
Page content can be customized and additional pages can be added. | Virtually everything is branded to you, and we will customize the look
and feel of the pages we provide to match your logos, color schemes and more. |
Members Portal | included
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| included/Optional
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Spam and Virus filtered email boxes | Included with every account.
| Included with every account. | Included with every account. | Included/Optional
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Subscriber billing, including monthly recurring and usage based services such as international and toll free. | Included
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| Included | Included if using our billing platform. |
Pay types Accepted | MC/Visa/Amex/Discover Mail in checks/money orders Check draft/ACH | MC/Visa/Amex/Discover Mail in checks/money orders Check draft/ACH
| Your choice of MC/Visa/Amex/Discover Mail in checks/money orders Check draft/ACH You must supply a compatible gateway merchant account | Your choice.
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Provisioning/shipping of end-user equipment. | Handled by us. We provision and ship equipment on the next business day after orders are placed. | Handled by us.
| Can be handled by us or by you. You can have the equipment in your inventory - the subscriber signs up for service, you hand them the equipment after using our on-line tools to configure the equipment. | Handled by you, using our on-line tools to link the equipment to the subscriber accounts. |
Multi-level Marketing/Affiliate Marketing packages available. | Not available
| Yes, optionally we can provide agent/commission tracking for affiliate or MLM programs. Agents can view their downlines and earnings on-line and have tools to create/manage their individual agent pages. We handle all commission payment and 1099 generation. Additional setup fees may apply. | Yes, optionally we can provide agent/commission tracking for affiliate or MLM programs. Agents can view their downlines and earnings on-line and have tools to create/manage their individual agent pages. You can use our atools to generate commission payments and manage 1099 generation.
| If you are not using our on-line signup or billing platform we have no way to manage agents for you.
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