does anyone think a telesales company selling office supplies and toner would be a good business?
Laurence… asked:
to start in this troubled time???
what are you talking about you utter fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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to start in this troubled time???
what are you talking about you utter fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i buy in Epson compatible cartridges at 00.47 and there really good quality even a famous doctors suregery in harleye street have comoplimented them,
and i sell them for an average of £6.99 to £9.99 per cartridge???
thats a huge mark up much more than 2%
well the calls are free to uk ladnline numbers just £23.80 line rental a month which we can claim back off tax at the end of the year anyway,
October 25th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Nope. That niche was played out in the 1980’s. tracy
October 27th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
no
telesales earn a max of 5% with an ROI of 2%.
enter a dif biz kemperk
October 28th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
It sounds as if you have found a supply that’s potentially profitable. Telesales is the issue. We have companies ringing us every week offering toner and office supplies. There are three reasons why we reject their call. The first is that we’re very happy with our current supplier, secondly, we never use compatibe cartridges, only the maker’s and thirdly, we’re registered with TPS (Telephone Preference Service).
Before starting a telesales campaign, you need to ensure that your lists comply with TPS. It is an offence not to check whether the people you are calling have registered.
To start any business at this time and make it successful, you need to be sure that there are compelling reasons for your prospects to become your customers. Why were your Harley Street customers so complimentary? Use that as a way of demonstrating how good the product is.
Yes, you sound as if you have a good margin on the sale of your cartridges but how much is it costing to sell a cartridge, especially by telesales? If it takes 20 calls to find one buyer, how much has each of those calls cost? That’s what was meant elsewhere by the real ROI. If the cartridge costs you £0.47 and each call costs £0.50 and every 20 calls gains you a sale, the cost is £10.47 for a product that you sell at £9.99. These are random figures used to illustrate the point but you do need to calculate what the real costs are.
Good luck! Rosemary P