cymru78 started this topic @ 13:28 on 08/05/2005
Hi
I have been given a great opportunity from someone i know to have a chance with a commission based mobile phone business but i am after your opinions.
by the way - its not illegal, i don't do illegal and i have all the required paperwork to start it 'on the side'.
Basically, it works as you would expect. I 'sell' free contract phones (currently 3 network only until it takes off - not my choice) and get a very good commission rate. I should be able to make anything from £300+ a week which is more than what i earn in my full time job now.
I know that i can do it myself as well as my full time job as i work shifts so therefore get quite a lot of time to myself.
What i am seriously thinking of doing is adversting for other people to work for me (ie: get their own clients by phone calls/visits) and i pay them a % of my own commission, say 20-25%
My partner feels that we should just do it together on our own.
I think that doing that will limit us to our area only, while hiring staff to work on commission only in their own time from outside our area could bring in much more money.
What are your thoughts on this?
does anyone run a similar business?
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RE: commission based mobile phone chance
iccommunications.co.uk | 08/05/2005 03:03 PM
I think that you should go for it while the commision is still there. Once 3 get a share of the market commisions will go down, having said that it may take a while for them to get established.
I would just do it yourself for now and see how things pan out. I currently run a scheme on my site for fonetastic mobile but the commision isn't that good and trust me phones are very competitive, test the market before you jump in and get hundreds of agents working for commision.
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RE: commission based mobile phone chance
Milan | 09/05/2005 10:42 PM
What about setting up a website and selling on there aswell?
RE: commission based mobile phone chance
cymru78 | 10/05/2005 06:50 PM
hi,
yes i will be having a website, which i will do myself.
but for now it will be a telesales way until it has taken off and i sort myself a business account.
fao icomms: i have trusted people willing to become agents if i want. They are willing to work commission only. They would not get their cheques from me until i get my cheque. That way i will not be losing out!
I am going to start it all up after my weeks holiday next week.
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