I am all for acquiring clients and keeping them. Not redistributing
them among "Approved" (political discrimination possible, heck maybe I
will not be approved for starting this thread) vendors.
Well I guess we are all in luck since Asterisk is *still* somewhat
OpenSource.
Just have to change the BuyNOW link in source to send them to my website
or even initiate a phone call to sales. Maybe modifying the code and
distributing it on torrents, P2P, Ebay CDs, and Pre-installed systems on
Ebay could turn a nice little residual income.
It would have been really "cool" good faith gesture if there was a
master login to the system which would have allowed an installer to
override the NetxUSA link with one of their own.
Now a patch is in order I guess. I would urge anyone installing
Asterisk systems to modify the code for the link or avoid AsteriskNow
altogether.
Anyways, I am seeing a trend start to emerge that I think BKW (Next!)
and some others saw a while ago.
Thanks,
Steve
bob murphy wrote:
Sheesh. Maybe it's back to Cisco and Enterprise Telephony
integration.......
I still think this is a great space. Just remember gang, the key to
success is acquiring clients. At the end of the day, they are funding
the whole chain. If we all build strong presence, aggressive sales
and marketing and excellent post sale support, clients will never know
who asterisk, NetxUSA and Digium are. And remember this, for the
last 25 years, there have been at least 100 PBX offerings in the
marketplace. And many companies have made Lot's of money
selling/reselling all of them. these guys need the channel or else
they have to hire a million field engineers and support techs. Just
remember, we could all defect back to the 800 pound gorilla and leave
Asterisk and Digium to deal with it all with direct sales. And trust
me, their investors will not like that at all. if you are a VAR, you
have more power than you think. A wise old man once told me "He who
controls the customer controls the deal".
Bob
On 3/28/07, *Steve Totaro* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
As long is it is not similar to the little Dell pop-up when you are
running low on ink that takes you right to the checkout page to order
more ink.
NetxUSA is a wholesaler (at least they used to be) and would only sell
to businesses. I was approved by them but wound up using ABP instead,
prices were sometimes better at one place or another, but I prefer to
build a strong relationship with a vendor rather than splitting
vendors
over a few bucks.
Anyways, that is not at all the way they make it sound. I would like
some clarification on this. If I sell and install and AsteriskNow
system, I want to retain that customer for support, upgrades, and
MACs.
If this jeopardizes that relationship, then it is a raw deal.
Thanks,
Steve
Garrett Smith wrote:
> Steve:
>
> >From what has been told to me, NetxUSA will be functioning a
> distribution point for the leads generated through the AsteriskNow
> BuyNOW feature based on geographic location of certified
Asterisk VAR's.
>
> Lead flow to look like this:
>
> AsteriskNow --> BuyNow --> NetxUSA --> Authorized Digium VAR
--> End
> User
>
> What will need to be done in order to become an "authorized
Digium VAR",
> I am not quite sure of.
>
> This at least is what was explained to me by all three of the
parties
> involved.
>
> Garrett
>
>
> Garrett Smith
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 716-250-3408 Office
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Steve
Totaro
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:55 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Digium, Polycom, and Netxusa Cutting Us
Out?!?
>
> I hate things like this. Why would they want to cut out the
> VAR/Reseller/Consultant?
>
> I had to jump through hoops to be setup as a client of NetxUSA
several
> years ago so I could get wholesale pricing so I could make a
buck or two
>
> off hardware and a few more bucks off setting up that hardware. Now
> those dollars will not come my way. I don't know if I can
stomach the
> way this is starting to go. This line really gets me, "With
regional
> distribution offices and in-house certified engineers, NETXUSA
assists
> business customers with the entire Digium-Polycom
implementation." I
> thought that was my job! I certainly do not blame Polycom, but
this is
> a real slap in the face move by Digium.
>
> Anyways... Let me digest this a little more. Posting in anger is
> stupid.
>
>
http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/polycom/digium_and_polycom_release_more_
> details_on_thier_partnership_program.html
>
> "The /*BuyNOW*/ feature, within AsteriskNOW's Digium-designed GUI,
> greatly simplifies the phone purchasing process by immediately
> connecting users to NETXUSA <http://www.netxusa.com/>, a recognized
> leading distributor of Voice over Internet Protocol (*VoIP*)
products
> and services. With regional distribution offices and in-house
certified
> engineers, NETXUSA assists business customers with the entire
> Digium-Polycom implementation."
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
> www.asteriskhelpdesk.com <http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com>
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