GSM Recharge Card Printing BusAness
WHO CAN PRINT GSM VOUCHERS?
Before now Recharge Vouchers printing use to be the exclusive preserve of Major dealers in the Telecommunication industr y who have to pay millions of naira and followed stringent rules to become Dealers. They have printed vouchers and sold to sub dealers who in turn sell to marketers and finally to the consumers However with the advent of certain software’s, internet and computer hardware’s, this have now changed. Thanks to the boom in computer and communications technology. The voucher print markets have become accessible to everyone. Ordinary folks like you and I can now participate in the trade but one need to be knowledgeable and adequately equipped with the right techniques, skills and appropriate software tools in order to trade profitably. Some dealers offer free software to sub-dealers while so me sell their software but the prices are usually not the same is the cumulative effect of these prices and many more that should you as an investor wanting to come onto this trade.
You can begin the recharge vouches print business by starting on a large scale, medium scale, or small scale, a major determinant how much is your capital outlay.
THE BUSINESS OF VOUCHER PRINTING
Trade in the GSM Voucher business is not really a new concept.
The markets almost as old as the GSM industry in Nigeria itself.
This industry which first started in 2001 with Econet, Zain now Airtel as the first operator, saw others like MTN, MTEL, GLO, Visafone etc joining and with a potential to even grow much more. Nigerian economy is improving; when you look at from an
investor’s standpoints more foreign investors are showing interest in our local content and some are already in the market. No doubt the telecommunication business and its subordinate elements such as sale of recharge cards and vouchers will continue grow and demand for cards and vouchers will increase with more money coming into circulation. This market is still growing and will grow to become part of existence.
market having put in place god marketing strategies to push your products.
WHAT EQUIPMENTS DO I NEED TO
START THIS BUSINESS?
1. You need to register with a dealer: This is absolutely free. What it entails is for you to be known to the dealer either by name or by other means of identification. They will have your email address and you will have installed their software on your
computer. Payments for PINS (vouchers are sold as PINS to the sub-dealers who need to print them) will be made to the company’s account number and accompanied by a text message stating how want the PINS to bent to you.
Example: send me MTN 100 (100 PINS), I have paid to your account.
VCI nig ltd,
titi@yahoo.com
. Note that its important you call the dealers to confirm if
they have on ground what you intend to buy before going ahead to make payment into their account.
2. You need a computer with or without internet connection.
3. You will need a printer which can be either colored or black and white. You can go for any laser Jet printer. Laser Jet prints don’t’ wash off as easily as Desk Jet prints do.
4. A flash drive (USB) is also required. This is especially needed if you are not having personal internet connection. In other words, you need to go to cyber-cafes to copy the encrypted PINS to your e-mail box by your principal dealer.
5. You will need pre-printed Papers: An exam ple of this paper is the one shown to you at the training. Dealers will give you samples upon request. You can then give it to any printer to make copes for you. Plain papers can also be used in place of
pre-p. They most important thing is to have clear prints.
Bulk order is very important in this business the minimum order placement you canmake is 100 units of any voucher denomination you want. Dealers sell PINS in 100s. You can’t pay and request to be sent MTN 100 (99 PINS). Bit-by-bit orders are not allowed but you can sell in bits to your customers.
Internet connection is required as PINS ordered for will only be sent through the internet. That is by email. If you have personal internet connection that is cool! If you do not, it still ok just that you will have to be visiting cyber-cafes occasionally to
copy your PINS. An important point to note here is that you must avoid downloading your PINS unto the computer at the café. Download into your flash disk and transfer to your business computer. This is to guide against theft by anyone. Also ensure that your email password is very secure. If you don’t have an email address, ask a family relative that you trust or friend show you how to create one today.
Recharge vouchers transactions are mainly routed through emails except in the case
of a principal dealer that provides you other equipment such as orange box.
Therefore, you need to open a valid e-mail for your business if you are not having one before. Recharge vouchers to be sold to you as a dealer, is sent in an encrypted form called PINS. They are usually encoded by your principal dealer for security purpose. You will be given a password to decode it after downloading.
Your must possibly register online with your principal dealer in order to facilitate easy and reliable trading with him’. This would enable them create a record on their data-base for your business transactions. You m ust download the software provided by your main dealer on your computer. Do not forget that you will be printing your recharge vouchers from this software after you might have uploaded your stock directly into it. Like I said before, some dealers give the software for free while a few others charge certain fees. The choice of dealer will be absolutely yours to make however. Remember to always call your principal dealer earlier before you place you order. Here are the names and addressed of some of the principal dealers and their price list.
1. RINGO TELECOMS
Ringo’s Office is situated at Tantalizer building, 117 Allen Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos.
Www.ringotelecoms.com
.
RINGO TELECOMS PRICE LISTS
MTN 100 94
CELTEL 50 46
CELTEL 100 93
CELTEL 200 186
CELTEL 500 466
GLO 100 93
GLO 150 138
For Ringo, the software and installation price is N15,000
2.
PREPAID NIGERIA
Prepaid Nigeria is at 2
Floor, Bamboo Plaza Annex, 6-8, New Isheri Road, Omole,
nd
Ikeja, Lagos. Tel. 01-7914279 or 08032036770.
www.Prepaidnigeria.com
or
Www.ngrgsm.com
PREPAID NIGERIA PRICE LIST
MTN 100 95
MTN 200 190
CELTEL 100 95
CELTEL 200 190
CELTEL 500 470
GLO 100 94
GLO 150 139
Prepaid Nigeria offers their software free of charge. It can be download at their
website.
3. VOUCHER COLONY
The operations of voucher colony defers from those of Ringo and Prepaid Nigeria.
They can be contacted through
www.vouchercolony.com
payment@vouchercolony.com
.
This is how they work
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