Starting your own prepaid phone card business: How to go about the process
If you didn’t know this, you should be aware of the fact that a calling card business is actually a VOIP business. Whenever a consumer purchases a calling card from some grocery store, he is purchasing a defined number of minute from the VOIP business provider. VOIP is the transmission of voice through the network of internet protocol and this can be easily offered through a low price than the cost of an average long distance call.
However, if you’re eager to start off with such a service, you have to get some special kind of software or some kind of equipment to make the service user-friendly and reliable to all the users. NobelCom is such a company which has the best international calling app called NobelApp through which you can make international calls at the best possible price.
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So, what are the ways in which you can start such a phone card business? Here are few ways that you can take into account.
- Contract the services of a software provider
When you are all set to start your business of calling cards, you have to first contract the services of VOIP software provider. One of the most vital aspects of any calling card business is billing software as it is the software which tracks the calls and ensures that that the calls go through the system and they’re billed in the right manner.
- Consult various calling card billing services
Next, you have to get in touch with different billing services of calling card companies to check what kind of fees and services they include. Watch out for accounting applications which are user-friendly and still complete card pin generation services, account tracking, card printing services, implementation of expiry dates, post-paid card registration and usage fees. Everything should be perfect with their services.
- Purchase a computer server with high speed
The next step you need to take is to buy a computer server with enough speed of process and hard drive space which can at least handle 500 calls at a time. You can only choose the best one if you contact with different calling card billing software providers in order to get the server specifications. Watch out for something which has Quad Xeon CPU with at least 4GB RAM and solid hard drive capabilities
- Search the best long distance VOIP provider
Unlike traditional telephone service, VOIP service differs according to their quality. Watch out for reliable providers which give you permission to test the service. Majority of the good service providers offer this kind of service without having to ask them. While testing the type of service, listen for delayed and echoing response. Also determine if the communication connection is the one with which you will be comfortable on talking for long span of time.
Therefore, if you’re wondering about how you can start off a business of your own, take the above mentioned points into consideration. Try your best to contact the best service provider to be able to offer maximum service.
Author: Pankaj Deb
