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 Post subject: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2010 7:11 pm 
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Hello Folks

I am not sure this is correct place to put this question or not.
Please bear me if i am wrong.

May be i am weakest person in mathamatics but i want to know how you guys are doing.
On top of that i don't want to calcuate each and every prefix manually, I want to set some formulla which apply to the calculations and there we go.


1.How to calculate the sales rate.
It is very easy to say that you can calculate as following.
Buy Rate + Percentate of profit = Sale Rate

Actual Scenario is like this.

1. Buy Rate
2. Fixed Expenses ( such as printing expense of card and Retailer commission)
3. Did Charges which is per minute

After that you calculate sales Rates, Here you have to consider also you give the best time(callling duration) to user to enjoy the card.


If anybody who is doing calling card business, could you please help me out here. If i am wrong in a complete scenario please send me your thoughts so then i can correct my self.

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Khan


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 Post subject: Re: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:08 am 
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Hi

The problems with applying a percentage to your buy rate is that for the cheap rates, you make next to no money - e.g. Hong Kong €0.003 Euro becomes €0.006 if you apply a 50% margin, which is only only a 3rd of a cent profit. At the other extreme, a satellite call at €5 Euro becomes €10 Euro, which is an obscene profit of €5 Euro per minute, and probably makes you uncompetitive.

These are extreme examples, but hopefully you get the point.

Additionally, you cannot just add say 1c to all rates, because again, you may be making some rates uncompetitive, and others you could make more from them.

I'm afraid that the only successful and accurate way I have found of doing this is manually, by inspection. tip - Voice recognition can be used to effectively to save yourself from RSI, be more accurate, and get numbers into a spreadsheet quickly.

As you gain experience and knowledge, you can automate some of this using say access, so say EU15 Fixed Line can automatically be given the same rate.

Joe


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 Post subject: Re: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 12:27 pm 
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jroper wrote:

tip - Voice recognition can be used to effectively to save yourself from RSI, be more accurate, and get numbers into a spreadsheet quickly.
Joe


Hi Joe,

May I ask, what voice recognition are you using.

Kind Regards,

Les


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 Post subject: Re: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 1:23 pm 
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I've used Dragon in the past, and I believe there in VR in Windows.

Joe


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 Post subject: Re: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:08 am 
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jroper wrote:
I've used Dragon in the past, and I believe there in VR in Windows.

Joe


First of all i would like to thanks for joe, Always reply.

Folks, as per joe advice i go individually and updated my excel sheet, I created some extra column to help me out to calculate the sales rate. If anybody need it let me know please.(don't hesitate we are helping each other, may be some one have more better idea or improvement).

But i am confused here what joe suggested for voice recognition methode, i am not aware of it.
how to use this method and what is that, if anybody touch here please put some light here to understand it.

Thanks

Be patience.


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 Post subject: Re: Sales Rates Calculation Method for calling card
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:31 am 
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Your desktop PC may have Voice Recognition on it, or you can purchase something like "Dragon Naturally Speaking" which is in my opinion, is a good way of getting rates onto a spreadsheet quickly and accurately, with less strain on the hands, and reducing the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury.

Joe


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