Saturday, September 8

Printing Recharge Card Business In Nigeria:MTN,Etisalat,Airtel,Glo Cards:Tips To Start Making Money In 5 Days

I recently stumbled on this wonderful article written by Taiwo Akintunde for Tribune Newspaper and I thought to share it with you today. The post talked about the business, how profitable it is, marketing strategies and even interviewed people that are already into this business. Read on…
Recharge Card Printing Business
Recharge Card Printing Business
NOTE: If you want to start this business, you should download my free report here www.sojblog.com/card. In that report, you will learn the nitty gritty of GSM Recharge Card Printing Business in Nigeria. Click here to Join GSMNaija Fan Page And Free Browsing For MTN, Airtel, Etisalal And Glo Network for your phone
Recharge card production, today, is one of the businesses in Nigeria, that are lucrative and in high demand as long as one has the product to sell in bulk. The good thing about it is that it’s a fast-moving product, with guarantee on investment.
Before now, printing and selling of GSM voucher in bulk was a business reserved exclusively for big distributors. But it’s now all about who is interested. That recharge card consumption in the country is expected to hit 50,000,000 units each month could make anyone, who may never have been interested in the business, consider venturing into it based on the turnover.
Getting to know that you can actually control your own market (no matter how small) by printing vouchers on your own and distributing them to a clique of outlets, makes the business even more interesting. The business is so lucrative that banks are jostling for the market share.
Selling of recharge cards and voucher does not require one becoming a GSM licensed dealer, which could be costly. One can take the advantage of dealers, who have the licence, but don’t wish to print themselves. With their full support and supply of vouchers’ pin, you are on your way to making N100,000 or more monthly. Printing and selling small units of recharge vouchers, whether MTN, GLO, Etisalat, Multilinks, Visafone, Airtel or Starcomms, can create a lifetime fortune for one.
Starting the business
Saturday Tribune spoke with a cross section of recharge card dealers, who made it known that the business was a daily one which thrives at all times. Miss Grace Nwachukwu, a recharge card dealer, said the business required no special training as one only needed to know how much each of the recharge cards would cost in their different denominations from the principal dealer and how to fix the price based on their selling price to the retailers.
Another dealer, Mr Sola Ibrahim, spoke on training before embarking on the business. He suggested that at least, two weeks training was needed, coupled with one’s little knowledge of computer in order to print out the vouchers by oneself, adding that one must also have knowledge of the market sale — how to deal with the retailers and price fixing, among others.
Not so much is required to set up a recharge card business. Speaking on the amount it would require, Miss Nwachukwu suggested the minimum of N25,000, while Mr. Ibrahim was of the opinion that it would require a minimum of N50,000. Mr Abimbola Oluseye, while speaking, said the recharge voucher business was filled with opportunities at every level, depending on one’s financial strength, noting that “the higher the money invested on the business, the more the gain would be and vice-versa. I started the business with a capital of N10,000, now I know how much profit I make per day.”
Lucrativeness
The question is, how many recharge cards and vouchers are loaded by both individuals and GSM call centres everyday? GSM has become an essential commodity in Nigeria. Have you ever wanted to go into recharge card business, but you are wondering if it would be actually profitable?
Speaking with Saturday Tribune on the profitability of the business, those interviewed said the profit margin to expect depended on where dealers get their cards from, adding that if one got the cards directly from GLO, MTN, Airtel and Multilinks offices in bulk, there was the possibility of making more profit than those who got theirs from sub-distributors or dealers.
“I started the business with as little as N10,000, dealing directly with the service provider and I normally worked with the computer centres that I trusted before I aquired my own system and this has helped me to improve my income in the business,” one of the dealers declared.
Customers
Mr. Oluseye, another dealer, said he had been in the business for five years, adding that he had found the business very lucrative and had dealt with different categories of people. He said that his customers were those who engaged in interpersonal communication through GSM and those engaged in GSM related businesses. In this category, according him, are GSM call centres, roadside recharge card vendors, individuals, wholesale buyers and so on.”
Marketing Strategy
If you intend covering just about 30 phone booths close to your area daily, what you would need do is to start your distribution as early as 8.00a.m, circulating your cards to every booth on your list; once you are through with the daily circulation, take records of the cash balance in your sales account. For convenience and growth, get young people and if need be, get them small bicycles to join your marketing team. Make sure your price is a bit less than other competitors to win more customers to yourself.
Other tips that could help:
• Identifying with a principal dealer like MTN, GLO and so on, and have their recharge cards and voucher printing software installed in your system.
• Get a printer (colour or black and white).
• Plain A4 papers are needed to print out the recharge vouchers. Paper cards for recharge cards are sent to sub-dealers who need them in bulk by the principal dealer, as cards cannot be bought in the open market; it can only be supplied by the communication companies themselves in different denominations.
• Software that generate pin numbers (this will be installed on your computer).
•Bulk pin (this, you will be buying to generate your pin numbers).
Challenges
Just like every other business in life, the business is not devoid of its challenges that may even lead to losing your investment, if care is not taken.
Saturday Tribune got to know that the most challenging aspect of voucher business is not the printing, but the marketing. One could print N100,000 vouchers in a day if one has the resources, but there must be certainty about how many vouchers one would be capable of selling on a daily basis.
“One of the major and common challenges in this line of business is giving out, for example, a N1,000 recharge card to someone who paid for a N500 recharge card. This mistake happens often,” a woman-dealer, who pleaded anonymity, said.
Mr. Ibrahim said that there was no business that did not carry some level of risk, but noted that recharge card sale carried minimal risk because they could easily be liquidated.
“The only problem I have is the daily sales due to my poor marketing structure and customers frustrating me sometimes when it comes to the aspect of payment,” he added.
Recharge card business is one that can be embarked on by anybody irrespective of age, sex and status. For somebody to stand out in the business, determination and hardwork are needed.
Click here to Join GSMNaija Fan Page And Free Browsing For MTN, Airtel, Etisalal And Glo Network for your phone

BlackBerry Phones Tablets BB Prices - Cost of Blackberry smartphones

BlackBerry is a mobile communications solution by Research in Motion, RIM a Canadian based company. BlackBerry Phones, tablet computers, and devices offer secure wireless connections, mobile computing, messaging, and mobile entertainment.
Hello!: Get the Top List of Latest Free Browsing Phones For MTN, Airtel, Etisalat and Glo Network Now In Store 

Initially designed for Business or enterprise users, BlackBerry phones now come with media and entertainment features that make them appealing to non-business users as well. BlackBerry phones and tablets feature corporate data access, wireless email, extensive email support, Instant messaging via the popular BlackBerry Messenger and other IM apps, Bluetooth, and USB. Other features on some BlackBerry phones include media player, camera, QWERTY keyboard, high-speed data, speakerphones, and trackball/touchpad.

Advanced BlackBerry Phones feature A-GPS Navigation, BlackBerry maps, and Wi-Fi support. RIM have also added a few smart phones with touchscreen display and tablets to its lineup. All BlackBerry Phones announced with BB 7 OS so far feature touchscreen, some with Touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard.

Here are a few BlackBerry phones and tablets:

You can also checkout the top in line Blackberry Porsche Design P9981 Luxury Smartphone or latest Blackberry 7 Phones. You can also checkout Used BlackBerry Phones Prices.

Blackberry Torch 9810 (Torch 2)





BlackBerry Torch 9810 is the successor of the BlackBerry Torch 9800. Like its predecessor, Torch 9810 features a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a slideout QWERTY keyboard. However, the Torch 2 phones offer a much better screen resolution (VGA 640 x 480). Like all top-end BlackBerry 7 OS phones announced so far, BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with 1.2GHz processor and 768MB RAM for fast performance. It is currently available in Nigeria and costs around N63,000.








Blackberry Torch 9860/9850


BlackBerry Torch 9860/9850

BlackBerry Torch 9860/9850 are all-touch phones from RIM running BlackBerry 7 OS on a more powerful hardware. BlackBerry Torch 9860/9850 phones comes with a 1.2GHZ processor, a separate 2D/3D graphics processor, and 768MB RAM. The two BB phones feature 3.7-inch touchscreen at WVGA (800×480) resolution, the largest BB smartphone display ever. BlackBerry Torch 9860 is currently in Nigeria at a Price of around N54,000.

The major difference between the two phones is that BlackBerry Torch 9860 are WCDMA/HSPA+ phones with Quad-Band GSM/EDGE support, while BlackBerry Torch 9850 are Dual-Band CDMA/EVDO Rev A, HSPA+, and Quad-Band GSM/EDGE phones.






Blackberry Bold 9900/9930 (Bold Touch)

BlackBerry Bold 9900



BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 are the latest addition to the BlackBerry Bold family of 3G phones. Like the BlackBerry Torch 9810, BB Bold 9900 and 9930 feature a capacitive touch screen and a full physical QWERTY keyboard (first BlackBerry Bold phones with touchscreen). However, they are not slide-out design as in the BB Torch phones.








BB Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 were the first phones to feature the new BlackBerry 7 OS with its Liquid Graphics that promises a faster performance. These two phones will also be the thinnest BlackBerry phones yet.

Other key features of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 phones are 2.8-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera with Flash and 720p HD video support, 1.2GHz processor with 768MB RAM, 8GB on-board memory, up to 32GB memory card support, NFC, and Wi-Fi. The price starts at around N82,000 in Nigeria.

The major difference between the two phones is that BlackBerry Bold 9900 is a Tri-Band WCDMA/HSPA+ phone with Quad-Band GSM/EDGE support, while BlackBerry Bold 9930 is a Dual-Band CDMA/EVDO Rev A, Dual-Band HSPA+, and Quad-Band GSM/EDGE phone.

More on Blackberry Bold Touch 9900/9930

You can also checkout the top in line Blackberry Porsche Design P9981 Luxury Smartphone or latest Blackberry 7 Phones. You can also checkout Used BlackBerry Phones Prices.

Blackberry Bold Touch 9790

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9790



If you find the price of the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900/9930 too expensive, the Bold 9790 is a cheaper option. It features a more compact design, trading-off some features for a cheaper price.

Bold Touch 9790 has a 2.45 touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard. Other features include a 1GHz processor, 789MB RAM, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording, 3G, Wi-Fi, BBM 6, etc. It is currently available in Nigeria at a price of N63,000.








Full Blackberry Bold Touch 9790 Specs

Blackberry Curve 9360

BlackBerry Curve 9360



BlackBerry Curve 9360 brings BlackBerry 7 OS to the mass market. It features a 2.44-inch display, same size as previous generation BlackBerry Curve phones, but with more pixels. With 480x360 pixels resolution the display is bound to be crispier.

This low cost BB 7 phone has a 5MP camera. It offers a modest processor compared to the highend phones. Curve 9360 has an 800MHz processor with a 512MB RAM. It is currently available in Nigeria and costs around N50,000.





Blackberry Curve 9360

Blackberry Curve 9380

BlackBerry Curve 9380

BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first member of RIM's entry Curve BlackBerry smartphone line to feature touchscreen. Like Curve 9360, it also features an 800MHz processor with a 512MB RAM on BB 7 OS.

It features a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, a 5MP camera with VGA video recording, Wi-Fi, 3G, BBM 6, etc. It is currently available in Nigeria and costs around N44,000.

Full Blackberry Curve 9380

Blackberry Playbook Tablet





BlackBerry PlayBook BlackBerry PlayBook is an ultra portable, ultra thin tablet with enough power to support real multitasking. It offers outstanding performance with 1GHz dual-core processor and a 1GB RAM. It comes with the QNX-based BlackBerry Tablet OS, which is optimised for a great tablet experience with a user-friendly interface.

BB PlayBook features a 7.0-inch Touchscreen as well as integration with Blackberry Phones, dual-HD camera, high speed internet, and impressive multimedia performance. The PlayBook tablet will be available in four models Wi-Fi only (will go for less than 500 USD), Wi-Fi + WiMax, Wi-Fi + LTE, and Wi-Fi + HSPA+.

However, only the Wi-Fi models are available now. Prices in Nigeria for BlackBerry PlayBook 16GB, PlayBook 32GB, PlayBook 64GB are N45,000, N60,000, and N90,000 respectively.

More on Blackberry PlayBook Tablet

Blackberry Torch 9800 (Touch 1)


Blackberry Torch 9800

BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the first BlackBerry Touchscreen phone to offer a physical BlackBerry 35-key QWERTY keyboard. It is a slide phone. The QWERTY keyboard can be slide-out when needed. BlackBerry Torch 9800 features a 3.2-inch Touchscreen as well as Wi-Fi b/g/n, high speed internet, navigation, Blackberry maps, and a brand new operating system and browser, Blackberry 6. Prices of the BB Torch 1 phones ranges from N60,000 to N70,000 depending on the retailer and the colour.

More on Blackberry Torch 9800






Blackberry Bold 9780 (BB Bold 3)

Blackberry Bold 9780



Blackberry Bold 3 9780 comes with a 5MP camera, a more powerful processor, and more memory. It features a 512MB RAM, 625MHz processor, BlackBerry 6 OS, Wi-Fi, 3G HSDPA, and GSM/EDGE/GPRS. Prices of the BB Bold 3 phones starts from N56,000.

Blackberry Bold 9780 Specs








Blackberry Curve 9300 (Curve 3G)

Blackberry Curve 9300

BB Curve 9300 is the latest member of the Curve family of smart phones and the only to feature 3G network support, hence the name Curve 3G. It features a 2.46-inch display, QWERTY key with an optical trackpad, 2.0MP camera, Wi-Fi, 3G HSDPA, and GSM/EDGE/GPRS. Prices of the BB Bold 3 starts from N34,000.

BlackBerry Curve 9300 Specs








Blackberry Curve 8520

Blackberry Curve 8520



BB Curve 8520 is another popular phone. Its price makes it one of the most popular BlackBerry phones. BB Curve 8520 are GSM phones with support for GPRS/EDGE. It has a 2.46-inch display, 2.0MP camera with video recording, 512MHz processor, and Wi-Fi. BB Curve 8520 is quite affordable at around N24,500.







Blackberry Bold 9700 (BB Bold 2)


Blackberry Bold 9700

Blackberry Bold 2 9700 comes with a 3.2 megapixels camera and a number of enhancements like a better camera, more memory, and a better display. BlackBerry Bold 9700 features a 3.2MP camera, 256MB RAM, Wi-Fi, 3G HSDPA, and GSM/EDGE/GPRS. Prices of the BB Bold 2 ranges from N56,000 to N70,000 depending on retailer and colour. BB Bold 9700 has a brother, the Bold 9650, which shares most features with the Bold 9700, except that the 9650 adds CDMA/EVDO Rev. A support.
Hello!: Get the Top List of Latest Free Browsing Phones For MTN, Airtel, Etisalat and Glo Network Now In Store

Prices of some BB Phones and Devices

How To Get MTN N250, N1000 Free Bonus Airtime while Making Calls

BONUS OFFER!! It’s MTN NG again with another Promo for it’s users this Month after the previous 40 free SMS and Free Call which ended last Month on 31st August 2012.
I just want to share this with my fellow Villagers. for U to enjoy also. MTN now has activated another wonderful promo again which says; THE NEW MTN 5* Spend your daily target on MTN2MTN or MTN2Others calls & get 500% bonus valid till midnight.
This Means if you spend any amount on making calls whether MTN2MTN or MTN2Others you will be credited with 500% bonus Airtime:-
Example N50 calls => N250 Bonus N100 calls => N500 Bonus N200 calls => N1000 Bonus N400 calls => N2000 Bonus, etc Depending on your daily 5* target.
HOW TO ACTIVATE IT
Simply Dial *507# now!
HOW TO CHECK YOUR DAIRY TARGET
Dial *507*1#
HOW TO CHECK AMOUNT OF CALLS MADE & REMAINING TO REACH TARGET
Dial *507*2#
HOW TO CHECK YOUR REMAINING BONUS
Dial *559#
Note:-
1. You need to be activating it Every day to continue enjoying it.
2. It valid till Midnight.
3. It will not Change your prepaid Plan or data Plan.
4. Amount made on making calls are counted.
5. Activation is free of Charge.
Enjoy!

How To Get MTN N250, N500, N1000 Free Airtime (Credit) Bonus While Making Calls

* Home * News * Entertainment * Gossips * Music * Jokes * Education * General Tips * Hot Jobs * Relationships * Sports * Videos * RSS Feed * Subscribe by E-mail How To Get MTN N250, N500, N1000 Free Airtime (Credit) Bonus While Making Calls