Full Version: How's PMDM work?
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#23]
13 Nov 2006
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#22] 13 Nov 2006
I'm not in the promotional items business, but have been following this discussion. One thought I have, if you can't find a way into the free system right away is that maybe a one year Sage membership would get you kickstarted into that business.
From the sound of it, for the $400 you get access to their system for a year, plus it automatically gets you into the free system. If after the year you don't feel Sage is worth it, you are already in the free system by that point.
I don't know your customer base, but if you have potential customers that might buy promotional items by the thousands, I would guess that Sage could pay for itself pretty fast, and could also get you up to speed fairly fast in that business, making it easier to go it alone after that first year. On the other hand, it sounds like for some people it's well worth staying in their program past that first year.
Your mileage may vary. (so to speak)
From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#24]
13 Nov 2006
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#22] 13 Nov 2006
If you call me I will be happy to walk you through a sage order setup or two. You get 30 days free with them...and you could see how easily it is to manage.
If I stink at showing you how...they are more than happy to give you free training on the software. I pretty much figured it out on my own...
It seems overwhelming at first....but it's really not that bad once you are familiar with it.
1-800-236-2036 x112
We are on central time........
Getting signed up won't be that difficult if you are actually re-selling...That's all they are concerned with......I highly doubt they will check in too deeply.....their goal is to keep the end users out of the system.......
If I am not answering my phone, dial 0 and have me paged....I am typicaly around the shop but not always in my office......
From: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#25]
13 Nov 2006
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#24] 14 Nov 2006
Brian-
Thanks for the offer to help walk me through SAGE. I have actually managed to hook up with one supplier. I realize I probably need to work with more than one. But for now, this will do. I think maybe what I will do is now that I have purchasing capabilities from this supplier, I will try to promote the promotional products a lot more...see what kind of interest I generate. They seem to have a wide variety of products. If I find that this is insufficient or I would benefit from a "membership" I will definitely look into SAGE.
I would tend to agree with you and Dave that SAGE seems to be the best way to go.
Thanks again for the offer of your time. I know our time is the most valuable resource we have and I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks to everyone who helped me with this thread. Your time, knowledge and opinion as always, were greatly appreciated.
Becky
From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#26]
21 Feb 2007
To: Becky (KIAIJANE) [#25] 21 Feb 2007
Any updates on your venture into the promotional business?