As business plans are finalized for 2008, now is the time to implement new strategies to increase revenue flowing into your organization. Through the sale of Protect Cell Handset Protection Plans, which are similar to the handset protection programs offered by carriers, you will earn an average of $32 for each new phone sale.
 
So, why would you continue to attach a carrier plan to new handsets when you can earn significantly more with each Protect Cell sale? If you sell one Protect Cell Handset Protection Plan per store daily, at the end of a month, you will have generated almost  $1,000 in gross profit, for that store location. You can do the math: Number of plans per store per month x number of stores x $30+average gross profit = added monthly gross profit.
 
If earning a significant commission on each Protect Cell sale is not enough incentive to become an Authorized Representative Dealer, here are seven more reasons why Protect Cell will help increase your revenue in 2008.
 

1. No Investment or Inventory Required There are no up-front costs associated with becoming an Authorized Representative Dealer for Protect Cell. This means that you begin earning commissions with your first Protect Cell sale. Also, Protect Cell handles all the claim fulfillment and customer support, leaving you and your staff free to spend more time on the sales floor.
    
2. Multi-line discounts: Two or more handsets purchased at the same time receive a 20% discount from the already low-priced cost of Protect Cell cost.
3. Great Claims Service: In addition to 24/7 online filing, Protect Cell’s Rapid Exchange for liquid damage claims means the replacement is shipped out when the claim is completed and approved.
4. Your Customers Save Money Your customers will save money with Protect Cell’s low annual prices and co-pays. If your customers need to make a claim, they will also have the satisfaction of knowing they are saving additional money by not having to pay full retail price to repair or replace their handset.
            
5. Sales Training Is Provided As a Protect Cell Authorized Representative Dealer, you and your staff will be fully trained on how to present our Plans to potential customers. We also provided tips on how to increase handset and accessory sales to help make your organization more profitable as a whole.
    
6. We Share Best Practices We understand that for you to be successful, we need to support all facets of your operation, not just Protect Cell sales. That’s why we frequently share best practices from other dealers who have found solutions to common problems faced by cellular retail locations.
    
7. Your Sales Reps Can Win Great Prizes Through out the year, Protect Cell holds regular contests for all our Dealers’  sales representatives across the country. Contest alerts are sent to managers by text message and by e-mail so that they can keep their sales reps focused and motivated to sell new phones with Protect Cell Plans.
8. Integrated with RetailiQ and other POS systems; This integration combines Protect Cell Protection Plan Sales with  POS systems. Dealers who currently use RetailiQ as their POS system will enjoy added benefits.
    
9. Increases Likelihood Of Attachment : Integrated with POS provides automatic prompting of  sales reps to ask customers if they would like to purchase a Protect Cell Protection Plan for their handset. Presenting Protect Cell with each phone sale will increase the attachment rate and will in turn increase your revenue and help reduce churn.
    

Underlying the revenue-boosters mentioned above is a Protect Cell management team that has a solid background in retail cellular sales. Protect Cell's founder, Rob Emery, is also a cellular retail dealer in his 13^th year in the business. The Protect Cell sales team has experience with both retail and business-to-business accounts. That is why Protect Cell staff can also add value by consulting with its Authorized Representative Dealers on ways to drive customers back to their stores, ways to increase phone sales and attachment rates, or any other dealer challenge beyond helping you increase revenue by selling Protect Cell Handset Protection Plans.
 
Gary Richards is Regional Sales Manager for Protect Cell.  For more information about becoming an Authorized Representative Dealer for Protect Cell, please contact us.