In a crowded telecoms reseller market, differentiation is key. Yet many providers still rely on simple pass-through billing, applying a basic markup to wholesale tariffs. The result? A race to the bottom, where price wars erode margins and limit growth opportunities. But there’s a smarter way forward.
By taking control of tariffing, bundling and billing flexibility, resellers can create innovative propositions that attract and retain customers, without compromising profitability.
With ZOEY, you can unlock greater margin potential, streamline operations and deliver more value to your customers.
Here’s how smarter tariffing and bundling can help you stand out from the crowd:
1. Add Value with Roll-Over and Cross-Network Bundles
Roll-over bundles are a simple yet powerful way of adding value for your customers and increasing their satisfaction. Instead of losing unused allowances, ZOEY lets you carry them over to the next billing cycle, enhancing perceived value and customer retention.
Similarly, cross-network bundles enable shared usage pools across multiple networks. Customers can enjoy a seamless experience, using their allowances from a shared pool regardless of their network. Providing these options enhances the user experience and creates a compelling reason for customers to stay.
2. Automate Daily Offers for Accuracy & Efficiency
Many resellers rely on wholesale providers to manually apply daily roaming tariffs which can lead to delays, errors and potential costly bills. By automating this process, ZOEY automatically applies opt-in bolt-ons for international travel, directly within the platform. Whether it’s Vodafone’s World Traveller or O2’s Daily Offers, ZOEY guarantees accuracy and efficiency.
3. Flexible Billing Cycles: Quarterly Invoicing Made Easy
Most billing platforms enforce rigid monthly invoicing, creating unnecessary admin for resellers who need to bill quarterly. With ZOEY, you can effortlessly set customers to quarterly billing and let the system handle the rest automatically.
Instead of forcing you into manual, time-consuming workarounds, such as unticking customers who prefer quarterly invoices every month, ZOEY streamlines the process with no manual adjustments. What’s more, you can easily customise billing cycles for each customer, so they can choose their preferred quarterly months. This saves you time whilst giving your customers greater flexibility.
4. Eliminate Manual Work with Aggregated Bundles
Many billing systems can handle individual and shared data pools, but these are generally static allowances that need manual updates. With ZOEY’s aggregated bundle functionality, shared data allowances update automatically as users join or leave the sharing group. When new services are added, the system increases the data pool, and when users leave, the allowance is reduced. No manual intervention required! ZOEY does all the heavy lifting so you don’t have to.
5. Maximise Margins by Differentiating Wholesale & Retail Propositions
One of the biggest missed opportunities in telecoms billing is the failure to separate wholesale and retail pricing strategies. Many resellers simply pass through wholesale rates with a fixed markup, making it difficult to differentiate their offering.
By implementing structured rate cards for every service, ZOEY gives you the control and flexibility to decide what to charge your customers based on their contract terms. This increases transparency and accuracy, whilst giving you the opportunity to maximise margins.
Moreover, by differentiating between wholesale and retail propositions, you can bulk-purchase data, restructure propositions and optimise bundles, leveraging economies of scale to reduce costs. This was experienced by one of our partners who achieved a huge £100k monthly saving as a result of bulk data purchasing.
6. Custom Pro-Rating for Greater Control
ZOEY gives you full control over how charges are pro-rated. Through our custom pro-rating feature, you decide how and what to pro-rate. Whether you choose to prorate the opening of a new charge or bill all the way to the end of the month even with mid-month closures, the decision is yours. This flexibility and control at granular level allows you to make strategic decisions that directly impact your bottom line.
7. Optimise Charging Increments for International Calls
For resellers serving international customers, fine-tuning charging increments can have a direct impact on margins. Instead of charging per second, rounding call durations to the nearest minute can significantly improve profitability. Through destination-based rating, you can keep rates for highly defined categories like UK National on per-second billing, while commonly called international rates can be rounded to the nearest minute, enhancing margins.
Before applying charging increments, double-check your T&Cs and update them where required to ensure transparency and clear communication.
Is Your Billing Helping You Grow – or Holding You Back?
Billing isn’t just a back-office function, it’s a strategic tool that can drive business growth. Resellers who move beyond basic pass-through billing and adopt advanced tariffing capabilities can build stronger customer relationships, improve retention and maximise profitability.
Flexibility is key. Being able to set complex tariff and rating capabilities gives you the flexibility to refine your commercial strategy and maximise your margins. With ZOEY, you gain flexibility and control. The platform allows you to differentiate your offering and drive higher margins – all while delivering a better experience for your customers. For more information, read The Power of Flexibility and Control in your Telecoms Billing System.
As the telecoms market continues to evolve, the ability to innovate through smarter tariffing will be a defining factor for success.
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“There is beauty in simplicity, and ultimately our platform, despite what’s going on behind the scenes in terms of its complex tariffing, rating and bundling, the system and interface itself is so simple. It’s so easy to use and it’s so logical.” Harry McKeever, Managing Director
