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Outsourced Management of Prepaid Meter |
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Outsourced Management of Prepaid Meters is a possibility for landlords who do not want to be hands on in the revenue collection management process. This is typically the case with property investors, developers, real estate agents, body corporates and organizations providing staff accommodation. The cost of running on Outsource Managed method is 10% of collections
or minimum fee of R15 per meter per month, which ever the greater. For updated
prices please make sure you always contact our offices.
In the outsourced method the landlord has access to the Prepaid Meter Utility Management System for reporting purposes only. The landlord does not have the ability to "Add New Credit" to a meter. Using the Internet, the landlord has any time anywhere access and can generate any number of reports (24/7/365).
The process of re-charging outsource managed meter is a simple two-step-process:
1. User Credits Meter by Purchasing Vouchers Retail Outlet, Bank or Credit Card transaction online.
2. User Generates Token (for the required utility)
All outsourced meters are accompanied with PoketMedia manual for purchasing electricity or water prepaid vouchers. This is a small manual that fits in a wallet or pocket, designed to provide all the instructions necessary to purchase prepaid vouchers.
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Self Management of Prepaid Sub-Meters |
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Self Management of Prepaid Meters enables landlords to access their meters on www.prepaidmeters.net where they can perform the following management tasks on their meters:
- Add credit to a meter
- Generate reports on a meter
As opposed to Outscourced Management of Prepaid Meters whereby the meter user or tenant purchases utilities at retail outlets such as SPAR, garages, EFT, credit card, etc.; Self Management is for the landlord or property manager who does not mind being hands-on and available to service tenant requests.
Self Management carries a monthly service fee of R15 per meter, per month but allows the landlord unlimited access to perform these tasks via the Internet from anywhere at any time (24/7/365). The monthly service fee is charged by direct debit in advance. Landlords can choose to make their debit orders quarterly, bi-annual or annual.
The self-managed process is a simple two-step-process:
1. Tenant pays the landlord which credits/load the meter control account
2. User Generates Token (for the required utility)
In this option, landlords load credit and tenants generate tokens by sending token requests by SMS at anytime or place (24/7/365).
If a meter is Self Managed, then tenants pay funds for utilities direct to the landlords nominated bank account. In the process there are therefore tasks which must be performed by the tenant and by the landlord.
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Prepaid Sub-Metering Vending Management |
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All meter models in our range are comprised of both the metering and vending components required in order to provide a complete solution.
The vending solution is managed via means of a prepaid utility management system. The system requires that all meters in the field are registered with the utility management system. During registration a meter is defined with a set of properties, including details of the owner, the current tenant and financial parameters for revenue management.
To get full description of the PrePaid Meters Vending and Management system, please contact us and we will send you the meters vending functionality document.
Credit tokens can be obtained using SMS, WEB or WAP, depending on the management method chosen by the landlord, New Credit can be added to a prepaid meter either by the landlord or Prepaid Meters. There are two main management methods as follows:
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