Hello Scrap Metal Forum

**easyrecycle** · 05-30-2011, 04:57 PM

IF we wish to pay for a service for a monthly fee we could easy setup a system that would not take a monthly fee but a one time fee.

I am able to keep my books as it is now but by using a simple system. But the cost to set that one was a one time fee of around $500. Now its not the best system in the world but I am not paying no monthly fee. So for me and for many other people to want to pay a monthly fee it should be able to do some really cool tricks.

**Stacy Duty** · 05-30-2011, 05:09 PM

I hear you and understand you, and we are always balancing that with the fact that if there were a million scrap yards in the US I would charge a small 1 time fee and have plenty of opportunity to provide service and updates to existing customers out of the next sale. But there simply not enough scrap yards to sell to.

Most software providers to the scrap and recycling industry are charging $10,000-$45,000 up front and continue to charge $300 to $500 per month for monthly maintenance fees just to stay in business, one has to choose wisely the business model.

Either charge an arm and a leg up front so one can stay in business to service the clients that bought the software or charge a small monthly fee and shoot for a larger client base. Since up front costs are so prohibitive and most companies simply dont have $35,000 to buy new software and hardware ( I sold this business model for the last 6 years) I will give it a go for small monthly fees.

I hope this answers your question.

BTW, our Android APPs are so easy to use there is not training required and buy the end of the summer they will have all the bells and whistles that the big software companies offer.

**easyrecycle** · 05-30-2011, 05:31 PM

I have looked into the programs before and know what you are talking about but I still feel you are wrong on many fronts.

offer the program at a low cost but have updates/upgrades. To drive sales have a small/free account small yards can use an so when they grow to a larger yards they will upgrade there account an then pay the monthly costs/flat rate fee.

There are many scrap yards all over in every city if not 2 or more yards!

If you want to drag in alot of work for your company then do this. With the monthly fee you will host a website that has "blank amount of HD/bandwidth" that you maintain that has your software built into the site with a login pass word for the user (worker) can sign into to fill out the weight tickets and ect. Now that...I will pay for.

**Stacy Duty** · 05-30-2011, 05:46 PM

You have described exactly what we are doing, our program will allow you to log in, with unlimited bandwidth and storage and your own SQL database, create weight tickets and reports, print them to a local Bluetooth printer from your mobile device or PC and immediately go to your Back-Office online and view your tickets and inventory from any online connection.

If I am right, no other IPhone or Android app on the market is printing to a local printer and populating an online database at the same time, all of them print to network printers only. If you or any readers know of an App that is generating tickets and printing to a local printer and uploading real time data to an online web service then I would love to see it.

**easyrecycle** · 05-30-2011, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Stacy Duty

You have described exactly what we are doing, our program will allow you to log in, with unlimited bandwidth and storage and your own SQL database, create weight tickets and reports, print them to a local Bluetooth printer from your mobile device or PC and immediately go to your Back-Office online and view your tickets and inventory from any online connection.

If I am right, no other IPhone or Android app on the market is printing to a local printer and populating an online database at the same time, all of them print to network printers only. If you or any readers know of an App that is generating tickets and printing to a local printer and uploading real time data to an online web service then I would love to see it.

I am talking more or less hosting of a whole website not just the data base so that both the data base and the website can be on the same plan.

**Stacy Duty** · 05-30-2011, 06:57 PM

yes, that is what I meant, the website, the hosting and the database all for 1 low price. All the user will do is log in, set up materials and prices and start printing weight tickets.

Thanks for the feedback