what's a good business model for making money with VOIP?

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Clarification of Question by holguinero-ga on 05 May 2003 06:06 PDT

i have a client that wishes to start a business using VOIP (if you
know what this means already then you may be my researcher).

i've cautioned him about the trouble and expense of trying to be the
phone company, because customers will want you to come out to their
location, spend lots of time on intall and hand-holding. very high
overhead biz model.

is there an easier, simpler way to make money with this?  (he's
willing to invest some capital into back-end and infrastructure so
this is more than just an employee looking for tech work).

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I have researched the different ways on how you can make money over
VOIP technology. These are suggestions wherein you tie-up with the
carrier since you said that you have already adviced him not to be the
phone company. By the way it is a very good advice!

Let us first start with the purely business play without the tech
side. the following business models might appeal to your client.

Reseller Programs

Go2Call Reseller Programs (In this program you will primarily sell
call cards or online accounts in order to access the VOIP services of
the provider)
http://www.go2call.com/resellers.jsp

NAP Partner Introducer (You are like a middle man in this scenario.)
http://www.idtelecoms.com/business/introducer.html

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Our next links meanwhile enables your friend to go into the VOIP
business and at the same time participate in the tech side as well. In
this business model your customer will provide the backend support for
the technology you licensed from the VOIP provider.

Go2Call Licensing Program
http://www.go2call.com/licensing.jsp

Global Phone Corporation
http://www.quintum.com/main/appnotes/GlobalPhone_VOIP_White_Paper.pdf

Search at Google and Froogle for the terms:          
VOIP "business opportunities" resellers wholesalers partners
              
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if 
you would need further information. 
              
Thanks for visiting us.               
              
Regards,               
Easterangel-ga               
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by holguinero-ga on 06 May 2003 18:33 PDT

good stuff, but would like a few more links from alternative sites.

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 06 May 2003 21:17 PDT

Hi! Thanks for asking a clarification before providing a rating.

The following VOIP business programs provide opportunities aside from
reseller and licensing programs

CoolCall.com 
http://www.coolcall.com/CoolCallcom/html/BusinessOpps.html

iConnectHere
http://www.iconnecthere.com/nonmembers/opportunities/index.asp

Delta Three
http://www.corp.deltathree.com/revenueopportunities/

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Other business opportunities I found are shown below. 

Resellers:

Flexi Call
http://www.flexicall.com.my/index3.html?cont=flex_bis

Angelex
http://www.crmsoftwares.com/anbusop.html

World Communications
http://www.owcusa.com/agentcenter.htm
http://www.owcusa.com/voip.htm

Polycom
http://www.polycom.com/partners/0,,pw-469,00.html

Total Talk
http://www.syopc.com/reseller.htm

Oki Network
http://www.okint.com/05_01.html

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VOIP Technical Side Business:

CommWorks
http://www.commworks.com/Partners/

Swiftnet
http://www.swiftnet.co.uk/VoIP_partner.asp

One World
http://www.callback1wc.com/ll/voip.htm

Calling Places
http://www.callingplaces.com/VOIP%20Partners.htm

I hope that these additional links enriches my original answer. 

Best Regards,
Easterangel-ga

Thanks for the tip!