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So, if you send 1 short fax/week (@ $1 for 1-4 pages), your breakeven point just buying a fax machine ($30-50 for entry level on Amazon, new) is less than a yea
by ac29 9y ago
So, if you send 1 short fax/week (@ $1 for 1-4 pages), your breakeven point just buying a fax machine ($30-50 for entry level on Amazon, new) is less than a year?
I work for a business that could use a low-volume faxing service, but the price needs to come down an order of magnitude.
- psquid 9y agoThe lack of subscription and signup, combined with the pricing, suggest that this is aiming at people who almost never send a fax, and would spend significantly more buying and maintaining a fax machine, compared to a couple dollars on this service. I do hope you find a service that fits your need, but this is very likely not intending to be it.
- ac29 9y agoRight, but is it a viable business if the average customer spends $1-2/year or less? A business phone line ($100/month or less -- crap tier VOIP lines work fine for faxes) and a PCI fax/modem (<$50) should let you send hundreds of pages an hour with no paper or other consumables. It certainly seems like a send-only service that charges $0.01/page is more than viable. Even averaging only a page a minute would be $15/day in revenue, a huge profit margin.
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- wbl 9y agoIf they have enough customers, then yes.
- ebrandell 9y agoHave to agree, despite the ease of use.
- austenallred 9y agoWho the hell wants to buy a fax machine? I don’t care how much you can buy one for, I’d pay a premium to not have to have one or set it up.
- eljimmy 9y agoYou're forgetting the cost of a landline each month.
- ac29 9y agoEvery business already has a phone line or ten. Plugging in a fax machine for 90 seconds a week is not a major hassle.