Back in Dec, someone inquired about companies who resell Rackspace emails. I'd responded that the company I work with does resell them but we provide them as an add-on to our core business.
Anyway, Jan to Apr is usually our busiest time of the year which was why we didn't feel at that time to consider providing such a service. But the topic came up recently (and I received another PM about it a few weeks ago) so I'd like to throw out some ideas to see if there is still a demand/interest in this as a service.
What we plan to provide:
- starts at $2/month (same pricing as Rackspace) but no minimum account requirement. Discounts are available once you have more accounts, etc.
- Payment term will be at the least quarterly because CC processing fees will cost more if we start charging by the month. PS: Is there a preferred payment processor you wish to see?
- In-house built control panel to manage billing and add/edit/manage email accounts.
- Will provide importing service (from existing IMAP accounts) for additional fee.
- May be able to provide the ability to resell (using API) through us (is there a demand for this?)
- We are a Canadian business so Canadians must pay tax.
Some background about our company:
We develop and host custom web applications and/or web sites. 90% of our clients we have met face-to-face. This is possibly one of the few projects that will be a product for our own company and will be a completely online service. While we're not expecting tons of users to use this service, we are willing to explore it because we do have existing customers who can use it (who resell from us and can benefit from a having a custom portal to manage the RS accounts and users).
Any comments? Add-on ideas?