Have you ever considered using remote billing, also known as remote collect?
Do you know what it is and how it works, and the benefits it can have?
In this article we are going to dive in an explain all about this incredible feature.
What is remote billing?
Remote billing (collect) allows you to invoice your customer for your revenue on machines supplied under a revenue share agreement, all without requiring you to send a member of staff to perform a cash collection.
How does it work?
Using the machine meters or live data received from the machine, OneOS calculates the collection in the same way as you would if you were on site. The same share splits and other charges are applied and an invoice is raised for your share and/or charges. You then send this to the customer to pay directly to you.
Meter readings can be manually input, so a customer could call you to provide the readings on a regular basis. If the machine supports it, it can transmit the readings directly into OneOS via our machine API.
We also have a device which can plug into the BACTA port to transmit the machine data in real time to OneOS, connected via the location’s WiFi.
What are the benefits?
There are a lot of benefits that come with remote billing, these include:
- Cost savings of not having to send a member of staff to carry out a cash collection. Saving personnel time and transport costs.
- Provide machines to locations further away without requiring regular long journeys by staff to perform a cash collection.
- Regular invoicing. OneOS can generate the invoices as frequently as you like or as readings are received so you can still ‘remotely’ collect the machine weekly, fortnightly or to your own schedule.
- The location have the keys to collect the cash from the machine which could help with their cashflow and keeping the machine hopper topped up.
What about cashless payments?
With OneOS’s integrations, such as with app payments provider GPT, you can also include cashless payment’s which are included on the invoice and offset against any revenue owed to you.
Why you should use remote billing
Remote billing provides a simple, cost saving and customer friendly way of providing equipment on revenue share basis without requiring in person on site cash collections. With OneOS, it is simple and powerful and could transform the way you operate.
If you want to know more, please get in touch and a member of the team will be happy to help.