Simon Says

How to escape expired 

Pre-Paid Telco stock 

Why do Optus and Boost Mobile Pre-Paid handsets, Broadband and SIM Packs expire?

The expiry dates on these products indicate the date that the SIM card itself expires. Handset or broadband devices don’t actually expire, so bundling a $2 SIM pack with Handsets will give the consumer access to a phone number. Unfortunately there is no current $2 broadband SIM for Optus or Boost Mobile broadband products. 

SIM card's have this expiry date, so that the phone numbers on unused SIM packs can be reused. 

Virgin Mobile Pre-Paid products don't currently expire.

How does Jenlist Distributors assist with stock that is due to expire soon or has expired?

•  Close to expiry stock ?

Jenlist Distributors offer a unique “Sale or Return” policy on Pre-Paid Telco. If there is at least 2 months left of expiry on any Optus or Boost Pre-Paid product, Jenlist Distributors are happy to assist and will take this product back, once this is processed a credit will be applied to your account.

•  Expired stock?

Once stock is expired the SIM card is not able to be activated. Jenlist Distributors provide $2 SIM cards, that can then be bundled with the handset, to give it a fresh phone number.

Jenlist Distributors also have a one exception policy on expired stock, where we will credit stores expired stock as a one off exception to help stores out. As you can imagine this can be a large write off for a company the size of Jenlist Distributors, so this policy is viewed on a case by case basis and depends on the amount of stock to be credited for each store.

How do I best manage my expiry dates?

Pre-Paid Telco products should be checked monthly by one of your staff members. This way you can highlight which products are nearing their expiry date and return them.

Jenlist Distributors representatives will check expiry dates when they are in store, but the responsibility  is with the store owner to manage their returns.

Click Here for full returns policy

Congratulations to all the Nokia handset pack winners!

The above photos are of newsXpress Sandgate’s display which won them $250 for the best merchandised Nokia display, for their Xmas themed display of Nokia handsets.

The other picture is of Jenlist Distributors “employee of the year 2009” Laurie Smith, presenting Geoff from Fame Video with a $1000 cheque for winning the Nokia handset pack draw.

All the winners were:

Handset Pack Winners

$1000 – Fame Video Niagra Park

$500 – Moores Newsagency

$250 – South West Rocks Newsagency

Best Merchandised Store

$250 – newsXpress Sandgate

Remember there is another $100 up for grabs this month, for the best Xmas tree photo post to our Jenlist facebook page.

Half price Optus Mobile Broadband, 60% margin on earphones and an Olympus Camera for $99 RRP, These Christmas catalogues include products to suit every ones Christmas wish list. 

For every $500 wholesale spent on stock within the Jenlist Christmas Catalogue, you will receive 200 x Consumer Christmas Catalogues.

Get in quick to get these catalogues and stock in store for the Christmas rush. Click Here to place your orders.

Phone Sales 

"keeping the retail dream alive!"

Interesting read in today's copy of the "Business Day" in the SMH. Where Carolyn Cummins reports that retail landlords are experiencing sales growth above the rate of inflation. She attributes this growth to "higher-margin mobile phone stores and food courts".

Carolyn reports a 20.5 per cent growth in mobile phone sales, while department store sales dropped 8.2 per cent in the past nine months.

This growth in mobile phone sales is not confind to stand alone Mobile Phone retailers. Our valued retailers in "General Route" have also allowed Jenlist Distributors to experience close to 30% growth in handset sales in the past year.

With all this talk of "Smart phones" in the market it is interesting to note that Australia has the second highest global smartphone usage. Yet probably only 1/3rd of all phone users have a smart phone.

The major carriers are also only just starting to talk bout the 4G networks, which will bring a new wave of must have handsets to our shores. So if you aren't already selling handsets, "what are you waiting for?"

Want to WIN $1000 CASH???

During October and November 2011, Jenlist Distributors will be running an incentive on Nokia handsets. For this period if you buy one of our two Nokia handset packs, you will receive 1 x entry for the Base Models Pack $520.27 incl GST and 2 x entries for the Top Sellers pack $737.54.

Prizes up for grabs are 1st Prize $1000, 2nd Prize $500 and 3rd Prize $250. There will also be a $250 Prize for best merchandised Nokia display, where you can email photos to me @ simon@jenlist.com.au

The Nokia brand is still our leading handset seller with 57.29% of all our handset sales in the last three months being a Nokia handset.

The last draw we did like this had 64 entries, so by buying one of these packs you get great odds at winning some of the $2000 worth of prizes up for grabs.

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to Anton from Redhead Newsagency of NSW, for winning the 43" Samsung Plasma TV in the draw. There was 64 entries in this draw, which is bloody good odds.

The other 43" Samsung Plasma TV was awarded to Jim & Joan Swan from Jetty Village Newsagency from Coffs Harbour, who sent in a great presentation of their two Optus cabinets and $2 SIM dump bin, that had prime location in the middle of their store with a great selection of Samsung handsets on display.

Jim informed me that his last TV had just blown, so this came at a perfect time.

Well done to both winners and thank you to everyone who go involved. 

"A fair go for all!"
You may have all started to see the new TV ads for Virgin Mobiles "Robin Da Hood - A fair go for all" campaign. This campaign brings back the cleaver marketing that we all know and love Virgin Mobile for.

Yesterday afternoon Cassie and I were fortunate to be invited to attend a meet and greet with Sir Richard Branson to kick this campaign along.

The Virgin brand is all about sticking it to the big boys and giving consumers a fair go. So with "free voice mail" and "free Virgin 2 Virgin calls and TXT within Oz", roll over of unused credit and coverage that now covers 97% of the Australian population, you can't go past Virgin Mobile for a fair go!

This campaign is only just starting but today I have heard it on the radio and seen a write up about it in OK magazine (wasn't my magazine). So with so much going on around Virgins new offers and range it is important to ensure you have adequate stock to meet the increased consumer demand.

 Click Here to be taken to the Robin Da Hood web page, where you can get a run down on the campaign.