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My family business has over 100k in excess vendor / software operational costs. What are your best, go-to-techniques for finding and renegotiating prices? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by iWomboU@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I recently started helping out my family business. One is a retail store, and one is a software store (about 30 employees in total). I was shocked at some of the excessive costs within the org. What are your best techniques for finding excessive costs, and then renegotiating prices or eliminating them? Here are a few example

Phone system- 16k Internet - 29k back up internet - 7k NetSuit license (note two businesses running separate netsuits, and shared licenses) - 50k Merchants & Fees - 80k Third party IT services - 30k search engine expenses - 60k Office Supplies - 25k etc.

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[–] Ayush_painuly@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

find a new system or just tell tour developers to redesign that so that it could be more helpful rather than just taking money out from your pocket

[–] sjamesparsonsjr@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Utilize your expense list to obtain quotes from at least three different competitors, then explore your options. If you're content with your current provider, leverage these quotes to negotiate a more favorable price. Following this, conduct a thorough audit of your usage for each service and confirm its return on investment. If you find that you're only utilizing 10 out of 100 licenses, consider renegotiating or adjusting your arrangement accordingly.

[–] Winter_Chipmunk2340@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Hey! I was reading through this blog from Helcim and thought it might be helpful assessing the fees of your current provider, they have a neat tool too to compare your statements from your current provider and check your potential savings and rates!
Plus, I know Helcim offers 0% processing on their invoices!
https://link.helcim.com/nonXLNxV