Printer replacement Programme Programme overview Programme objectives Products & rebates Process Marketing support Questions & answers
Overview Trade in old Zebra or other brand thermal printers for brand new Zebra ones Where – Europe, Middle East, Africa and India When – from 2 nd October to 31 st December 2006 Who can take part – PartnersFirst™ members Zebra Reseller
Objectives Generate incremental revenue from installed base across EMEA Secure existing Zebra accounts Take market share from competitors Use Zebra Aces sales tactics Automate the internal process for trade-in GREAT SALES OPPORTUNITY – 150,000 ZEBRA PRINTERS OLDER THAN 5 YEARS ARE WAITING TO BE REPLACED!
Products & rebates Whatever the options ordered, the discount stays the same! ProductRebate €Rebate £Rebate $ 220XiIIIPlus€650£450$ XiIIIPlus€500£350$ XiIIIPlus€400£275$ XiIIIPlus€250£175$ SL€150£100$200 QL-series€50£35$60
Process
Enrol partner Channel partner’s contact person to receive campaign reports – & telephone details For distributors additionally, if their VARs fill in the application form directly –Names of the VARs participating in the programme –Legal requirement
Ordering & rebate claim Printers are ordered totally normally No need to indicate on order that printers are for replacement Only rebate claims completed online are accepted Rebate claim timelines –Within 30 days of purchase for Premier, Advanced and Associate Partners –Within 45 days of purchase for Authorised Distributors –All information needs to be correct within these time limits!!!
Verify old printers destroyed Main logic boards and print heads must be removed from the printers being replaced To verify this has been done, tick box must be checked on claim form Additionally, old printers’ serial numbers are requested on claim form
Claim processing ISR team verify claims as they come in and forward to account manager for final approval Why would a claim be rejected? –Product sold at extra discount –Claim not made within 30 / 45 days –Form not filled in correctly, i.e. information missing –Form filled in by someone not eligible for the programme, e.g. an end user Log of claims per channel partner ed monthly to account manager
Rebate payment Rebates are paid monthly via credit notes Zebra pays Authorised Distributors, Premier, Advanced and Associate Partners only Authorised Distributors will need to make their own arrangements with Zebra Resellers Spot-checking claims – Zebra may check the validity of a rebate claim and demand repayment if the claim proves false
Demo of online application form - Englishwww.emea.zebra.com/en/trade_in - Frenchwww.emea.zebra.com/fr/trade_in - Italianwww.emea.zebra.com/it/trade_in - Germanwww.emea.zebra.com/de/trade_in - Spanishwww.emea.zebra.com/es/trade_in
Sales and marketing support Channel tools –Printer Replacement overview PDF –PowerPoint presentation –Channel announcement –PR announcement End user DM piece –Co-branding through MarketingStore
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