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| − | == Introduction ==
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| − | [[File:PlanMap.png|thumb]]
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| − | A ''Package Plan'' is a collection of ''Service Plans'' grouped together and sold as a Package.
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| − | Once a package is sold to an account, an instance of this Package is referred to as a ''Package Subscription''.
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| − | A Package Plan, at its most basic level consists of an Access Fee (optional), a Setup Fee (optional) a period length - which dictates how far in advance (or arrears) the system will bill for Package Plan Access - and a Service Plan (which denotes, amongst other things, the Service Type being sold).
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| − | A package cannot be subscribed to until it has been linked with a Service Plan.
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| − | A real world example of a Package Plan would be a Telephony Service Provider selling a PSTN Telephony service, which is also bundled with an ADSL Broadband service. The SP would have 1 Package Plan, linked with 2 different Service Plans (1 Telephony Service Plan, and 1 DSL Service Plan)
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| − | == Buy and Sell Plans ==
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| − | [[File:PackagePlans_relationship.jpg|thumb]]
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| − | Cumulus is able to manage the relationship between a Wholesaler and SP (both using Cumulus), as well as an SP to End User.
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| − | In Cumulus, Package Plans (as well as Service Plans and other associated objects) are ''bought'' from an upstream provider (ie a Wholesaler) and ''sold'' to an End User. To that end, Cumulus has the concept of ''Buy Plans'' and ''Sell Plans'', which are linked together - as usage and Access Fees are rated at each 'level' of Customer (Wholesale, Retail and End User).
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| − | * A ''Buy Plan'' represents the cost price of the service(s). A Buy Plan is never sold downstream and, for each Service Type being sold, at least 1 Buy Package must exist. In the situation where both the Wholesale and Service Provider Accounts exist in Cumulus, the Wholesaler will create a generic Buy Plan for each service type being sold, then create ''Sell'' Packages that get sold to their downstream customers (Service Providers). At the SP Level, those Sell Plans created upstream then become the SP ''Buy'' Plans, to which the SP can attach their own Sell Plans (that then get sold to their End Users)
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| − | * A ''Sell Plan'' is the package actually being sold to the End User.
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| − | In the situation where the Wholesaler does not exist in Cumulus, The Service Provider will own both the Buy ''and'' Sell Plans - as well as the relationships between them.
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| − | See the attached diagram for a basic graphical representation of these relationships.
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