MVNO Spotlight: Simple Mobile

Simple Mobile started the SIM Revolution years ago. A pioneer who came in and changed the prepaid industry. As subsidiary of America Movil, Simple Mobile is under the Tracfone umbrella and runs on T-Mobiles 4G LTE Network. Although financial loses over the last year have made Tracfone change how they operate and payout the dealers their commissions. Simple Mobile still remains one of the most aggressive prepaid brands in the market today, sometimes seeming even more aggressive than Boost Mobile as they have more of a footprint on TV and Radio over their counterpart.

Pros:

- Low start up cost (you just need SIMs to begin selling Simple Mobile

- Bring your own device program

- Compatible with GSM unlocked devices and T-Mobile branded phones

- Large buckets of data

- Unlimited Data Plan Available

- Moderate aggressiveness when it comes to marketing

- Spiffs for first 3 months of customer service (Must be Platinum Tier)

- Simple Mobile Solutions Store set up available if you wanted to be a branded location

- Roaming in Mexico/Canada option

- International LD option available

Cons:

- Dealer Support

- Customer Service

- Lots of reporting issues ( Make sure to have a great accounting system set up to assure proper payment)

- Tier system seems to be an issue, downgrading dealers from gold to silver. (Means less commission)

- Poor customer retention, this will effect your second month and third month spiff

- Issues with chosen TSPs

For a full list of Simple Mobile Master Agents click here

Sound off below with any thoughts

Julio Castro

Wireless Dealer Group

IG: @wirelessdealergroup

TW: @Wireless_dealer