How many licenses-sites will ECI accept?

[Fitz]

I am currently considering ideas (products) for my 6th license/store and I am curious how many stores a person can operate with a single ECI account. To have more than 6 sites, I would need to purchase more licenses, but will I need another ECI account? Does anyone have any experience with using ECI and having more than 6 licenses?

When I signed up with SOL, they said all 6 of my licenses would be covered by ECI, but what about if I add more licenses? I have heard two points of view about this subject. The first view was you are limited by the number of stores/licenses, but the other view was you are limited by the average sale amount of a store/license. By that I mean if you told ECI your average sale was $50, then you can have as many stores as you want under a single ECI account, but the average sale for each store has to be $50. If you have a single store that averages $100 per sale, ECI won't allow it.

So I guess I am actually asking two things here. First, does anyone have knowledge of being able to use a single ECI account for more than 6 licenses? Second, is your ECI account limited by the number of licenses or by the average sale?

Thanks

So I guess I am actually asking two things here. First, does anyone have knowledge of being able to use a single ECI account for more than 6 licenses? Second, is your ECI account limited by the number of licenses or by the average sale?

Answer to first question: Don't really know, but I believe if you called them you would get an answer. I wold be don't have time until Tuesday.

Anser to the second question: Depending on the average size of your price the can vary, I believe they have 4 levels, could be wrong. I know I have two accounts with them now because of the different pricing.

MY guess is on the first one, if you did get additional licenses I can't see them having any reason for making you set another account unless the average sale issue comes up.

[Fitz]

[I know I have two accounts with them now because of the different pricing]

Vanbar, thanks for replying.

By your having two accounts, does that mean you get two statements each month? If so, do you have to pay double the statement fee, and doesn't that make reconciling your bank account a big pain?[/quote]

[ExcaliburBrothers]

I also have two different merchant accounts due to small ticket items and large ticket items. Yes I have to pay 2 statement fees but they both deposit into the same bank account so reconciling the bank account is no different just more items to reconcile. :)

It seems like a lot now but as time goes on and you start making sales (I can't see you buying more licenses until you are profitable unless you already are) you will just see it as a cost of doing business. As you grow so will your expenses. The key naturally is to increase revenue faster than expenses.

Economics 101 :lol:

Lawrence