General Consultant Discussion

Looks like Sage is rolling back out (continuing?) their EasyPay plan where customers off plan can get back on by making monthly payments. I've used this in the past and it's a pretty cool incentive for someone that owes a large back fee. I believe the changes this time around: a. You can use credit cards for the monthly payment. Previously it was only a direct ACH and some customers balked at giving access to their checking account. b. 5 year and quarterly payments are no longer being offered effective December 1, 2011 c. Partners on the hook for defaults (I'm unsure if this has always been the case - correct me if I'm wrong) d. Add-on modules (qualifying) can be put on Easy Pay - though oddly there is a separate payment that you have to make - they don't add it into your main payment. e. Discounted multi-year M&S subscriptions cannot be combined with Easy Pay (I believe you could before) Please correct any of the above that I'm mis-stating. I've done one or two of these but may have missed something.

I don't see that the partners are on the hook. What happens is Sage pays the partners up front for the deal and future M&S and they are saying if the customer defaults, they will grab back the pro-rated share of that up-front payment. EasyPay makes it much easier to make sales - it's one of the greatest tools that Sage is offering up these days.