How do i deal with spurious persons so as to avoid them from duplicating a retail recharge card?
If i were to launch retail cards that allow the customer to activate my services such as those that follow the same activation procedures as that of Hutch or Airtel (my services arent into telecom i.e. i’m not a mobile services provider), how do i protect my product from getting duplicated by spurious persons.
I want to launch retail cards similar to the pattern that are used by Mobile services providers, but mine is not a telecom service. I dont want any spurious individual duplicating my cards (i am patenting my service) and i want my customers to be aware such that they get the authentic retail cards of my service from licensed dealers and not get cheated. How do i protect my customers ?
e.g. if im a spurious person and i create a card say exactly the same as ‘X’ recharge card by Hutch and sell it to a small shop for further sale and the end user buys the card and uses the registration number, and finds out that such a number is invalid.
How do i stop such an activity from taking place and how do i ensure that my customer is aware of whats authentic and not?
i dont know really………….
But hope u get one answer good luck…………
February 24th, 2010 at 7:53 am
i dont know really………….
But hope u get one answer good luck…………
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February 24th, 2010 at 8:39 am
The first thing that you will want to do is patent the product. The patent gives you the security that you are the only person in this world that can make the product. Sometimes patents do get duplicated though and then you need an attorney to sue the other company that has copied your product. Which you would ultimately win because you have the first patent on the product. Check out patents on the net. Good Luck and I hope you make a million bucks!!!!!
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February 24th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Your question is unclear. Do you want to avoid other providers trying to crowd you out of your business niche, or prevent users from duplicating your authentication info and getting free service?
The former is usually done with legal means, e.g. patents. The latter usually takes things like capturing the user’s personal details and perhaps the phone number used for activation. Once activated, you don’t allow the same registration to be re-activated with different info.
UPDATE: Looks like you want physical security. Something like a hologram on each card (hard to duplicate without the proper equipment) is the way to go. Make sure your business model can bear the expense – it’s one thing to pay for one hologram for a charge card which lasts several years, and another thing for a one-use card.
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