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Skemaz Redefines Retail Merchandising SaaS with “Unlimited Packages”

Announcement posted by Skemaz™ Pty Ltd 18 Jun 2015

Forget SaaS “Pay per Something” Recurring Business Models and get with the Latest Growing Trend

Raising the Bar

In another controversial move, Skemaz.net, a technology Software as a Service company, today launched new pricing plans with unlimited SaaS (unlimited users, projects, store visits, stores - in fact with no limits at all) that are set to shake up the market and slash MSO’s and Food Broker’s SaaS cost. Their subscription plans are backed up with a set of support services that allow their customers to outsource their project setups and user training.

Skemaz’s opening ‘controversial’ move was to launch the World’s first 100% free Cloud Retail Merchandising SaaS in 2014, with a best of breed technology providing customers with an intuitive Desktop designer, Responsive Mobile Auditor App and Powerful Actionable Reporting.

"Just Do It For Me" services

The recent launch of their ‘Unlimited Packages’ pricing model is a novel approach to redefining Retail Execution SaaS and raises the bar for what CPG Manufacturers, Food brokers, Merchandising Service organizations and Retailers can expect of their SaaS vendors in future.

After the introduction of their ‘Just Do It ALL For Me’ project setup and training services in late 2014, Mark Runge, Skemaz CEO, stated that “the biggest surprise has been that with price no longer being a significant objection, the majority of our SaaS clients are actually keen to pay an affordable price tag in order to further reduce their IT costs by taking advantage of our Support and Project setup services. Which is why we are now offering our customers the best of both worlds with Unlimited Packages that incorporate our setup services”.

Customer Focus

“Customer focus is now more on wanting to pay for a service that is being delivered to them to reduce their workload, improve performance and make life easier for them” said Runge, “rather than paying for an arbitrary count of active users or stores visited in the traditional SaaS model”.

Existing merchandising systems typically require extensive training and vendor support to Administer and Design projects and for mobile workers to use it competently in the field. Couple this with an outdated “Pay per Use” business model and you have a cost prohibitive system that requires months of preparation before a roll-out can commence. This effectively locks out the smaller players in the Retail Industry.

“MSO’s and Food Brokers are still being held ransom to SaaS vendors’ many years old “Pay per Use” pricing models that they seem hell bent on maintaining, even though cloud hosting costs from Amazon have fallen an astounding 47 times since inception and by a record 65% for some services in April 2014” says Alan Haugh, Skemaz SVP for North America.