Get into the ring
The latest phase of the Verba-RATEX Partnership makes it easier than ever to come out swinging against the online competition.
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Auto-Imports Into Verba Compete
Say farewell to clunky spreadsheet imports. RATEX now sends Verba all the data you need to dynamically price and source within Verba Compete. Current prices, estimated sales, open-to-buy, and a brand new average cost calculation – it's all there.
Push Price Changes to VisualRATEX
With the push of a button, Verba now sends all the dynamic price changes you make in Compete over to VisualRATEX. Back in VR, you'll have the option to review individual price changes, or accept all at once. Dynamic pricing just got a lot more efficient for every RATEX store.
Requirements
Here's all you need to take advantage of the integration:
Partnership Roadmap
The Verba–RATEX partnership aims to keep joint clients on the cutting edge of competitiveness. Below you'll find an updated list of completed and forthcoming projects.
| Status: | Complete |
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Integration automatically populates Verba Compare with all necessary data, and enables clients to push adoptions received in Verba Collect back to VR.
| Status: | In Development | |
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| Target Date: | March 2013 |
Integration automatically populates Verba Compete with all necessary data, and enables clients to push price changes made in Verba Compete back to VR.
| Status: | In Planning | |
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| Target Date: | June 2013 |
Integration aims to bring store want list data into the Verba Compete sourcing module, and to create invoices in VR for all purchases made from the online marketplace through Verba Compete.
Compete Features
Accept Some Friendly Advice
Every store has them: books that are priced too high and books that are priced too low. Verba Compete analyzes your catalog and produces custom pricing recommendations, suggesting you raise prices on some books and lower prices on others. In the end, you’ll sustain your average margin, while maximizing the number of titles that are priced competitively against the online marketplace.
Go Bargain Hunting
For some books, standard wholesale costs can be significantly higher than the online marketplace price. Compete starts by identifying titles for which online sourcing makes the most sense. We then help you checkout from Half.com, organize and track packages in the Compete interface, and provide detailed purchase information for Accounts Payable. Keeping your costs down has never been easier.
Buyback with precision
Verba Compete captures and displays the online competition's buyback pricing for each book you're buying back. We've built in quick filters so you can dial in on books where you're overpriced or underpriced against the marketplace. Compete ensures your buyback pricing is both fair and competitive, so you don’t pay out more than you need to and your store remains the best option for your students.
Pricing
No Cost integration
The latest round of Verba-RATEX integration comes at no additional charge to RATEX users with an active Verba Compete subscription.
No surprise subscription fees
As for Compete, your store pays a single subscription fee, up-front, for one year of fully-hosted service. There are no implementation fees or maintenance charges; we'll never charge for rock-star support; and all updates and upgrades are rolled out free of charge. The pricing you see below is exactly what your store will pay.
| Full-Time Equivalent | Verba Compete Only | Compare + Compete Package |
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| Up to 1,500 students |
$100 / month Paid Annually |
$150 / month Paid Annually |
| Up to 2,500 students |
$200 / month Paid Annually |
$300 / month Paid Annually |
| Up to 5,000 students |
$300 / month Paid Annually |
$450 / month Paid Annually |
| Up to 12,000 students |
$400 / month Paid Annually |
$600 / month Paid Annually |
| Up to 18,000 students |
$500 / month Paid Annually |
$750 / month Paid Annually |
| Up to 25,000 students |
$600 / month Paid Annually |
$900 / month Paid Annually |
