Estate Living Magazine Develop - Issue 44 August 2019 | Page 51

I N V E S T developers, data managers and UI developers who ensure that our solutions really do work. We have a technical support member who manages any queries and support. • The administration and financial team consists of a financial manager and financial assistant who manage all finances and finance queries, an HR manager and a staff developer and events coordinator. What we do netVendor has been providing internet revenue management and smart metering solutions since 2004, when we developed the first STS fully web-based vending system. Through the use of state-of-the-art technology, netVendor provides effective, efficient and practical solutions to the electricity and water industry. Our purpose is to create and manage the best possible solution for the end user and suppliers in the electrical and water industry by linking the banking world to the prepayment world via modern technology. Our sister company, netVendor Utilities, is a proud BEE Level 2 company. As a driven and focused company, consistency, sustainability and growth are at the heart of our commitment to our colleagues, clients, communities, shareholders and our environment. Through our leading-edge technology, we provide valuable insight into energy consumption within our environment at the touch of a button in a simple and affordable way. We are constantly pursuing service excellence through our caring, dedicated and motivated team. We designed and implemented smart meter test sites in 2012; by 2015, we were the first company in the world to implement STS prepaid currency meters, and the first utility metering company in the world to partner with platform giant, ZAPPER. In 2018, we launched a mobile app that: d e v e l O P HOW WE DO IT Our services include: Custom charges and full recovery of tariffs • arrears collection • boiler fees • hot- and cold-water charges • manual charges • meter purchase recovery • rental lock facility (in the event that rent is not paid) Industrial Solutions • metering • monitoring • bill comparisons • tariff comparisons • bills generation • online dashboards with live data STS prepaid / post-paid and SMART meters • water • electricity • gas • STS6 compliant • POPI and GDPR compliant STS intelligent domestic meters • prepaid • post-paid • maximum demand • time of use • load profile Tariff management • straight line tariff • incline block tariff (IBT) • declining block tariff (DBT) • time of use (TOU) • feed in tariff (FIT) • charges • electricity basic services support tariff (EBSST) – government free allocation. Our clients include property owners, bodies corporate, investors, commercial and retail, letting agents, utilities, property developers and large industries. We successfully manage 15 municipalities in South Africa and Namibia, and over 6,500 bodies corporate in South Africa. netvendor.co.za T We are integrated with third-party vending suppliers to provide quality service, and we collect via vending channels to pay out to property holders every month. We offer our clients a choice between percentage split, minimum charges or a fixed fee. • is available on the Google Play Store • provides training videos on how to use the various functions available on the app • offers multiple payment options. &