SphereMail Operators

General Questions 50

• Does SphereMail have a Security Policy?
• What activities are charged right away and what activities get charged at the end of the month→
• When we attempt to sign up a user for our location, we receive an error message indicating that the email is already taken?
• Why are our customers charged for any services or activity we provide? →
• How often are we expected to ship mail? Is there a SphereMail policy around that? →

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Managing Mail 42

• Can you confirm when do storage fees go into effect? (is it 30 days?) →
• Why can't I forward mail internationally with USPS?
• How do we handle cancelled customers' mail?
• How do we charge for the forwarding of the package? Do we charge a handling fee as well?
• For forwarding mail, is the price that I can set for each plan just the fee that our business takes (not including the cost of postage)? Or should it include that postage cost? →

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Operator General Settings 22

• Do we have access to a detailed history report of all customer transactions? →
• What are the requirements to operate as a virtual office provider in Ireland? →
• How is tax handled on the platform in the U.S. and/or other countries? →
• Is there a way for you to modify the hourly conference room access to a dollar credit amount that can be used towards our meeting rooms and workstation rentals? →
• What is the page URL that we should hyperlink to our website once people are interested in signing up? →

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Managing Customers 25

• Is there a way for a customer to add an additional recipient and for me to mark it free of charge after they add it? Or do I need to add the recipient? →
• How can we re-assign a mailbox number? →
• What to do if one of my customers is unable to log in to the SphereMail's portal?→
• How does canceling or deactivating a customer affect billing or their box number?→
• Is there a way to delete a mailbox number from an inactive customer's account so it can be reused by a new customer? →

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Virtual Phone Number and Live Answering Services 23

• Do you charge the operator for voice message setup or personal recording? →
• Do I have to offer all the services on the platform? What if I am already offering live answering services or notary services and I don’t want to offer them through the SphereMail platform? →
• What is the difference between a virtual phone number and a land line/cell phone number? →
• What are the differences among all the live receptionist plans? →
• A customer signed up for virtual phone service, is there anything we need to do as an operator? →

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Billing 21

• We have a customer who is on monthly subscription but wants to switch to the 6 months or yearly plan. Will their new rate be pro-rated with what he has already paid?
• Is there any way to apply a credit to a client's account? (In the event they prepay)
• Can a customer add their credit card now for the future start date of their plan?→
• Our customer just entered their Credit Card, why were they charged on all pending invoices since the date they were activated?→
• How do we handle a customer's deactivated account that's been locked out due to non-payment? →

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Compliance 6

• Do you have a sample of a completed form 1583 that I could use as an example to understand how it should be completed by the customer? →
• Is Remote Online Notary legal in California? →
• Is it legal to notarize a document online? →
• Where can I download CA 17583.5 document?
• USPS issued a new 1583 form in 2024, does SphereMail use the new template? →

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