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by CyberFonic 3152 days ago
I believe the term is "factoring". There are collection and similar companies that will buy your collectibles. In my experience, they will not buy a single collectible. Instead, you enter into a contract to sell your on-going collectibles. One company that I researched wanted 100% of my collectibles or none at all. It is a good arrangement to help with cash-flow, but in my experience the terms and conditions are such that you will probably need to increase your rates by at least 30% to maintain your present revenue levels.
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Factoring is a method of financing your business, say to buy raw materials to produce finished goods for sale. They want access to your receivables to make sure they are repaid. What the GP is referring to is a collection agency, where you sell a debt to them for $.10-$.30 on the dollar and they have all the rights to collect.
I ended up going with a no fee unless you win agency that keeps 35% of what they collect. Honestly, that seemed pretty fair to me.

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