Let’s be honest the curtain of the video surveillance market is just opening for the Russian user. Mass distribution of video monitoring is observed only in the segment of large business and the public sector level. Accordingly, the most ignorant category of potential customers are individuals and small businesses. However, any customer is subject to a number of common mistakes. Let’s talk about them.
Installation of a video surveillance system, due to the technical complexity of the issue, requires experts’ intervention and involves financial and other costs.
A competent approach to this issue implies the active participation of the customer at all stages, namely:
To avoid disappointment and unnecessary financial costs, consider the list of the most common mistakes when ordering video surveillance.
A mistake when ordering a video monitoring system # 1 is the lack of customer’s meaningful goals and objectives.
Answer the questions:
Select a video surveillance target from the list:
The lack of a clear goal leads to overpayments for unnecessary equipment options and the inability to obtain the planned result.
Ordering video surveillance is as easy as shelling peas, but you need to give up imitation:
This approach does not consider the purpose of video surveillance, the specifics of the facility, and, accordingly, cannot give a 100% return on investment.
Here we can talk about such unjustified expectations as:
Most often, if a customer or his friends have used a video monitoring system in the past and are not aware of modern surveillance methods, they choose analogue systems.
Read the article “What should you not expect from legacy video monitoring systems?” and make the right choice in favour of cloud services.
In the event of a budget lack, the average customer tries to save on the equipment quality and squeeze a discount from the seller.
This approach can lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the system.
The correct solution would be to split the order into stages, paying in instalments.
Even if you order turnkey video surveillance, all stages of production imply your active participation, up to the signing of the acceptance certificate of the performed work. At each stage, it is necessary to monitor the quality. Lack of control is unacceptable.
The common mistake of customers is the lack of thoughts and funds for:
Be prepared that any part of the system may fail and require replacement/repair, budget the amount for maintenance.
If ordering a surveillance system is alien to you, you should pay attention to the Faceter cloud service, which can operate using two mobile devices or IP cameras.
You don’t need any additional hardware.
It is enough to download a free mobile application on two smartphones, one of which is installed in the surveillance area (as a camera), and the other is taken with you and used as a monitor.
Details are on the website https://faceter.cam/en.
Not to get frustrated and avoid money-wasting, prepare to order a video monitoring system (for home and/or business) in advance. Start by planning and setting goals. Select a provider based on recommendations and online ratings. Participate at every stage of the fixing. Do not pay for the order 100% before the end of the work. Consider the TOP 7 common mistakes that we have prepared especially for you.
