Hello Fastlane. Thanks for taking the time to look into my post. I have a service based business idea that I would like to have reviewed.
I live on a lake and hear many people complaining about the time it takes to maintain their boat. It seems that one of the main sources of unhappiness for boat owners is tarping and un-tarping their boat for the weekend.
This made me wonder what it would be worth to person to have someone un-tarp their boat at their dock Friday morning and tarp it back up Monday morning. I would bring the service to the customer.
Additional services could be offered for additional fees such as, applying UV protectant spray to the seats, mold removal, floor cleaning, and spray waxing of the exterior. All of this would be performed on the water at the persons boat dock or marina.
I think this could be a subscription based service. Pay a fixed fee for x amount of months. Different levels of service could be offered. Silver, gold and platinum for example.
I would consider this more of a spare change type of business than a fastlane approach. If you’re a young fastlaner on summer break it could be a great side hustle. I’m sure it’s scaleable if enough people are interested in the service. The perfect scenario would be to have enough business to hire some help for the summer and pay them to perform the labor.
I would hate to offer the service and cancel if enough people weren’t interested. This is my biggest concern. I’m sure I could make advertisements to put at local marinas, restaurants, etc. Facebook also seems like a viable option as well as renting one of the many small billboards in the area.
How do I know how many people would commit to this? Build a website and capture emails and contact info? Ask around on boating forums? Set up some sort of pre order form on the site and refund money if I don’t go through with it? Make a “buy now” button that errors out when clicked but has the ability to be tracked?
How much would you pay? My thinking is that vacation home owners only have the weekend to spend. This service would take one more thing off their plate so that they could spend more time having fun and less time working.
Thanks again for your time!
I live on a lake and hear many people complaining about the time it takes to maintain their boat. It seems that one of the main sources of unhappiness for boat owners is tarping and un-tarping their boat for the weekend.
This made me wonder what it would be worth to person to have someone un-tarp their boat at their dock Friday morning and tarp it back up Monday morning. I would bring the service to the customer.
Additional services could be offered for additional fees such as, applying UV protectant spray to the seats, mold removal, floor cleaning, and spray waxing of the exterior. All of this would be performed on the water at the persons boat dock or marina.
I think this could be a subscription based service. Pay a fixed fee for x amount of months. Different levels of service could be offered. Silver, gold and platinum for example.
I would consider this more of a spare change type of business than a fastlane approach. If you’re a young fastlaner on summer break it could be a great side hustle. I’m sure it’s scaleable if enough people are interested in the service. The perfect scenario would be to have enough business to hire some help for the summer and pay them to perform the labor.
I would hate to offer the service and cancel if enough people weren’t interested. This is my biggest concern. I’m sure I could make advertisements to put at local marinas, restaurants, etc. Facebook also seems like a viable option as well as renting one of the many small billboards in the area.
How do I know how many people would commit to this? Build a website and capture emails and contact info? Ask around on boating forums? Set up some sort of pre order form on the site and refund money if I don’t go through with it? Make a “buy now” button that errors out when clicked but has the ability to be tracked?
How much would you pay? My thinking is that vacation home owners only have the weekend to spend. This service would take one more thing off their plate so that they could spend more time having fun and less time working.
Thanks again for your time!
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