5 Car Business Ideas – Don’t Let These Drive Away…
World wide car sales for the 2008 and 2009 fiscal years was roughly one and a half billion units. This is therefore a huge opportunity for all those go-getters out there who have been looking for the right business idea. If you are itching to burn rubber and get started then get in and test drive these Car Business Ideas.
1. Find people places to park:
There are many overly congested cities where much of the traffic causing things to slow down is due to people driving around looking for a place to park. Smaller third party websites run by private citizens and local municipalities have already popped up offering services to bring those who want to park.
If you are computer savvy this is a perfect emerging market that will frequent a site with relevant and real time parking data in the cities and towns they live in. The best part is, with the internet you can provide service to markets everywhere.
2. Start a business making cars look like new:
Car detailing is an easily acquired skill and you can impress customers by removing every spec of dirt from their autos. Minimal investment is required and the service is not hard to sell as most people would rather have someone else clean their car for a nominal fee.
Look how far Paul Dalton took the business; he has a long list of celebrity and high net worth clients and spends his days washing Lamborghinis and Austin Martins, chargeing up to 5,000 pounds to wash a car. He applies 6,000 pound a tub car wax from Brazil with his bare hands!
Check out this video:
3. Sell something to a Do-it-yourselfer:
A French company called OGarage has devised a very clever idea. Provide the tools a do-it-yourself type needs to get the job done on his car. Many people in the current economy have taken to fixing their own cars and trucks.
Whether to save money or as a hobby, these people don’t always have the professional tools to get most jobs done like impact guns, air compressors, tire balancers or a hydraulic lift. This business rents space to customers by the hour or half hour and even provides shower facilities, just in case.
The company also provides classes and common parts for vehicles. Investment for an endeavor of this magnitude would be hefty however it would not be difficult to show a group of investors the enormous potential for this emerging market.
For an example of this unique service visit www.ogarage.ca/.
You will have to translate if you don’t speak French however this is a good example of what you would be in for.
4. Turn your car into a mobile billboard:
This is an expansion of the idea that business owners should jump at any opportunity to market themselves. This mean printing your company’s logo anywhere feasible like on uniforms, pens, the sides of a building or on a vehicle.
A new trend in advertising is to have consumers sign contracts to place obvious billboards on the back of their car or to be towed behind on a trailer. Consumers and part timers can also get involved.
A sub concept of this idea highlighted at
www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/151/more-business-ideas-car-billboards/
This is a business model in which average consumers can apply to display a mobile billboard on their personal vehicle for cash.
5. Start a car wash:
By far one of the easiest and cost effective automotive related businesses is a car wash. All those basket ball teams and school fundraisers can’t be wrong! All you need is a water source, some buckets, sponges and towels for drying.
Car washing isn’t as labor intensive as detailing and generally customers won’t be as hard to get on board because a car wash is only dealing with the exterior of the vehicle. Depending on your level of commitment initial investments may be small or large.
www.startingacarwash.com/ has more information about this opportunity.