Anyone help with my new venture?

quamen · 08-24-09, 08:36

I have been in the detailing business for over 10 years now, and have ran my small detailing company for about 6 years. I started this business up as a part time gig while i was obtaining a BA degree. I have come to the point where i am very interested in teaching others what i have learned, in order to open up their own detailing business. I already have several companies willing to make me a large array of products under my branded name, but wanted to hear others inputs and ideas on my new venture. I realize this is a big step and might fail, but i am willing to try. I have one of the best website designer and marketing expert willing to work with my closely on this venture.

My idea is a day of marketing with a 1 or 2 days seminar teaching students how to properly detail a customers vehicles, what chemicals to use etc. I am starting this out of a very large mobile trailer rig in order to detail on site, but also be setup for mobile detail training. have a shop already for shop detailing training,but my main objective is mobile auto detail training. Ideas/ thoughts all welcome and well appreciated. I do realize this is going to be such a great challenge, but i am pretty confident in myself. While going to school i was able to easily build my mobile detailing business to support myself since my early 20s, while attending college. through business i have become confident in that anything is achievable, if you truly want it and you enjoy what you are doing. This venture will be hard work, but more of it is fun. I will love having my own product line, detail manual, website and most of all being able to share my 10 plus years of detailing knowledge with the rest of the world.

Rich

MaksimumAuto · 08-26-09, 07:22

While I was reading the topic one thing kept sending red flags in my head.

Your going to saturate the living day lights out of your market.

quamen · 08-26-09, 08:03

Any useful information is well appreciated.

quamen · 08-26-09, 08:05

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Originally Posted by MaksimumAuto

While I was reading the topic one thing kept sending red flags in my head.

Your going to saturate the living day lights out of your market.

please go into further detail about these red flags, even negative information is good information.

MaksimumAuto · 08-27-09, 08:45

This venture makes sense to me as long as you won't be doing any detailing yourself. If your selling the products, you will be successful if your students buy your products. If you have your own detailing operation going on as well, every person you teach will be less money in your pocket in the long run. I'm not sure how many detailing operations are within 20 miles of you. In Baltimore, there's about 10 respectable ones including mine. The more people you teach how to detail, the more potential customers you will loose. Just keep this in mind.

Jakerooni · 08-27-09, 09:17

Just have the student sign a no compete clause. That's a simple fix. it's how 99.99999999% of all franchises and such do it. Since your teaching your skills in your methods etc etc etc.. Just put into the enrollment contract that they can't open shop within a 5 mile radius of your shop after completion of the course. You'd be suprised just how many people are in the process of doing this exact same thing right now.

quamen · 08-27-09, 10:45

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Originally Posted by Jakerooni

Just have the student sign a no compete clause. That's a simple fix. it's how 99.99999999% of all franchises and such do it. Since your teaching your skills in your methods etc etc etc.. Just put into the enrollment contract that they can't open shop within a 5 mile radius of your shop after completion of the course. You'd be suprised just how many people are in the process of doing this exact same thing right now.

Yes i agree 100 percent with this and i believe alot of my students will not even be from the direct area or state so I shouldn't have a problem with that. I dont plan on doing the detailing aspect anymore, what i want to do it sell my own product line to the students when they start up their own business.

ZaneO · 09-02-09, 01:51

Here are some considerations:

How many detailing products/lines/brands are on the market?

Do users really need another choice, and what will differentiate it?

JohnKleven · 09-02-09, 08:53

I'm just being completely honest. Don't be offended. I don't like this idea.

This is a problem with 99% of the detailers out there, no matter how good they are, they all seem to think they're the best thing since sliced bread. What makes you think that your current competition is going to pay you to train them? If you're doing such a venture, I would highly recommend you brand your own product line. The reason for this is simple, you need to be making money after they leave your training class. If your customers are fresh start-ups, then I would get with a website designer, and come up with a generic website idea, and whomever you train, included in the price of the trainng they get a full up and running website, they just pay you $30 a month to host it. Just a few ideas to think about.

John

quamen · 09-03-09, 04:36

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Originally Posted by JohnKleven

I'm just being completely honest. Don't be offended. I don't like this idea.

This is a problem with 99% of the detailers out there, no matter how good they are, they all seem to think they're the best thing since sliced bread. What makes you think that your current competition is going to pay you to train them? If you're doing such a venture, I would highly recommend you brand your own product line. The reason for this is simple, you need to be making money after they leave your training class. If your customers are fresh start-ups, then I would get with a website designer, and come up with a generic website idea, and whomever you train, included in the price of the trainng they get a full up and running website, they just pay you $30 a month to host it. Just a few ideas to think about.

John

yes that is what i stated in the original post, my main objective is to get my own line of products so i can continue to make sales after the student leaves.

a.k.a. Patrick · 09-03-09, 05:14

Product saturation? Anyone noticed how many bottles of shampoo are on the market shelves? Point is, if its good, priced appropriately, packaged nicely and marketed (your classes) it will sell (to your students).