Junk Removal business

I saw a business the other day that looked interesting. I'm sure you have heard of the company called 1-800-got-junk.

A local company has prices about 40% less than the above company.

1) They have a website that ranks highly for keywords ie (junk removal etc.)
2) You can submit orders online or over the phone.
3) Then I suspect they contract the lead to local companies for a fee.

This is a home based business and they operate in several cities and expanding into other countries.

All you need is a website that ranks highly. After that you collect leads and send them to your partner that have the trucks.

Garbage removal is a simple business. All they do is take it to the dump. Many people have old appliances and furniture and no truck that can take it.

Brian Scudamore's 1-800-Got-Junk is Definitely a Great Success story... Canadian of course...

Excellent business model and ideas to Apply to Many other business concepts that few are using...

Interesting though...

How Many of those innovative ideas Make others Very Successful Too...

Catch a Winner... “Twist” and Duplicate for a Nice little piece of the pie...

1-800-Got-Junk?: Branding Professionalism
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/mfbs-g.../lu00060e.html

Trash talking
From startup in 2003, Just Junk's Mike Thorne expects to collect $1 million in revenues this year
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/326747

http://www.18774gojunk.com/
http://www.1877junktwogo.com/home/
http://www.1800junkusa.com/
www.justjunk.com/
http://www.ridofit.com/

Although there's always a few problems along the way...

A warning for those recycling electronics
Concerns are raised about where junk taken to free events ends up
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...omputer18.html

Use the basic idea But Focus and Specialize on in Demand type Junk/Green Trends...

Leave the Junk and Go for the Good stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xi9Xrgc7bs

http://designcorner.blinkr.net/Sprin...tion___salvage

scrap metal?
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=21116

Phil

Phil,

Thanks for all those links.

Let me add... you can always Specialize. And do, say Commercial Junk. Stuff you take away from businesses of all kinds. Be that... office fitout businesses (hey, someone has to remove the debris created during an Office Fitout), businesses in industrial estates (not all have their own commercial waste bin), offices in general (often a clean out has too much stuff for the offce cleaner to manage).

Or just do Garden Waste. From dropping off garden bags or caged trailers for the client to fill themselves, to doing it for the client.

Michael Ross

Thought I'd throw out one more Quick related idea...

Hmm... Google tells me there's some interesting Problems regarding Catalytic Converters...

Of course Never get into the illegal side of things...

But Bet there's some possible Solutions and Money making business ideas in Catalytic Converters...

Raising cash in a hurry #14: Salvage your bank account with scrap metal
http://www.walletpop.com/2008/06/19/...unt-with-scra/

Definitely interesting...

Thieves have taken to removing catalytic converters, which help control emissions, from the underside of parked vehicles. The converters contain trace amounts of platinum and rhodium--which go for about $2,054 and $9,278 per ounce, respectively--and can be sold on the black market for a couple hundred dollars each. Victims, however, pay much more than that for replacement parts: My brother-in-law shelled out almost $2,000 for a new converter for my nephew's truck...
http://www.walletpop.com/2008/04/29/...ar-owners-met/

Catalytic Converters...
http://news.google.com/news?oe=utf-8...=Se arch+News

Use the News as a Brainstorming tool... Then Focus on ideas and stuff to sell...

Phil

Here in E. TN, there's a company going great guns calls Junk-Bee-Gone. They've now expanded into offering shredding services.

As far as the catalytic converters go, thought I read that they contained some recyclable materials that were worth some pretty good change.

Pete

That's indeed interesting. Not only you help them get rid of their junk, you also teach them the value of recycling.

Man ... I miss Pete!

Originally Posted by Robert J.

Man ... I miss Pete!

Yeah, Me, too...

Every time a thread gets bumped to the TOP that has Pete's name listed,
it feels kinda weird seeing it...

Continues to live-on through a couple of the Following threads...

A Good way to visit Old Friends once in awhile! ...

More Simply by Digging through the ''Pete Egeler'' SowPub Archives by using the search feature...

Pete Egeler...
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...Peter%20Egeler

Is your Biz ready for that PR radio tour? Free Publicity without spending a Fortune! ...
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1654

Phil

My Goodness...What happened? I know I was away for a bit but remember some posts of his on the Offline Biz forum and it didn't seem all that long ago. I assumed he was busy with his business. This is really sad to read.