How to Start Business Delivery Service
Even in today's recession, you can be successful running a delivery service. People want the time saving ease of getting the things they want brought right to their door. With nothing more than a cell phone and reliable transportation, you can deliver or pick up just about anything imaginable for your clients. Here's how to start a delivery service:
Come up with a business plan for managing and growing
your new company. Identify your goals and lay out all the financial
requirements. Figure out what kind of initial investment you will need, based
on any equipment or other necessary purchases,
Determine where your delivery boundaries will be, and
what you will charge. Consider the costs of your transportation and the amount
of time it will take you to get places.Advertise your business so you can find your first
customers. Drop flyers in mailboxes around your delivery area. Put an ad in the
yellow pages, newspapers and on the Internet.
You can offer coupons to attract
new business. You might want to target senior facilities, business offices and
college campuses. It's up to you to generate your own business. Secure a gas-efficient vehicle or two with plenty of
space for cargo and properly insure them for delivery usage. Hire a few
delivery people and try to coordinate multiple deliveries and pickups to
maximize efficiency.
Make contacts with businesses that don't offer their own
delivery and see if you can work together [source: Walden University]. You can
try pharmacies, grocery stores, dry cleaners, liquor stores or whatever
businesses you can think of. Your only limit is your imagination.
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