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What about:
Specialty (porsche) salvage? is that a good business? Attempting to consolidate all the used part classifieds for porsche/bmw/etc. into one bigger used parts auction house: ebay for this particular niche? fire away...
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Yep, market sizing is the biggest unknown and may be unknowable since there aren't really comparable business to work against.
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Exactly. No competition. It doesn't even seem that risky. Sign a 6-month lease on a warehouse, do minimal improvements, and start signing people up. If you underestimate, you lick your wounds and move on.
Here's 10,000 sq ft in NW DC for $8500 a month. That's 43 cars to cover rent, and I'm sure you could fit a lot more than 43 cars in there if you had the demand. http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/d...298968713.html |
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If virtual, what could you offer that eBay doesn't already? They've damn sure got the size and the market. Are you going to develop some custom software to run the site? If you're thinking "for sale" classified, how would you make money when Craigslist, Pelican Parts, Rennlist, and even here allow you to post for free?
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Werd. Repeat that over and over. IMO, if you're going to try to do something for real (i.e. not a night/weekend thing) you have to have enough market for it.
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Good points...but it seems like when I go to post for stuff I've got for sale, I never have one dominant obvious choice...I post to pelican, dorkiphus, and a couple of others. Sometimes ebay, but not often cause I don't want to pay.
Salvage - thinking of junk yard. do i really want to own a junk yard....?
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Chris M 1985 911 Carrera with a couple cosmetic only mods 2006 E90 330i 1999 E46 328i |
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Right, but if you can buy an existing one, then you have huge barriers to entry because nobody else can get a permit. course, you might also just buy yourself a super-fund sight......
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My $0.02
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I think Noah knows the guys that run Rennline (Noah knows everyone) and probably could ring in with some insight.... Look at a company like Brey Krause...I'm pretty sure that is a hobby business on the side of the real business of making industrial fire equipment. Look at all the small time operators on Rennlist: FRWilk (made 944 chips...computer was stolen, out of business) Bruce Arnn (made 944 timing belt tools which sold for ~$200...how many of those do you need?)... Travis at Rennbay (Gator knows him) makes little odo gears ($27) and timing belt tools ($85).... I think he's a college student.
If you want to make a living, you need something more widely demanded and then run your Porsche hobby business on the side.... many of the Porsche shops around here do a little work on other marques in the slow times.
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