Home Based Business

Running an Errand Business

The Errand business is a great home
business idea for two simple reasons, it
is easy and simple to start and secondly
it requires very little capital. So if
you have been thinking about a home
business idea why not go ahead with this
type of business.

Today the work atmosphere is highly
charged; with 9 to 5 jobs that often
extend well into weekends most people
are left with little to no time to take
care of chores and errands. Things like
dropping off mail or parcels, buying
groceries, picking up laundry, dropping
off video, taking the care for servicing
or a wash etc. are just some of the
things that eat away into weekly offs
or weekends. Most people would rather
lounge around and catch up with family
and friends.

That is why there is a growing section
of the society which does not mind
paying people to take care of tasks that
they don?t want to waste time over. This
is where you come in.

As the owner of an errand business it
will be your job to run errands for your
clients. The scope of your job of course
is entirely your decision. Before
getting into this business, you might
want to decide in advance what services
or errands you are willing to run for
your clients. Also you will need to
decide if you want to run errands for
people or for businesses and
corporations.

What You Will Need

The most important requirement in this
business is transportation. Since you
never know where all your errands will
take you, self or personal transport is
a big plus. Also a two way communication
is essential so you may want to invest
in a pager, a cell-phone a land line
connection with an answering machine to
take orders when you are not around.

Although this business can be run from
both home and office, a little private
space like an extra room or some garage
space is ideal.

Pricing

The pricing policy in this business is
defined by the following considerations

? Area of operation (center of
the city or the suburbs)

? Demographics

? What the competition is
charging

On an average the going rate in the
errand service business falls between
%15 and %20 and upwards per hour.

You?re Target Market

Although you can expect to be running
errands for all kinds of people, the
highest instances of revenue will be
generated by corporate sector and the
more affluent classes who can easily
afford to shell out money to get their
errands taken care off.

However some other areas from where you
can expect business are dry cleaners,
post offices, banks, department stores,
video shops, grocery stores, among other
places of business.

Read this article for more information on running an errand
business and what you?ll need to be successful.

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Originally posted 2009-06-04 02:43:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter