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Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Free to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choice
 
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Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Fre
Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Free to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choiceN
Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Free to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choice

e to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choi
No offence, but asking for our feedback won't get you anywhere.

If you have an idea, create an mvp and test it on your target market, It's their feedback you need not ours
 

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No offence, but asking for our feedback won't get you anywhere.

If you have an idea, create an mvp and test it on your target market, It's their feedback you need not ours
I totally agree with you, your customers give you the best critics and feedback to improve your services/product. The problem that i have two ideas worth it, and creating two mvp and testing them will take a huge amount of time, I'm not trying to sound lazy but it's the reality
So asking for feedback from people who has some knowledge can help you define what idea you put your focus on.
Thank you for your answer
 

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I think it could work, although thinking doesn't mean much.

If you could execute it you never know... maybe you'd be the next Bezos
 
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I totally agree with you, your customers give you the best critics and feedback to improve your services/product. The problem that i have two ideas worth it, and creating two mvp and testing them will take a huge amount of time, I'm not trying to sound lazy but it's the reality
So asking for feedback from people who has some knowledge can help you define what idea you put your focus on.
Thank you for your answer

I bet you havent really trial & tested all your assumptions and researched the markets for both properly yet. Apart from your personal preferences (gut instinct & passion) you HAVE to validate your assumptions first.

Validating assumptions do not necessarily require a MVP or prototype at all. A lot of things can be validated through surveys and interviews. Especially in both your cases, I would definetely want to validate some of your sales assumptions.

I personally prefer Idea number one, because I can empathetise with it. The problem for me to find a serious plumber when a bathroom pipe burst was extraordinarily difficult. I quote :"We only take cash, you have to pay upfront; good luck getting cash first". I reported the company to the consumer groups. I still dont know what I would do.

Idea 2 is for me theoretically a weak concept today.
 

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Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Free to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choice
You should share your research findings because we have not done the research.
 

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I think it could work, although thinking doesn't mean much
Which idea Could Work the First Or the Second ?
But, I agree with Brian, you should test your idea by creating an MVP of it. Sure, you'll face a lot of challenges as a startup, but don't give up. I'd love to share this article with you that explains all the details about starting your HomeServices business by creating an handyman app
Thank you for your feedback and the article, I agree with @BRIANDAVE & @sparechange too execution and testing are important to achieve progress, I will see the article and use the info in it
I bet you havent really trial & tested all your assumptions and researched the markets for both properly yet. Apart from your personal preferences (gut instinct & passion) you HAVE to validate your assumptions first.
Hello Knugs and thank for sharing your point of view. Sure, I didn't test all of my assumptions but i know that Handyman in my country struggle to find jobs or to get paid after the job is done due to some personal experience, is it a reality ? I don't know and i don't have data to buck it up but the people(plumbers that i hired before) I contacted them and approved my assumptions of an exiting market, I will relay on survey and interview more in the future. and let you know
I personally prefer Idea number one, because I can empathetise with it. The problem for me to find a serious plumber when a bathroom pipe burst was extraordinarily difficult. I quote :"We only take cash, you have to pay upfront; good luck getting cash first". I reported the company to the consumer groups. I still dont know what I would do.

Idea 2 is for me theoretically a weak concept today.
So for the method payment you suggesting that let the customers pays after the work is done ?
You should share your research findings because we have not done the research.
Digital 2020: Algeria — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights and Google.com
That's a data report i used to see what type of devices my future clients use to access the internet, and that help me to find what language of code should i learn.
then I searched for the existence of a type of a platform that provide the same service and there isn't for both idea.


The Biggest concern for the idea N01 is The coming of AI
 
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So, what you're going to do is create an interface similar to the uber interface but replace drivers with plumbers. I've never used uber because I can't but I have created a design for your app from repacing uber stuff. So your app is going to look like this, am I right? Your idea is very interesting because of its a very straightforward concept.
 
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Hello Good Evening/Morning
After brainstorming I come up with some idea of a businesses that can solve a problem in my country, and fulfill a need, I did research and i found that two idea can make it in the market
So The First Idea is : Lunch a platform that make plumbers and other home services, easily to be available for the customers (like uber and the drivers).
The Pros:
  • You can touch Good commissions and provide also ads for the plumbers(and the whole worker) to be ranked higher
  • No existing concurrence
The Cons:
  • Beck checking the identity of each employee can take a lot of time
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
  • The Payment Mode is complicated

The Second One: A web-sites that can help businesses gets social proof by connecting their customers and review it and rated it
The Pros:
  • Easy for the customers and businesses to register
  • Running ads for business to rank hire
The Cons:
  • Why people will people leave facebooks groups and use your web-sites
  • 3.1% Credit Card users (according to a data analysis in January 2020 )
Please Feel Free to share your feedback with arguments, After I will Use The WADM To make a choice
I like your first idea in regards to an on demand service app. I think that contractors who will use your service will need to go through a background check prior to being accepted as contractor to your service. Does that make sense?
 

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what you're going to do is create an interface similar to the uber interface but replace drivers with plumbers
Yes That's It but I will start just for Plumbers in the state phase and see but I wil add more Handyman Jobs as I go forward
I have created a design for your app from repacing uber stuff.
Thank you so much I love how you name it PlumBER
Good luck and you're from Algerie, will you be able to provide the same service without geographical restricton?
Yeah I'm From Algeria, in the test phase only in my home city then The main region , when I collect reviews and problems of my users and use it to update it the app and the service i will lunch it in all Algeria, After Algeria i will surely lunch for the worldwide, ( i don't have many info about this RN, I will tell after i make my decision )
 
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I like your first idea in regards to an on demand service app. I think that contractors who will use your service will need to go through a background check prior to being accepted as contractor to your service. Does that make sense?
hello and thank you for your question, I didn't understand your question can you re-make it pls ?
 

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hello and thank you for your question, I didn't understand your question can you re-make it pls ?
From what I understand from your thread is that you are interested in creating/developing a mobile application similar to UBER but with service contractors such as plumbers, electricians, house painters (basically any service provider for the home).

IF, that is correct lets assume I am a plumber who wants to use your service to get more work and clients. Prior to me being able to do that, I would need to go through a background check to verify I have no violence or sexual offenses. If I pass my background check, I will have access to create and build a profile that will help me get more work. Then someone who needs a plumber can go your mobile application, put in certain filter criteria and search.
 

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From what I understand from your thread is that you are interested in creating/developing a mobile application similar to UBER but with service contractors such as plumbers, electricians, house painters (basically any service provider for the home).

IF, that is correct lets assume I am a plumber who wants to use your service to get more work and clients. Prior to me being able to do that, I would need to go through a background check to verify I have no violence or sexual offenses. If I pass my background check, I will have access to create and build a profile that will help me get more work. Then someone who needs a plumber can go your mobile application, put in certain filter criteria and search.
Yes! this is the test version
 
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Yes! this is the test version
I noticed one of your cons was the background check of each employee... When you mention employee would you be referring to the service provider such as the plumber?

Reason I ask is because you may be able to streamline that process. If the plumber is already certified, bonded, and has credentials then they may have already been through a background check. Or you can set them up with a company who conducts these checks.. These are just thoughts.. I would really like to see you excel! ill be watching your posts for updates
 

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When you mention employee would you be referring to the service provider such as the plumber
Yes the employee are the handymen, in this example the plumbers
If the plumber is already certified, bonded, and has credentials then they may have already been through a background check
So what are you talking about here is if a plumber is already certified (working for a company) you don't need to do a background check ? if this is what you meant it's not going to be possible because most of the plumbers are independent ( they don't work for any company), But for other jobs i think it can be done but i would like to here more about this subject
 

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These are just thoughts.. I would really like to see you excel! ill be watching your posts for updates
For sure I will post my updates as soon as I finish my prototype
 
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Which idea Could Work the First Or the Second ?

Thank you for your feedback and the article, I agree with @BRIANDAVE & @sparechange too execution and testing are important to achieve progress, I will see the article and use the info in it

Hello Knugs and thank for sharing your point of view. Sure, I didn't test all of my assumptions but i know that Handyman in my country struggle to find jobs or to get paid after the job is done due to some personal experience, is it a reality ? I don't know and i don't have data to buck it up but the people(plumbers that i hired before) I contacted them and approved my assumptions of an exiting market, I will relay on survey and interview more in the future. and let you know

So for the method payment you suggesting that let the customers pays after the work is done ?

Digital 2020: Algeria — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights and Google.com
That's a data report i used to see what type of devices my future clients use to access the internet, and that help me to find what language of code should i learn.
then I searched for the existence of a type of a platform that provide the same service and there isn't for both idea.


The Biggest concern for the idea N01 is The coming of AI

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Those sites are developer company ?
 
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Which idea Could Work the First Or the Second ?

Thank you for your feedback and the article, I agree with @BRIANDAVE & @sparechange too execution and testing are important to achieve progress, I will see the article and use the info in it

Hello Knugs and thank for sharing your point of view. Sure, I didn't test all of my assumptions but i know that Handyman in my country struggle to find jobs or to get paid after the job is done due to some personal experience, is it a reality ? I don't know and i don't have data to buck it up but the people(plumbers that i hired before) I contacted them and approved my assumptions of an exiting market, I will relay on survey and interview more in the future. and let you know

So for the method payment you suggesting that let the customers pays after the work is done ?

Digital 2020: Algeria — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights and Google.com
That's a data report i used to see what type of devices my future clients use to access the internet, and that help me to find what language of code should i learn.
then I searched for the existence of a type of a platform that provide the same service and there isn't for both idea.


The Biggest concern for the idea N01 is The coming of AI

I'm afraid you are asking the wrong questions. Most businesses will be open to having another marketing and sales funnel. "Do you want more customers and earn more money - yes, of course". To some degree you dont even need to validate this on the plumbers site.

You are instead making assumptions that users and customers will buy these services on your app. And thats where your problems will be.
___

Let me approach this business through my perspective.
=an app for plumbers and clients (homeservices)

1) How does a customer find a plumber
2) What kind of work is billed and for how much
3) What is the average bill size
4) What is the most common client problem
5) How does a bill fromva plumber look like
6) How many customers are repeat clients in this business (good Q)
7) How many customers search for "new" plumbers
8) Will clients use an app
9) Will clients pay through an app
10) Will plumbers want to get paid through an app
11) How do you charge/ how much do you charge?
12) Will plumbers pay to be on the app
13) will plumbers give you % on the revenue
14) Will plumbers want to use app payments or traditional invoicing?
15) How do you market an app not for everyday use?
16) How do you drive downloads and traffic?
17) Why would a client need to download an app to hire this service
18) How often do clients require plumbing service


These are the first questions I have and they should be coming far more. These questions are not to be answered theoretically by the founder but by the user groups. Otherwise its a wrong assumption.

I see red flag issues in 1) 6) and 15) and 17)
 
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I'm afraid you are asking the wrong questions. Most businesses will be open to having another marketing and sales funnel. "Do you want more customers and earn more money - yes, of course". To some degree you dont even need to validate this on the plumbers site.

You are instead making assumptions that users and customers will buy these services on your app. And thats where your problems will be.
___

Let me approach this business through my perspective.
=an app for plumbers and clients (homeservices)

1) How does a customer find a plumber
2) What kind of work is billed and for how much
3) What is the average bill size
4) What is the most common client problem
5) How does a bill fromva plumber look like
6) How many customers are repeat clients in this business (good Q)
7) How many customers search for "new" plumbers
8) Will clients use an app
9) Will clients pay through an app
10) Will plumbers want to get paid through an app
11) How do you charge/ how much do you charge?
12) Will plumbers pay to be on the app
13) will plumbers give you % on the revenue
14) Will plumbers want to use app payments or traditional invoicing?
15) How do you market an app not for everyday use?
16) How do you drive downloads and traffic?
17) Why would a client need to download an app to hire this service
18) How often do clients require plumbing service


These are the first questions I have and they should be coming far more. These questions are not to be answered theoretically by the founder but by the user groups. Otherwise its a wrong assumption.

I see red flag issues in 1) 6) and 15) and 17)
I really appreciate how you put it out the weakness of my idea, most of those question are needed to be answered except of 15) and 18) because the app is just not for the plumbers but all of handyman and home services, i just used plumbers as an example. I will get all this questions answered by the time I lunch my prototype.
 

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