Alright guys, here is a quick and simple business idea to get you started on the right track when you get back to school and are ready to make some money!
Every year, thousands of new students and old students return to the dorm rooms on their college campus.
This usually means that besides the student, the students parents are there on campus helping their child move all of their stuff into their dorm room.
At the end of August, it can get pretty hot out during the middle of the day when moving a bunch of boxes and heavy items, so why not offer to lend a hand?
Put together some flyers and signs that you can hand out and put around campus offering help with moving a students belongings.
If I were a father and had a car full of boxes and stuff, I wouldn’t mind paying another student $10 to help move the items. It gives the parents a chance to take it easy, go slower, and not be paniced or worried.
Having a helping hand when moving in to a dorm room will also give the student a chance to work on unpacking the items while someone else is carrying them in for them.
Equip yourself with a dolly or cart that you buy or borrow from someone and you are all set to start moving. An extension of this would be to just rent the carts or dollies to families to use when moving.
For a couple bucks, it would be worth it for parents to pay to not have to make 100 trips back and forth to the car, walk up and down the stairs, or wait in long lines to use the elevator.
I have seen this personally work and believe it is a good idea. I have also seen it happen in different capacities - organizations have used it as a fundraiser or organizations have even used it as a community service event.
If it works well enough during move in, why not offer the service at the end of the school year when students are moving out?
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Biz Idea: Dorm Room Movers
August 1, 2008 by Rich | 4 Comments
In Advice, College, Small Biz
Dorm Room Business Ideas on August 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Thanks for the love Rich! Excited to make on your blog again - it’s been awhile!
Angela on August 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am
That is a fun idea, I like it. People a little more serious about moving as a business might also consider going farther with that idea. I could imagine a college town would be a great place to make a killing in the moving business.
cassy on August 1st, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Nice idea…but i guess im not sure if it can apply in our place. Usually if somebody saw a lady with so much luggage with her, the person will immediately help her without thinking of the payment and if the lady paid him ,he wont accept the money. It is our way of helping.
Dorm Room Business Ideas on August 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 am
I agree that it is good to help out when you can, but this could easily be developed into a sustainable business on a college campus during move in and move out times like I talk about in the article. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing bad about helping out and doing some good deeds. Moving businesses and storage businesses can be HUGE at colleges.