Make Money On The Road With Your New Logistics Company

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Make Money On The Road With Your New Logistics Company-Chispa MagazineLogistics is the process of delivering and transporting goods for businesses nationally or internationally. It can be an incredibly profitable career, particularly if you are planning to set up your own company. Transportation of goods is expensive, and it’s a cost that most businesses can’t fit into their model or budget. That’s why they outsource the issues to a logistics company. They take on the costs and handle all aspects of deliveries for them. This might include things like packing and customer feedback as well. If you’re interested in this career path, you will need a few things to get started.

Vehicles
We wouldn’t say this is the cheapest business venture to sink your teeth into. There are a lot of fixed first costs that you will have to get your head around straight away. One of these costs is buying the vehicles. You can’t run a logistics business without some form of transportation. Your best option here is to take out a business loan. You might find some companies online offering finance for fleets of vehicles. Do not take this option. You’ll be paying a lot more than you can afford or should have needed to pay. It simply isn’t worth the huge cost, even if it might seem affordable, at first. We suggest you start off with one vehicle and essentially work as a courier. There’s a good reason to do this. You’ll build up experience working in logistics and you will be able to see the challenges that your employees will face. Once you know the issues, you’ll be able to seek out the solutions.

Payment Methods
In the logistics world of business, you will be dealing with payments on the go. As such, you will need something like a mobile credit card reader. Once you build up your business, each employee will have one of these. It’s important that you make things as easy as possible for your clients. When customers use a logistics company, they want a smooth ride. That’s exactly what you need to offer with multiple ways for them to choose how to pay.

Finding Clients
You will find it difficult to get your first clients to take a chance on your business, we guarantee it. The reason for this is simple. They will have no reason to trust you because you won’t have any notable experience as a delivery worker. You need to build up that trust so we suggest you start by setting up a profile on something like Linkedin as a private delivery company. Check the prices of deliveries on the independent market and make sure you undercut the competition. Do this, even if it means you make a loss for your first lot of deliveries. Remember, you’re trying to build up a reputation, and this will come at a price. To attract clients online be sure to use local SEO techniques. Do not bother with global SEO unless you’re in a position to cater to these clients.

That’s all there is to it. In just a few months your employees could be on the road making deliveries, and you could be turning a profit.

Photo by Patrick Tomasso

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Milo Senalle

Milo Senalle

Managing Editor at Chispa Magazine
As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.

Milo Senalle

As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.