HOW TO START CAB SERVICE BUSINESS?

Cab service as we heard about this we have some common names in our mind like OLA, Uber. No doubt going through vehicles like bus, local trains, autos in the local area is very old way, but OLA and Uber companies make it a need of daily routine, especially in metro cities these cabs use more than metros or own vehicles.

Some of the interesting statistics about cab service

• Almost 18 lakh population of Mumbai use cabs only for their work.
• The taxi industry includes about 7000 establishments with about $6 billion in combined annual revenue in the United States.
• There are around 450,000+ taxis in Europe, the USA has 300,000+ and China has 500,000+.

So no doubt this is one of a profitable and big business nowadays.

In this I will focus only on how to start a cab business, if you want to know how to start any business, then please read this article.

So keep the following points in your mind to start any cab business

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First step Research, if there I any requirement of taxis in your area. Check your competition, their growth, their services, their rates. You can do this online also through their websites. Remember if your area is a small town or village ten surely you cannot run cab service business but in big cities, there is always demand of the cabs.Make a list of services you can provide there are various types of cab services.

Kid’s taxi services: For working parents, you can start this service to drop and pick their kids to form school. Especially for those women who are a housewife and know how to drive can start this type of business.

Health taxi services: You need to tie up with your local doctors, and health professionals to run this type of business. You can drop and pick their patients or you can deliver also the medicines.

Water taxi services: If you how to do boating and you have a boat then you can start this business very easily.

Car rental services: As name describe you can give your cars on rent with some advance on weekly, monthly basis.

Limousine services: Everyone wants to enjoy the expensive cars and limousine is one of them, but this is true very one cannot afford it. No doubt the initial investment is really very high but the truth is it’s really a very profitable and long term investment.

Apart from this, you can offer airport shuttles or group/sharing transportation.

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Next the main component of your business Vehicles. If you have a small budget you can start with a single vehicle or if you have the plan to start with the big company then purchase vehicles, which are available for resale but in good condition. Choose them very carefully and buy them with all documents. There are so many websites and apps which offered such type of services like http://www.auto-m.com/, https://www.carwale.com/, http://www.euromobiles.com/, http://www.usedcarscanada.com/ and much more. While selecting vehicles, check properly that they are clean, guaranteed safe, proper registration papers, all documents like pollution certificate, insurance all you need a check. Some sellers sell including all this and sometimes you need to do all this by yourself. The thing is the main startup cost for this business is the vehicles and buying second-hand vehicles can save you money on the startup expense, but be careful if you choose wrong vehicles then it can cost you more than the new one. One major thing if you modify existing vehicles either new or used for taxi use, you need some changes on them like

• You need to paint them.
• Put your company logo on them.
• Special number plates.
• Develop software, apps or websites according to your requirement.
• Provide cell phones to keep in touch with your drivers.
• Provide uniforms for staff.
• If you have very big company then a call center for your customers.

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Prepare the Require documents, such as Business plan, Marketing plan, Expansion plan. Also, apply for a license to register your vehicle with your local department of motor vehicles. Get the insurance from reliable insurance companies, for example, United Insurance Company, Salama Islamic Arab Insurance Co, Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd., HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. Ltd, Keith Michaels PLC.

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Now Hiring Staff, Hire drivers, accountant, and other employees.

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Choose a location   that is accessible to all major routes in your area with enough parking spaces

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The last step Advertise your taxi service, as much you can online or offline. Advertise in the phone book, a local newspaper, with full of your services and contact details. You can put your contact details in your taxis also. List your taxi company to tourist websites. Start some loyalty schemes, referral programs. Give some good discounts and make some extra services for your registered users.

Set up social media accounts like in Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn extra.

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Except for the above mention way, three are some well establish companies like Uber and Ola allow to start your business under their name. Follow the following steps to work with cab companies in India as a freelance driver.

• Connect your current car in good condition.
• You need to show documents like Id Proof, Police Verification and PAN, UID, Bank Statements or Driving License to apply for cabs like Uber & Ola.
• Contact them and open a current account.
• Apply for Income Tax and Service Tax Number registration as it is required with these cabs company in India.
• After all these steps done company will give you a new smartphone with their app in a couple of days.
• They will inspect your documents and details and here you are ready to start working with them.

The other famous cab services all over the world are:

J21,Ace cab,Comfort taxi,Red Cab,AAA cab,Ascot taxi service,Lyft,Didi Dache,Top limo,Asociación Radio Taxi Iluchmajor Arenal,South Kerry taxi,Belek Transfers,Taxi Alessandro
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So, as other business ideas, this also require a lot of hard work and passion. But according to today demand, it is surely a profitable business.

That’s all for today. Hopefully, you are ready to drive now. But before that please share your comments the below comment box. 

READ THIS BEFORE STARTING AN E COMMERCE WEBSITE/ONLINE SHOPPING CART

Nowadays, I am working on an e-commerce website http://dealsinemirates.com/,where you will found amazing deals on travel, hotels. Then I thought why not I share my knowledge about the concept of an e-commerce website or online shopping cart with my readers, so I just grab my coffee and start writing. Hopefully, you will enjoy it and post your comments on it.

Before starting how to set up an online shopping cart let me introduce what exactly the e-commerce website is? Let us assume you have a shop and you want to sell your products online or you are manufacturers like a fashion designer, handicraft designer, jewelry designer but shy to go door to door to sell your products, in these both cases you need an e-commerce website or online shopping cart. The products can be digital products like air tickets, hotel vouchers or physical products like we see the product range in amazon.com, souq.com, ebay.com, snapdeal.com and much more.

Let us start. I will explain essential steps you need to take, but the rules and regulations about licensing or registration of business will vary from country to country so you need to check those carefully. But I can assure if you follow the following steps with full dedication you will defiantly establish your e-commerce business easily.

The first step Search a name which suits to your product and a bit catchy so people can remember easily like myntra.com, themodernshop.ca, apple.com. The main objective of your business name is must be easily remembered by people.

The Second step secures your domain name according to your business name and secures your online space which is called hosting. For more information about what is hosting please refer my previous article Hosting Services for beginners.

My strong recommendations to book your domain and hosting services use ipage.com. I am working with this company from last several years and if you found any type of problem with these company you can mail me directly at prakritiaryan1@gmail.com.

The Third step to get a license, permit or you can say need to register your company with the government. As I say before this is not a fixed thing it varies from country to country. But some things are common like you need to get your employees identification number if you are hiring from another country you need to provide them employment visas, health insurances for employees, opening accounts for employees, must have office space. According to my thinking, the main difference is the registration fees which you need to pay to government or taxes else the name are different but the process is almost same. This step also clears your business structure like you want to start our business individual or in partnership extra.

Now Fourth step, a bit technical thing develop your online store which is also called e-commerce website. Now this is totally depend upon tour requirement, if you want your website fast then you can use website builders like shopify.com, where you can pay them on monthly basis like you rent a shop in your daily life, But if you want to become boss of your website so that you can make any type of changes or modifications in your website timely, then you must hire a web design company. An upcoming web design company is http://webartrix.com/, which not only in developing websites but also do the proper research for digital marketing. You can hire freelancers also but I will recommend going for a company instead of freelancer because to develop this type of website you need a graphic designer, coder, data entry operator, payment integration developer, QC and then for promotions digital marketer means a full team. If you hire all these in the form of freelancers may be there will be coordination problem among them or the ways of their working can be different which create confusion in your website and delay your work. So go for a company where a full team already work and you can get satisfied work.

Fifth step, when your website layout is done, with the features of responsiveness, beautiful and user-friendly. Start entering your products. Make sure the product you want to sell, you must be passionate about that product. Choose right vendors or dealers so that you can get products on time and price must be right o that you can also get proper margin or cut on every sale. Try to start with local vendors.The most expensive thing in e-commerce website is shipping of products so try to get some contract basis relationship with courier services. Because all payments will be done online so you must be careful about the payment method you choose. It must be secure as well must be in with cheap rates. The payment gateways you use are connected with bank accounts and they also take commission while transactions so keep this point in mind while choosing your payment gateway. Try to use the payment gateways which are easily available in your place like cashu.com, authorize.net, paypal.com, knet.com. Along with include other payment methods in a website like cash on delivery, Net Banking or e-wallet.

The Sixth step, now you are ready with your business licenses and website what next, to sell your products. Yes, this is the most exciting part of your business where you will start make money. You must start early marketing of your website like make social profiles, word of mouth, submit your website to online directories related to your product, Get registered with online manufacturers. You can increase your sales if you allow other sellers to make their own shops on your website and allow them to upload their products as well. You can get a commission from them to sell their products on your website.

Last but not least, you may found it’s a difficult thing at this stage but if you are passionate about your product, have the right team and using right software or tools, this can be a good option to earn money.

There is a very good book available on Flipkart, Electronic Commerce: From Vision To Fulfillment 3rd Edition 3rd Edition which can help you to understand what is e-commerce exactly? You can purchase it here

Hopefully, you like it please share your comments and opinion in the below comment box.

TOP 4 HOME BASE BUSINESS WITHOUT OR LESS INVESTMENT MORE

Hi guys,

This is the extended part of my previous article HOME BASE BUSINESS IDEAS WITHOUT INVESTMENT, in which I will mention some more businesses online or offline we can start without investment or little investment.

Marketing:  If you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, formal presentation skills trust me you are in demand a lot. Along with if you can organize and plan the tasks, analyse and solve the problems, creative then just get up and approach the companies specially startups. They are always in the search of such type of people. They can hire either as part time promoters, online/offline marketing managers or on commission basis.

Fashion Designing: As we know clothing is a business which is always in demand from small village to big city and if you are fashion designer you can earn a lot in this industry. A good eye in colors, fabrics, shapes and some softwares knowledge like CAD, Graphic editing softwares. Along with your communication skills must be effective because you need to communicate directly to your clients sometimes with your team members like your tailors, sewers to instruct them how they construct the garments.Please refer my article Fashion Designing as career for full details

Sale and buy: Another most popular option, also use by almost all major eCommerce companies around the world. You just need to contact some local sellers who are ready to register with you and sell their products on your website. It is more a, less work as marketing manager as you need to market their products and your website get commission on their products. Another way to get involved in this business just register with companies like http://uae.souq.com/ae-en/, http://www.ebay.com/ and many more, I am sure you if you Google you will get more than you expect. After registration with these websites you will able to sell your own stuff or products according to their terms and conditions.

Membership Sites: You have any hobby like yoga, guitar, dance you can start your membership website. Upload your contents in the form of text or especially in the form of videos and teach what you like. To start this website you can hire a web developer or use CMS like word press where you can manage your contents by yourself. Give some basic stuff for free and then you can ask fees for advance tutorials.There are some new ideas for membership website, which really help to earn from home, check my article TOP MEMBERSHIP IDEAS for more details.

These are some other ways that can help you to start your business from home or as part timer you can earn. 

That’s all for today. Keep commenting. 

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TOP 7 HOME BASE BUSINESS IDEAS WITHOUT OR LESS INVESTMENT

Hi Guys, 

Are you a housewife/husband or home maker, who is looking for home based business ideas without investment, then this is surely post for you.

I am not encouraging you to do so but yes this is possible that you can earn but  with right planning and specific expertise.

In order to help you, here I am sharing some of good ideas.

Freelance Tourist Guide: As a independent tourist guide, you need to manage the each everything for  the tour entails which means that you are the tour guide, the tour escort, the tour manager and the operations manager. This is best option for those who already work before as permanent tourist guide in a company.

Translator: Another easy option for those people who like to work from home. The only qualification you require for this job is you must have knowledge of foreign languages lie French, Chinese etc.

Event or Wedding Planner : This is best option for those people who like to meet new people , love to organize their things. These type of people must have good communication skills and they must be so adjustable in every situation and be calm under pressure.

Tiffin Service : In the whole world most popular and easy job for women even for men now a days. For this you must love cooking and have networking ability. you need to contact offices, paying guest apartments where you can deliver food. Sometimes your neighbour even wants this service.A full details about this business you can find How to set up tiffin service business? article.

Becoming A Tutor or E-Teaching : Teaching itself a very noble profession and with the help of power of internet it become a very easy available among those students, who cannot concentrate on reading or listening because in this type teachers use various media like power point slides, videos, images , animations to teach their subjects. The only qualification you need teacher should be expertise in their subjects, and have a good developer who can develop the website or app according to his subject. Or teachers can join some websites who hire teachers for full time or part time for example http://etutoralberta.ca/

Recruitment Firm : Home-based recruiter is another trending business now a days. To start this business one should need the knowledge of specific area of recruiting where she/he wants to focus. As we know the objective of this business o hire the people for part or full time jobs. So one must have solid business plan for this business

Blogging: You are writer, and want to earn money with your this skill start a blog now, but what is this blog? A blog is a online discussion website or site where one can publish your articles in the form of  posts , get comments from  other people or even can discuss about those posts. If you are honest about your work then companies like Google Adsense will provide you ads for your posts and you can earn.

Its not finish here, I have some more ideas which I will discuss later and also update this article more to give you more information about the particular idea. So press the join now button to get the latest updates.

That’s all for today. Keep commenting 

FANTASTIC IDEAS FOR TRADITIONAL HOME BUSINESS

Home base business is very common today. Most housewives want to contribute to the income of the family due to the fact that expenses are becoming higher and the demands   of the children are also costly. Through home base business you can really help to put     more extra income while you also take care of what your family needs and you can give them proper home to live.

This again varies which will be the top 10 home base business, it depends on how artistic and how the knowledge you have. Those successful entrepreneurs are normally started from their home with small capital and only family members are the helping each other to earn and run the small business. I must say that it depends on how you plan your strategy of doing that business and how you promote it.

First, a homemade Cooking like cakes, pastries or even small snack stall and many others started only from home. You can put a few tables with chairs and even small stall to         display your foods. In this business you can accept orders; you can cater small party which you prepared only in your home. I've known lots of people being successful and open their    own restaurant and branches from this small activities. It’s a rag to riches story just to say.

Second is Selling off those personal items which normally become second hand and no   use in the house.  There are so many online websites nowadays where you can register yourself as a seller and can sell your unused items for the good price.

The third is making Accessories from home, you can make personal accessories, like earrings, bracelet, pins, belt buckles and so many others. You can use scrap metals,           threads or other recycled materials to make it. Even the teenager enjoying to do this business.

The fourth is Stitching, you can accept alterations, tailoring, making new dresses that really money earning business.

Fifth you can have your own Saloon or Parlor at your home. Everybody can come and you can give your service. 
Sixth is you can be an Instructor of yoga at home on one on one session.

This really helps as I now so many people did that way of business. And also you can be a Tutor at home, you can accept nursery to teach them.

We also consider that Money Lending is a good business. You can simply sit in your home and people in need will just come to you. Of course, you earn through interest. 
Let's take Printing Business, shall we say printing business which is really very convenient to do at home. 
Making Soft Toys is another option.
Lastly, I will considerInterior Designing and Real Estate, this also you can do at your home. This is needed only your brain and tactics.
Actually home base business needs only one's ability and effort. Knowledge and strategies how to execute it. And most inspiring stories of those successful persons come their home base business. They manage to make it big and well known and now we are looking to them as the big people with aspiring and humble beginning behind them.