It’s not unusual for groups of consumers to have quite transient needs, and when this happens, a business opportunity often opens up. Students are one such group. They often study a subject for a short period, and are required to source quite expensive resources, which they will only need for a short period of time.

Previously, we’ve talked about services set up to rent books to students, thereby negating the need for them to make an expensive purchase.

A Canadian company has spotted another need they can satisfy in a similar way – by renting out expensive graphic and financial calculators. Students often need these for just a couple of classes and can save 70% by renting rather than buying. When the rental period is complete, they simply mail them back to the company.

I don’t think this is a fortune-maker, but it could certainly be a solid business. As far as I know, nobody is doing this in the UK yet, so perhaps something to copy?

Drop ’til You Shop

Drop Till You Shop is an internet retailer with a difference. At any one time, the site has three items for sale and the price of each is dropping by the second. The catch is that the products are in limited supply and site users have to decide how long to wait before jumping in. Wait too long and the limited supply may be sold. Jump in too early and you could pay too much.

The site seems to be pretty addictive amongst bargain hunters, with statistics showing users staying around for an average of 30 minutes, and coming back later to check new deals. Nobody is told how limited supplies are, so that all adds to the tension.

This seems like a great way to whip up a buying frenzy amongst customers while ensuring that products sell at the best possible price. The regular retail model is inefficient in that it results in some customers buying at a lower price than they would have been prepared to pay, and other people not buying at all, even though the price they would be prepared to pay would still yield a profit.

There’s food for thought here I think. Is there a way you could offer your products or services on a fluid pricing basis? It’s not easy to do without annoying those paying a higher price, but if you can pull it off, it can certainly have a positive effect on profits.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL LOVE IS KIND DAY!

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I once saw a TV programme about a guy who had simplified his life to the nth degree. His wardrobe consisted of a rail of identical jeans and T-shirts, some white and some black. I wouldn’t suggest being quite so radical, but there’s little doubt that clutter can often get in the way, and none more so than between your ears! 

How many half formed ideas have you had that you have written down somewhere, and ‘one day’ you’re going to do something about them? Guess what, if a year or more has gone by, you’re never going to do anything with them. So what’s the solution?

Well I’d suggest a bit of a de-clutter. Get your ideas out in the open and share them with the world. In any event, it’s not the idea that’s important, it’s the execution of the idea. There may be someone out there who can take your idea on, run with it, and take you along for the ride as a joint venture partner.

Praying To Lose Weight

I recently read about a church in Los Angeles (where else) which is offering weight loss advice and support to it’s attendees alongside spiritual guidance. I’d imagine the rationale behind this is that converts are difficult to come by, and anything that gets people through the door has to be a good thing. 

Businesses face the same problem as churches – how do you attract more customers? Perhaps what this LA church teaches us is that it can be fruitful to look beyond our core offering, and find something else that we know our customers want. Give them that, and there’s a good chance that they’ll end up buying what we really want to sell.

So what could you offer prospective customers to get them in through the door?

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL I AM IN CONTROL DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty…it positively thrives on it. 

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months. 

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information

 Kind Regards

  John Harrison

      
   P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works 
        best. What other opportunity can you say that about

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In these environmentally aware times, products made from recycled materials are finding a ready market. If those materials have a bit of history to them, so much the better. That’s the premise behind Hoist Away Bags, a small company from Maine in the United States making bags from recycled sailcloth. 

The cloth may have become too worn to power a yacht, but that doesn’t mean that some of the cloth isn’t good enough to be fashioned into a bag. No two bags are the same, and each one has a label stitched in revealing the boat name, skipper and type of vessel that the original sale came from. So buyers get a unique product with a bit of history attached.

If you live in a seaside area, maybe this is something you could copy. Alternatively, what other material which is about to be discarded, might find a new life in a recycled product? The key I think, is to find something big, which can be fashioned into something small.

My Monopoly

Monopoly is probably the most successful board game of all time, and the original version featuring London landmarks has spawned myriad specialist versions based on other areas and countries.

My Monopoly offers buyers the opportunity to buy a Monopoly game where the names of the properties are chosen by the buyer. It’s completely personalised and personal in other words.

The desire to have something totally bespoke is a strong one, and the basis of many a fortune over the past hundred years or so. The thing about a bespoke version of a standard product is that it always sells for a premium price, and the increase in price over a standard version is usually much higher than the incremental cost.

So is there an opportunity to produce a premium priced bespoke version of your product or service? If there is, it could open up a lucrative new profit centre.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL OPPOSITE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty…it positively thrives on it. 

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months. 

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information

 Kind Regards

  John Harrison

      
   P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works 
        best. What other opportunity can you say that about

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Sometimes you have to think beyond the obvious if you operate in a crowded market, or have a ‘me too’ product with no unique selling position. Clocky is an alarm clock with a difference.

It’s on wheels and when the time comes for it to go off, it doesn’t just ring – it scoots off and hides! The owner has to get out of bed to find it before switching it off. This overcomes one of the major problems with ordinary alarm clocks – the owner switching it off and going back to sleep.

So is there a commonly experienced issue with the product or service you offer – and might there be a lucrative market to be had by offering a unique version of your product or service which tackles the issue head on. This will mean different people, but it’s something for everyone to think about.

Backdating Profits

Backdating is a trend which has spread across many markets. In the market for used Porsche for example, companies are taking comparatively new cars and giving them a makeover to make them look like models from a previous era.

In the market for used furniture, ‘distressing’ is often carried out to make a piece look older. And even with new good’s, manufacturers often hide away modern mechanicals under a retro style façade to make their radio’s, TV’s, phones, computers or whatever, appear vintage.

Has the demand for vintage looks combined with modern functions reached your area of influence yet? And if it hasn’t, is there a profitable opportunity for you to develop a backdated product in your market?

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL WINE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty…it positively thrives on it. 

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months. 

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information

 Kind Regards

  John Harrison

      
   P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works 
        best. What other opportunity can you say that about

www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

Masks in black, the perennial fall-back for the stylish, are the new staple in the fashionable quarters of the French capital. Masks are now compulsory on public transport in Paris and the city’s fashionable residents have ditched the mass-market pale blue surgical ones for a dash of coronavirus chic.

When President Emmanuel Macron visited a school wearing a navy-blue mask with a small French flag on the trim, its manufacturer was flooded with calls the day after. The manufacturer, Bonneterie Chanteclair, had sent the president a mask on the off chance he might wear it.

The firm is now launching the model in 44 different shades; a limited edition of it with Breton stripes sold out in half an hour. Designer Erik Schaix sells couture masks in charcoal-grey denim and batik print. Celebrities are also jumping on the mask bandwagon.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has “entertained” her 4.8 million Instagram followers with a tie-dye twinset of a mask and matching top. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who runs the wellness website Goop, has also matched her mask to her outfit – not to commute in, of course, but for a trip to the farmers’ market.

It’s Been A Good Month For

Some UK and US hedge funds reaped a combined €1bn profit last month after their bets against German payment processor Wirecard, paid off with its dramatic collapse. Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management and David Greenspan’s New Yorkbased Slate Path Capital are among the winners, making estimated gains of €193m and €220m respectively in just a week.

Bosses at many FTSE-listed companies are back on full pay after taking a pay cut due to the pandemic’s effect on business. Foxtons, Persimmon, Severn Trent, Burberry and Bakkavor are among the companies to reinstate full salaries, a decision that has attracted scrutiny from investor groups and high-pay campaigners, particularly after the UK revealed the largest drop in gross domestic product on record and with millions of jobs at risk.

It’s Been A Bad Month For…

Kylie Jenner’s beauty company is being sued in a fresh blow for the reality show star, coming shortly after she was stripped of billionaire status by Forbes. The 22-year old’s beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, is being sued by Seed Beauty, which formerly produced her products. They claim Jenner’s recent deal with make-up group Coty, to whom she sold a 51% stake in her company for $600m, will leak their “tricks of the trade” to a competitor.

The slashing of interest rates to record lows of 0.1% has created the worst environment for savers since the financial crisis. In January the average individual savings account (Isa) paid 0.81%, but now the average rate is just 0.37%. The first half of 2020 now represents the poorest six-month period for savings since 2009.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL HAPPINESS HAPPENS DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty…it positively thrives on it. 

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months. 

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information

 Kind Regards

  John Harrison

      
   P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works 
        best. What other opportunity can you say that about

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