Also, we celebrate Halloween in the office, Nolan shows off his new costume, we get a really cool phone call lead and how has our iPostal1 experience been so far?
Great question! We started in a neighborhood in Philly called Fishtown. I was gonna call the business Fishtown Mailbox Store but then we moved the business so I kept the first part of Fishtown and the last part of Mailbox
@pedroivomarques
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for one more great video 👏🏻👏🏻
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for checking it out!!! 🤝📦
@michelespivey1923
Жыл бұрын
I am a ROBOT lol so Adorable!
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
🤖 ❤️
@MeetJasaan
Жыл бұрын
what up brotha!! just opened our pack, ship, and mailbox rental business. Are you using postal mate? I also see you're using stripe, and interested in how that's working
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Congrats brother! Perfect time to open up shop! We definitely use PostalMate and use Stripe for digital payments. Email us if you’d like to learn more info@getfishbox.com 🤝 and thanks for checking out the vlog!
@sidehustletoceo
Жыл бұрын
I'm actually from Florida as well. But right now I'm in the midwest working on contract. I'm in the midst of researching to start a business like this but I wasn't really sure what the total cost would be. Do you think it's possible or can you offer any suggestions on someone wanting to get into the business but doing it in multiple States?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Salute to you for starting off with a bang! I’m not sure how difficult it’d be to start in multiple states at a time. Let us know how that turns out because we’d like to open a store in another state one day 🤝
@sidehustletoceo
Жыл бұрын
@@getfishbox Thank you. I'm actually looking into opening up a store in Minnesota. I work in travel nursing so I have been working in Minnesota for a little over a year I still have my Florida residency. Do you offer any suggestions on getting started? Do I need to get a brick-and-mortar building etc? Do you offer coaching?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Nice! Shoot me an email at info@getfishbox.com and we can chat more 🤝📦
@sidehustletoceo
Жыл бұрын
@@getfishbox thank you. I'm emailing you now. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
@maryl1830
8 ай бұрын
Can I ask why you don’t have parcels for rent ? Do you just rely on the shipping packages for revenue ? Just curious !
@getfishbox
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for checking out the vlog! We do offer mailbox rental services but we don’t offer the traditional mailboxes. 95% of our revenue comes from customers that get things shipped here. We see little profit from pack and ship at this time.
@KingsCrossVIP
Жыл бұрын
hi i love your videos ... can you please let me know what software you use to manage the post
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love! We use PostalMate as our pack and ship software 🤝📦
@blahizake
7 ай бұрын
Are you located near a major grocery store or shopping plaza? Does that play a big part in someone having initial success or is that overblown?
@getfishbox
7 ай бұрын
We are in a densely populated urban area. In my opinion, location is a major factor in how successful your business can be, but not the only one.
@marielleluxama1875
Жыл бұрын
Hi there. I have been watching you for a while now. I was wondering how much do i need to open a store like that? And, would you be able to mentor me? Thanks.
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
I really do appreciate you checking us out! Email me at info@getfishbox.com and we can talk more. I’d love to help if I can 🤝📦
@angievasquez8985
Жыл бұрын
When you say you made a little over 2k the first year is that net or gross ?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
That was gross income
@jeannacrippen5941
8 ай бұрын
I need a mentor!! I want to open a shipping store this spring. Any advice?
@getfishbox
8 ай бұрын
So exciting! I remember when I first got started. Some of the best years of my life. And I’d love to help if I can. Send me an email at info@getfishbox.com and we can schedule something 🤝
@nwilt7114
Жыл бұрын
So for about 4 and a half years you just made enough to cover rent and pay for a periodic helper?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
I was actually losing money every year until about that point. I had to drive Uber and Lyft to make up the difference. At around year 4 is where I started to turn a profit and was able to have the business pay for all my expenses.
@nwilt7114
Жыл бұрын
@@getfishbox Nice bruh🤙
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate you 🤝📦
@cloud24patrol
9 ай бұрын
@@getfishbox So now are you able to pay yourself a decent salary? I make about 60-70k a year. are you able to pay yourself that after so long?
@getfishbox
9 ай бұрын
Definitely able to pay myself a decent salary. Your number is a pretty accurate number. Next year is looking to be even better 🤝📦
@teole6364
7 ай бұрын
Hi, do you think it is possible to set up store while having full time job? I can’t quit my job because I have mortgage.
@getfishbox
7 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t recommend quitting your job to start this. However, I would start saving money every month and also reducing your expenses so in a few years you will have enough to start the business, maybe hire an employee to work there and also have enough money to pay all your bills. I’d also recommend speaking to a financial advisor first to see exactly how much money you will need.
@teole6364
7 ай бұрын
@@getfishbox thank you for your advice. Did you do any survey or research for customer demand before opening store? How do you get customers when you started?
@getfishbox
7 ай бұрын
@teole6364 I didn’t do a survey but I did talk to as many people as I could - friends and strangers and all of them said the same thing, that I should build it. Took quite a while for us to get a good customer base but once that happened I was able to quit my full time job and focus solely on Fishbox. Most of the first customers came from SEO (google) and word of mouth.
@victoriaminor8224
Жыл бұрын
Do you offer any mentorships?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
Hey Victoria! Thanks for checking out the vlog. No mentorship at this time but am thinking about something like that for the future. Anything I can help you with?
@angievasquez8985
Жыл бұрын
Do you have a video with your store set up ?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
I have a video of the old store but not the new store. Still getting it to where it’s video ready so hopefully really soon 🤝📦
@Drinkthetea
10 ай бұрын
how come you can only ship usps? 9:42
@getfishbox
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the message! We are too close to a FedEx/UPS store so we didn’t get approved by them unfortunately. Pretty much anyone can get the USPS partnership
@shawnlee264
Жыл бұрын
swhat was your start up cost?
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
I started with zero dollars. I drove for Uber/Lyft and bagged up groceries for Instacart to get started
@sidehustletoceo
Жыл бұрын
@@getfishboxSame
@sidehustletoceo
Жыл бұрын
@@getfishboxHow did you get your brick and mortar building?
@UAPbigfootandBOATDRINKS
Жыл бұрын
Was I your first customer????
@getfishbox
Жыл бұрын
What’s the Fishbox number? Definitely not the first one but one of the first 🤝
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