TechUnwreck

How Cracking My Screen Led Me To Build A $2.7M/Year Business

September 17th, 2021
Matt McCormick
Founder, TechUnwreck
$120K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
8
Employees
TechUnwreck
from Chicago, IL
started July 2007
$120,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
8
Employees
market size
$4B
starting costs
$18K
gross margin
90%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
PitchPerfect, HelpScout, Capsule
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
40 Pros & Cons
tips
3 Tips
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customer service
productivity
crm
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Note: This business is no longer running. It was started in 2007 and ended in 2023. Reason for closure: Acquired by Vivacity Tech.

Hello! Who are you, and what business did you start?

My name is Matt McCormick, and I started TechUnwreck. We do bulk iPad, iPhone, Chromebook, and Laptop repairs for schools & businesses through a unique mail-in solution. We’re a division of JCD Repair which I started in 2008, catering to retail customers needing an iPhone, other smartphones, or iPad fixed in about 30 minutes in person.

Techunwreck’s core customers are schools with a fleet of student devices. It turns out that when you give 5th graders a computer or iPad, they break about 10% per year. We also work with several constructions, real estate, and finance companies repairing their company-owned smartphones, tablets, and computers. We even fix iPads for a local pro-sports team.

In 2021 we expect to do about 30,000 device repairs per year and $3 million in sales.

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