The Simplest Biz

'Uber' For Wooden Pallets: How I Make $216K/Year With Zero Employees

October 4th, 2022
John Wilker
Founder, The Simplest Biz
$30K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
The Simplest Biz
from Birmingham, Alabama, United States
started December 1998
$30,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
market size
$7.6B
starting costs
$30.1K
gross margin
30%
time to build
720 days
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
content-library
best tools
Vimeo, Payment Gateway, Paypal
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
44 Pros & Cons
tips
1 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is John Wilker, founder of The Simplest Biz Since 1998 I have been running an under-the-radar business model that requires low overhead and is very non-technical. The Simplest Biz is a wooden pallet recycling business done in a very streamlined way. It enables me to make extremely high-profit margins, and most importantly, I only work a few hours a day to make a good living.

I have no employees and no brick-and-mortar location. I acquire hundreds of pallets daily for free from businesses that no longer need them and then sell them to businesses that require them to ship out their inventory.

I do not repair, lift, or store the pallets I am acquiring. The best way to describe my business is: I am an Uber driver for pallets. But instead of having just one passenger in my back seat, I have 150 passengers (pallets) that are placed on the back of my non CDL 12 ft by 8 ft truck.

I drive these passengers approximately three blocks and drop them off. Each so-called passenger pays me, on average, $8 to $12 each. Best of all, unlike a real passenger, they do not throw up in my backseat at 2 AM. Lastly, a whole set of new...

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