Selling Used Cardboard Boxes
Posted: Thursday 21 May 2009, under category Ideas
Selling cardboard boxes may not be the most glamourous of businesses, especially selling used cardboard boxes, but, as it turns out, the used cardboard box business is both eco-friendly and profitable. Just ask Marty Metro, the CEO and founder of Used Cardboard Boxes, who started selling boxes in his neighborhood back in 2002 and now has a business that operates across the entire continental United States and has recently expanded into Canada. Aimed at people who are moving, his service offers customers three advantages: it is cheap, as the cardboard boxes are used; it is earth-friendly, as the boxes are being re-used which is even better than being recycled; and it is convenient, as the boxes are delivered directly to customers' homes for no additional charge.
There is quality control for the boxes, so you don't get any damaged or unusable boxes, and the boxes come in all shapes and sizes. The site also offers a range of other moving supplies, such as packaging tape and bubble wrap.
A good example of a simple but innovative business idea.
