The battery acceptance business is a profitable concern for the environment. Business ideas for earning money on batteries
Trade in auto components is enough profitable business, as evidenced by the constant growth in the number of new stores in cities. Online stores selling spare parts generally grow like mushrooms after rain. And each has its own priority direction of development. This may be the promotion of a brand, or the sale of spare parts for certain brands of cars, as well as specialization in some groups of goods. From the latter, I would like to discuss the relevance and profitability of organizing sales of batteries for cars.
When opening spare parts stores, most entrepreneurs consider the sale of batteries as a secondary product for the assortment and rely on expendable materials, suspension parts and, less often, body parts that they try to keep in their warehouse. However, in reality, if small calculations, namely, to take the car park of the city, with a population of about 500,000 people, then the average for the country is about 300,000 cars, both cars and trucks. Of these, the share of new cars up to 3 years on average does not exceed 15%, that is, somewhere around 45,000 units. The rest of the cars over 3 years old become potential candidates for battery replacement, as their service life ranges from 3 to 6 years, depending on the manufacturer and operating conditions. It is roughly estimated that the battery market capacity of such a city is about 50,000 units per year, which is a very good volume for this business.
Typically, spare parts stores that hold batteries for the range sell an average of 5 to 20 batteries per month and consider these volumes to be normal for this product group.
In fact, it is realistic to sell 100-150 batteries per month and make decent money on it. After all, the average retail price of a battery for all types of cars (cars + trucks) is about 8,000 rubles, the average markup is about 30%. Plus, add to this the ability to organize the acceptance of old batteries from customers, on which you can also earn money by selling them in bulk to secondary metal enterprises. For example, accepting an old battery with a capacity of 55Ah will cost an average of 250 rubles, and selling for scrap, at the rate of 30 rubles per 1 kg, with a battery weight of 14 kg - 420 rubles. The end results are easy to calculate.
All these figures are based on the experience of some stores that have decided to develop this theme and have achieved good results. For some, the sale and maintenance of batteries in general has become the main direction of development, and the sale of spare parts is secondary. Moreover, the selection of a battery is much easier and takes less time than, for example, the selection of spare parts for foreign cars, and profitability is often higher. Therefore, many companies open specialized online stores selling batteries and related products and actively promote them online, highlighting separate direction business.
The most difficult part of this project will be the organization of the chain of waste collection - removal for recycling. Yes, this business is not high-margin, however, the costs are not very significant, which is suitable for start-up entrepreneurs. And due to the high organizational complexity, it can become an excellent school for the organizer. Of course, this business remains low-cost only until the moment when you decide to organize not just a collection and sorting point, but also your own recycling workshop. In this case, your costs can amount to tens of millions of rubles, although profits are also significant.
“THE VOLUME OF THE RUSSIAN MARKET FOR UTILIZATION OF ENERGY-SAVING LAMPS AND BATTERIES IS ESTIMATED AT 1.2-1.5 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR”
So, you have decided to organize your collection and sorting point for the recycling of energy-saving light bulbs, batteries and consumer electronics(this can include both computers and mobiles, as well as monitors and TVs, as well as microwaves and other kitchen appliances).
Please note that primary processing will also be carried out at your collection point - separation of garbage groups, separation of metals, rare earth elements, plastic and glass.
Let's make a reservation right away that expenses and incomes can be calculated very approximately, a lot depends on your organizational skills.
In addition to the head point, where both the reception and sorting of garbage will be carried out, you will also need to equip other points. For example, by agreement to hold joint actions with shopping malls and government bodies by placing containers for collecting lamps or batteries on their territory. It is possible to equip an exit collection point that will collect such garbage on request. And to advertise it with the help of local ecologists in social networks.
Most importantly, you do not have to pay for such garbage. And you will be paid. For a conventional kilogram of batteries - about 2 thousand rubles, for a kilogram of metals from energy-saving lamps - about 1.5 thousand rubles. And a kilogram of gold or platinum from computer elements costs a whopping 320-450 thousand rubles, although you can hardly scrape up such a volume even in a month.
What is the price
Now let's look at the main costs. The creation of "LLC" will cost you about 15 thousand rubles. There will be no special costs for advertising, the coma of creating a business card site is about 15 thousand rubles more. A telephone connection with the number (8800) for your hotline will cost you 5 thousand rubles a month.
When choosing a place to rent your main warehouse and sorting shop, take a closer look at the industrial zones. There, for some 5-8 thousand rubles per square meter per year, you can rent a warm warehouse ( necessary condition). You will need at least 500 square meters, that is, you will have to pay about 2.3-4 million rubles per year for rent, taking into account the "communal". The advance payment will have to be made one month in advance. Approximately the same amount will be your monthly turnover. About 300-400 thousand rubles more you will have to spend on equipping the warehouse additional equipment. Another 150 thousand rubles will cost you a used forklift.
It will cost you about 800 thousand rubles to buy a "gazelle" and re-equip it into a mobile point for collecting recyclable raw materials.
To work in a warehouse with an area of 500 square meters, 10 employees will be enough - sorters working 5 days a week, with a salary of 20-25 thousand rubles per month (in total, about 300 thousand rubles will need to be pledged, taking into account tax deductions). Also, 2-3 people with a similar salary will work in the acceptance group (on a Gazelle, and, if necessary, help load trucks with processed materials). You will also need a storekeeper-logistician who monitors the volume of materials in the warehouse - a salary of about 40 thousand rubles. Everything else can be outsourced - security, accounting, etc. Thus, outsourcing and the salary fund will eat up about 500 thousand rubles a month from you. Thus, the initial costs, based on three months in advance, will amount to about 4 million rubles.
Marginality
With a turnover of 2-3 million per month or more (which can be realistically achieved in 3-4 months), the margin will be about 20%, thus, the payback of initial costs will occur during the first year of operation
Selling batteries via the Internet - a new format for an old business
Why the Internet?
- Firstly, this is the widest, unreached audience of consumers who think in fundamentally new categories. These are people who are not accustomed to wasting their time on long searches for goods in traditional stores, tend to reasonable economy and maximum shopping comfort. The Internet for them is the main source of information and the most convenient way to purchase goods. This audience is constantly growing, increasing every year by hundreds of percent. Therefore, you should not be afraid of high competition in the electronic segment of the market. There is still enough space here for everyone and there will be no shortage of customers for at least 5-10 years, even taking into account the fact that the number of online stores is also constantly increasing.
- Secondly, the organization of sales of batteries via the Internet requires a significantly smaller start-up capital. Unlike opening a regular store, creating a website on the Web is relatively inexpensive. Moreover, it is possible to master financial resources as they become available, the development of the project. The scale of investment may vary. It all depends on the "appetites" and financial capabilities of a novice entrepreneur. It costs 3-4 thousand rubles to make a simple site for placing a price list and company contacts, to create a full-fledged online store with descriptions and a catalog - 3-4 thousand, but already dollars.
- Thirdly, there is no need to spend serious money on advertising. Website promotion on the Web is relatively cheap and available to almost everyone. Moreover, you can choose the parameters of the budget for an advertising campaign on the Internet yourself. It is enough to promote the site for 1-2 keywords, for example, “car batteries” or “car batteries” in order to feel the first return on business. Further, the number of promoted words can be increased in direct proportion to the number of new ones and the money coming into the account. The system is very democratic, it is designed for companies and entrepreneurs of any level.
- Fourth, to get started, it is not necessary to buy car batteries in large wholesale lots. Many dealers and suppliers offer work schemes that are loyal to such customers. At the initial level, such a format of cooperation may involve the purchase of small volumes of goods at a small discount, which is quite enough for the development of an Internet project. In the future, with the growth of sales, you can always count on maximum discounts and interesting bonuses. There are also variety of options payment for batteries, including upon sale. At first, you can work from the supplier's warehouse. This will additionally save a significant amount of money, which will not have to be "frozen" in the product.
- Fifthly, trading via the Internet is the maximum of freedom. Many Internet companies do not even have an office, not to mention a warehouse or a permanent staff. You can do without it at first. All you need to work is a phone and a computer connected to the Internet.
Of course, each new business the project needs a careful calculation, drawing up a business plan, searching for suppliers and a sales market. But general principle doing business online deserves close attention. To abandon this direction today means to give competitors time to maneuver. Perhaps tomorrow it will take an order of magnitude more money and effort to open an on-line store selling batteries.
Plant TUBOR founded in 1999 in the village of Bor, Nizhny Novgorod region, together with the international battery corporation Tudor (Spain).
In the early 2000s, the TUBOR plant introduced and implemented a quality control system together with Toyota Engineering Corporation.
TUBOR is the largest conveyor supplier to international auto enterprises located in Russia, including: FORD SOLLERS, DERWAYS, RENAULT-NISSAN GROUP, VW RUS, KIA/HYUNDAI MOTORS, BELGEE, NAMI, MERCEDES BENZ, VOLVO TRUCK, TOYOTA GAZ Group, PTZ, Kirovsky tractor plant other.
The TUBOR product range covers all segments of consumer demand: both European and Asian models. Batteries for cars, cargo and also special equipment.
Our mission:
satisfaction the best way people's needs for high-quality and high-tech devices for the accumulation and storage of electrical energy.
Our values:
- reliability and integrity
- development in motion
- team of like-minded people
- respect for people
Format of TUBOR stores
Service shop
Investments: from 1,200,000 rubles *
Lump sum: is absent
Turnover: from 850,000 rubles
Profit: from 70,000 months
A stand-alone shop, or shop in shop on the basis of a car service, spare parts store, gas station or tire fitting.
Investments: from 2,200,000 rubles *
Lump sum: 500 000 rubles
Turnover: from 1,300,000 rubles
Profit: from 330,000 months
Service center with convenient access to good transport accessibility. Carries out acceptance of used batteries, provides services.
* of which 1,000,000 rubles - the purchase of goods with a buyback guarantee
TUBOR franchise offer
We offer everyone involved in the auto business industry to open their own TUBOR dealership franchise and earn money by selling batteries and returning old OSKAB (used lead-acid batteries).
We guarantee our partners strong support in business development and security of the transaction - if you cannot sell all available batteries, we are guaranteed to buy them in full.
The developed norms of the territorial policy, powerful marketing, the strictest quality control of products guarantee the success of the joint event with TUBOR.
In order to become our dealer, it is enough to have a room of about 25 square meters- free-standing, or on the basis of an existing car service, tire fitting, gas station or auto components store.
Our partners can both open a shop selling TUBOR batteries, and create a full-fledged service center that receives OSKAB and provides services for assessing the condition and replacing the battery.
Investment in TUBOR franchise
Starting investment: 1,200,000 rubles
Payback period: from 12 - 18 months
Average turnover per month: 850,000 rubles
Royalty: none
Lump sum: is absent
Other current payments: missing
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TUBOR franchise business model
Our partners make money from the sale of new batteries and the acceptance of OSKAB (used batteries), which TUBOR buys from franchisees. An additional source of income - services for the installation and replacement of the battery.
The average check for buying a new battery is about 5,700 rubles, the price for returning an old battery is from 40 rubles per kilogram (with a minimum weight of 15 kg.)
TUBOR provides marketing support in the amount of 1.5% of the amount of purchased products and provides external branding, store design, counters, promotional products, advertising on the corporate website for the amount of the lump sum.
Regular training of sales staff in order to improve their skills.
Format 1: TUBOR store/mobile office
Average turnover: 850,000 rubles;
Marginal profit: from 250,000 rubles;
Net profit after taxes: 70,000 - 130,000 rubles
Format 2: TUBOR service center
Average turnover: 1,300,000 rubles;
Marginal profit: from 300,000 rubles;
Monthly expenses, including rent: up to 150,000 rubles;
Net profit after taxes: 170,000 - 220,000 rubles.
TUBOR guarantees the purchase and export of the OSKAB collected by you for further environmentally friendly processing.
TUBOR will buy back 100% of unsold inventory.
Requirements for tubor franchise buyers:
- Availability of necessary funds
- Responsibility and customer-oriented approach
- Experience in automotive or related industry preferred
- Willingness to participate in marketing activities
- Willingness to abide by the TUBOR code in relation to doing business
Tubor room requirements:
- From 25 m2.
- Convenient access, preferably - developed infrastructure
- Availability of parking near the point of sale
- Availability of a warehouse
Format of tubor stores:
- Detached store from 25 m2., or shop in shop on the basis of a car service, spare parts store, gas station or tire shop selling batteries and receiving OSKAB.
- Mobile office for the sale of batteries, additional accessories and OSKAB reception.
- Service center for the sale of batteries, additional accessories, receiving OSKAB and providing services for replacing and diagnosing the battery.
There is a cliche according to which any commercial business for the reception and further processing of end-of-life goods is a profitable business. It's about recycling. individual components computers, mobile phones, car tires, other technological products. Thematic sources - descriptions of commercial projects, business plans, advertisements for sale finished productions- provide examples of profitability, the upper bar of which is at the level of 100-150%. Let's try to figure out how this stereotype is true. Battery business is one of the activities in this segment.
Types of recyclable devices
To begin with, let's define the terminology, because without understanding the essence, no business is possible. The ultimate goal of recycling a battery (battery) is to obtain commercial lead or alloys that make up 60-70% specific gravity. The rest of the components - electrolyte and polymer containers - are by-products, and do not separately represent a high commercial value.
In other words, only devices containing a chemical element are recycled. These types include:
- traction and starter lead-acid and alkaline;
- lead-containing devices manufactured using GEL/AGM technology;
- drives for uninterruptible power supplies.
On the contrary, for processing in order to obtain chemical element and alloys are not suitable devices:
- lithium-ion, used in modern hybrid cars;
- nickel-cadmium, which are equipped with electric cars, trolleybuses, trams, ships, aviation;
- Nickel-metal-hydride storage units are equipped with electric vehicles, rocket and space vehicles, power supply systems;
- other types that do not contain a chemical element.
Business Relevance
The concepts of "lead" and "battery" are inextricably linked: 80% of the lead mined in the world is used to produce batteries. The market for recycled lead in many countries is not well established. For example, 8 out of 10 batteries in Russia are made from raw materials obtained as a result of processing, but a meager amount of end-of-life devices is sent for recycling. Thus, we note two problems: lack of capacity and big number devices that are not supplied for processing, polluting the environment.
Battery life is limited to 2-3 years: normative term service is considered to be 30 months. For example: volume Russian market in 2016 amounted to 10.8 million units with domestic production of 8.433 million units.
It is easy to see that 4.32 million batteries must be disposed of annually. But, due to limited receiving capacities, only a small part of this amount enters the processing enterprises. A similar situation is observed in in large numbers countries.
The global shortage of lead indicates that the potential of the market is able to provide the export capacity of many new companies. average cost has already exceeded $2,500 per ton, and stocks in controlled warehouses are steadily declining, despite the global upward trend in production.
To understand the problem, we note that Chinese manufacturing companies periodically reduce volumes finished products due to lack of raw materials. China has been a catalyst for the lead market since 2009 due to the growing production of cars and batteries.
The above facts show that with a serious approach to the problem of battery disposal, the needs of the world lead market are an order of magnitude higher than the production capacities of most countries. This requires new processing companies, systems approach for acceptance and delivery to processing enterprises.
Business organization
Acceptance of batteries is a harmful, toxic occupation, here it will not be possible to limit yourself to renting a warehouse of several square meters, hiring unskilled workers: the specifics of the production process put forward certain conditions. Before making a decision to start, study the market, find the nearest disposal companies, draw up a contractual relationship for the transfer of accepted products to one or more partners. Without fulfilling this condition, further commercial business is impossible.
The content of lead, compounds based on it in a device of a certain capacity is the main numerical data that must be known by heart to all persons involved in the case. Such data are relative, they can be influenced various factors- device manufacturer technical condition, the degree of damage - but the average values are as follows:
| Capacity, Ah | Total weight of the device, kg | Pure element, kg | Dioxides, oxides of lead, kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 15 | 3,0 | 10,5 |
| 60 | 17 | 3,4 | 11,9 |
| 75 | 22 | 5,4 | 15,4 |
| 90 | 27 | 4,4 | 18,9 |
| 190 | 43 | 8,6 | 30,1 |
These values are the basis for the success of the business. On their basis, purchase prices, profitability of production, norms for the gross turnover of units of production, and other variables are calculated. Next, consider the integral components, without which the effective functioning of the company is impossible.
Business premises
The premises for the workshop for receiving and warehousing must have the status of non-residential, located in industrial areas. The form of ownership does not matter whether the premises are privately owned or rented. The room is equipped with protection against unauthorized entry, provided with water, electricity. Areas include:
- Warehouse areas equipped with containers for temporary storage.
- Office part for settlements with partners, documentation.
- Sanitary facilities with showers.
And perhaps essential requirement, put forward to the warehouse space: the warehouse is located within the automobile accessibility to the processing plant.
Supply of raw materials
The channels for the supply of raw materials in the absence of a centralized collection and transportation are reduced to several options:
- organization of trips to parking lots, garages, service stations;
- establishment of mobile collection points in places with high car density - busy highways, transport companies, garage cooperatives;
- conclusion of contract agreements with teams that will supply raw materials in small wholesale lots;
- advertising in specialized print, electronic publications, bulletin boards, forums - effective remedy obtaining raw materials. A representative, informative site would also definitely be helpful.
Important: when receiving, it is necessary to clearly understand what factors affect the purchase price: a) the weight of the battery with knowledge of the content of the chemical element depending on the brand; b) technical condition, service life, affecting the electrolyte content.
The production technology contains a number of successive stages:
- Purchasing or receiving products.
- Transportation to the place of storage.
- Delivery of the wholesale batch to the processing plant, its subsequent transfer.
Each stage is independent and unrelated to the next. It takes several weeks or months from the time a battery is received in the warehouse to being delivered for recycling.
Necessary equipment
Scroll necessary equipment for business is small, but it has increased safety requirements. The minimum set of equipment for organizing the reception of batteries includes:
- Truck or utility vehicle equipped with pallets or fasteners for transportation. We list the rules for the carriage of goods by road:
- Batteries are protected from the threat of short circuits;
- It is not allowed to transport batteries with a damaged case, the surface does not contain alkaline or acid traces;
- Fasteners during transportation do not allow leakage of contents, falling or damage to devices.
- Containers for temporary storage of batteries. Such tanks are made of acid-resistant materials - metal, plastic, ceramic or rubber.
- Electrolyte drain installation. The recipient company makes contractual terms regarding the electrolyte content. In this case, it is advisable to conclude a third-party agreement for the disposal of the electrolyte.
In a separate line, we note the mandatory availability of overalls, means personal protection.
Business registration
Related documentation for business registration includes:
- Certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur or a limited liability company.
- License to carry out activities for the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, neutralization and disposal of waste of I-IV hazard classes.
- An agreement with a processing company for the wholesale purchase of batteries, including volumes, terms, conditions for the transfer of products, prices, guarantees.
- Sanitary and epidemiological conclusion on the compliance of production areas with the current legislation.
- Safety instructions for handling batteries during acceptance and transportation. Increased attention is paid to the instruction of personnel, because non-compliance with safety rules leads to chemical burns, and further investigation of possible accidents.
Some of these points require the receipt of additional documentation, which will be encountered in the process of preparing and processing the necessary set of documents.