Wanted: Domain Appraisal PlantHire.co.uk

[bonusmedia]

I like the name, it has obvious potential.

The problem I see is that majority of this type of business is done on a direct level where relationships have been established and quality of service is paramount.

A major building contractor would rather know that the equipment and manpower is onsite on the day and time specified than save 10% of the hire cost.

If a site manager knows that he can pick up the phone and say "Fred I need a JCB blah blah here on Tuesday morning at 6am" and Fred delivers on time every time, that is worth much more than a possible saving of a few percentage points in the grand scheme of things.

That's a very fair point. I think there still has to be a level at which the bottom line comes first, and there are going to be times when Fred doesn't have the availability.

Always sticking with one supplier makes for an inefficient market, and that's maybe why it's so profitable. There must be ways to crack the reliability issue - such as penalty clauses for not delivering etc.

It's going to take a lot of talking to people who hire plant to work out how to approach it.

If nothing else I will hold it for sale at a profit, but I honestly reckon there is a good business to be built on this.

 

[bonusmedia]

On a more nosey side tI believe the sellers on here won’t ask price but who approached who and if it was yourself approaching them did you know them, use contact from whois, or though landing page sedo etc just wondering if those that have domains themselves use a different approach than other business and attempting to get a better picture of marketing names to different audiences ? feel free to say none of your fffing business

I was looking at building a house that would have needed piling. Access was a problem so was looking for firms with mini piling rigs, got me thinking, did some research from that and liked the size of the market and the margins.

I approached the seller from the whois info, I've bought from him before. I think we are both happy with the deal

Actually I tried for toolhire and skiphire as well but nothing doing there. Wouldn't have bought more than one anyway, and plant has the highest transaction values.

 

[namealot]

Thanks strange I just had a place built in the uk need columns pile driving etc some parts of the locations were so close to neighbours in London wanted to cram every inch out of it used these http://www.sonotube.com/products.aspx

Strange thing was architects etc had never heard of them there used lots state side very little here if you need that sort of thing would deffo recommend them
Saves time/money on brickies, shuttering crane hire etc being columns also means better loading capabilities and less floor space lost and any fool can get them in right height and straight which was handy with my workforce

 

[bonusmedia]

Thanks strange I just had a place built in the uk need columns pile driving etc some parts of the locations were so close to neighbours in London wanted to cram every inch out of it used these http://www.sonotube.com/products.aspx

Strange thing was architects etc had never heard of them there used lots state side very little here if you need that sort of thing would deffo recommend them
Saves time/money on brickies, shuttering crane hire etc being columns also means better loading capabilities and less floor space lost and any fool can get them in right height and straight which was handy with my workforce

Cheers, that's well worth looking at

 

[accelerator]

It's going to take a lot of talking to people who hire plant to work out how to approach it.

If nothing else I will hold it for sale at a profit, but I honestly reckon there is a good business to be built on this.

Yes, this is a big money industry, you just need to put some thought into the business model that is going to allow an internet based business make money from it too.

The fact that mobile is growing has to be relevant to this.

It reminds me of the first ever internet boom when lots of sites were launching related to big industries, e.g. oil industries. However, time is much better now to make sites like this work.

Rgds

 

[mojoco]

Surprised to see that there is an existing hard copy plant hire guide...

http://www.planthireguide.co.uk/links#.VEEtYr5VA08

 

[accelerator]

Surprised to see that there is an existing hard copy plant hire guide...

http://www.planthireguide.co.uk/links#.VEEtYr5VA08

Why are you surprised?

 

[bensd]

I own IndoorPlantHire.co.uk i think is a good domain for these companies that hire plants out to office receptions, hotels etc.

I have had a few offers for it over the years but nothing to catch my eye.

Can't decide if this is a piss take or not?

 

[Tricky1]

I'll answer for him, it ain't, for big companies it's easier to hire plants and have people come in and maintain them

 

[accelerator]

i'll answer for him, it ain't, for big companies it's easier to hire plants and have people come in and maintain them

+1

 

[Paullas]

Thanks tricky. No it isnt a piss take its a big business hiring them plants out

 

[julian]

Don't really feel the love on it. Too generic, those type of companies already established got no need to shell out for it - why they would want to risk scrapping their established brand 'pinkplanthire.co.uk' etc for something generic and instantly forgettable like this.

It is a good name, and not saying you won't shift it, but lot of typical acorn domainer over hype going on here based on dream speculation.

I can only see it's use as some seo play/directory thing if you keeping it long term, based on the name, I would think the credibility of it would pick up some advertisers in that industry.

 

[doma1n]

plant hire

Great name...
Think the suggestion of hiring out plants gives you extra endusers to persue should you be looking to sell.
Good luck whatver you decide

 

[Bailey]

cant think of a better contact LINE to have on the side of vehicles as doma1n indicates.. the man in the street will see the appeal - all the new, new business Plus all existing isn't going anywhere

 

[Bailey]

Took "smallplanthire.com couldn't help myself (thought about it for a day or two) and the .co.uk was taken -

know it is pretty much a UK term

 

[bonusmedia]

Took "smallplanthire.com couldn't help myself (thought about it for a day or two) and the .co.uk was taken -

know it is pretty much a UK term

CactusRental.co.uk is available, the .com is gone for obvious reasons

 

[Bailey]

CactusRental.co.uk is available, the .com is gone for obvious reasons

You Bitch

 

[WalkinDude]

Dunno if this would work but I think future growth for startups is reducing redundancy. And that requires open sharing of information. Plant owners want their equipment out there on hire for max days in a year. They don't want it sitting in their yards. They are always on the look out when they are in one area to see if there's any more jobs or demand on the same road/part of town for example. This is the use I see for this domain name. Confirming that possibility.


And far to often efficiency isn't optimized cos Person A in location Z doesn't know they want to use the exact same piece of kit that person B in location Z is using the week before them.

As I say this might not work cos quite often equipment is needed for longer than initially contracted for what with the British weather and other possibilities but if you had a big enough database and this database knew what was where then it would be an incredible service to the industry for medium level projects.

For truly large industrial projects where slightest delay can lead to tens of thousands of daily cost overruns it would probably be a nonstarter. But I'd imagine at the small to medium level the saving made by using machinery already nearby could prove cost effective.

 

[bonusmedia]

You Bitch

Dunno if this would work but I think future growth for startups is reducing redundancy. And that requires open sharing of information. Plant owners want their equipment out there on hire for max days in a year. They don't want it sitting in their yards. They are always on the look out when they are in one area to see if there's any more jobs or demand on the same road/part of town for example. This is the use I see for this domain name. Confirming that possibility.


And far to often efficiency isn't optimized cos Person A in location Z doesn't know they want to use the exact same piece of kit that person B in location Z is using the week before them.

As I say this might not work cos quite often equipment is needed for longer than initially contracted for what with the British weather and other possibilities but if you had a big enough database and this database knew what was where then it would be an incredible service to the industry for medium level projects.

For truly large industrial projects where slightest delay can lead to tens of thousands of daily cost overruns it would probably be a nonstarter. But I'd imagine at the small to medium level the saving made by using machinery already nearby could prove cost effective.

Interesting point. Years ago I did a few months recruiting/managing wagon drivers and the independent ones had a site that would let them find jobs on the way back from their tips - it makes a lot of sense.

There are a lot of firms and a lot of unused plant out there.

I was thinking that a small firm a bit further out might want to undercut the big guys because otherwise it's sat there earning nothing - but fuel alone for a low loader is going to make a big difference.

Lots to think about on this one, it could be a year before I know what to do with it

 

[accelerator]

Dunno if this would work but I think future growth for startups is reducing redundancy. And that requires open sharing of information. Plant owners want their equipment out there on hire for max days in a year. They don't want it sitting in their yards. They are always on the look out when they are in one area to see if there's any more jobs or demand on the same road/part of town for example. This is the use I see for this domain name. Confirming that possibility.


And far to often efficiency isn't optimized cos Person A in location Z doesn't know they want to use the exact same piece of kit that person B in location Z is using the week before them.

As I say this might not work cos quite often equipment is needed for longer than initially contracted for what with the British weather and other possibilities but if you had a big enough database and this database knew what was where then it would be an incredible service to the industry for medium level projects.

For truly large industrial projects where slightest delay can lead to tens of thousands of daily cost overruns it would probably be a nonstarter. But I'd imagine at the small to medium level the saving made by using machinery already nearby could prove cost effective.

Great post!

At lot of times it just takes someone to build something to realise that a massive business opportunity was there, e.g. Uber. I think the opportunity probably is here, although it's always difficult to predict and I don't know anything about plant hire. However, as you say, it is valuable to business (both the hire service, and the hirer) to know what's available, where it is, and how much it is, and to be able to book it easily. All these things can be done via net-based technology. An app would likely be really useful to the industry.

Rgds