Millions of people need this service every day. Until now, it simply wasn’t available. N5, the award winning Franchise development company, has scored another winner.
The early adopters look set to clean up in a market with huge potential, very little downside and a captive market, the perfect mix for a successful franchise opportunity
Every year dozens of new franchises are launched, of course some are better than others. A few will never make the grade, fading away while others go on to generate millions of pounds in income for the early adopters.
By early adopters, I mean business people who can spot the ‘right thing’ when it comes along, or trust in someone else (someone with an excellent track record) to find that opportunity for them
My name is Nigel Botterill (that’s me being presented with the award for best E-company of the year 2007 by Duncan Bannatyne from the BBC 's Dragon's Den) and spotting the right thing is something I do very well.
For example, In 2005 I saw a gap in the market for websites that focused on local businesses, creating a hot spot for people not only to find local suppliers, but also to get real life testimonials from other local people that have actually used that shop or company.
I figured that testimonials and user comments are the only true way of finding out if a business really is as good as they (naturally) say it is.
I knew I was right and though others doubted me, I invested heavily in time and money to research the market and get the first websites out there.
My money, my time, my risk, but you know how it is… I had that ‘feeling’.
And my instincts where spot on;
I set up a franchise called thebestof a series of local websites operating under a main brand. The results:
- ‘thebestof’ websites now receive over 1,000,000 (yes, that’s million) unique visitors a month.
- ‘thebestof’ has won some of the UK’s most prestigious business awards, including…Best E-company of the Year, Finalists in Best New Product of the Year, and finalist in Best Online Business of the year 2006
But most importantly; - It’s the fastest growing franchise in UK business history with hundreds of successful franchisees and tens of thousands of happy customers.
Like I said, (and I don’t say this to boast, but because my track record is important to you) spotting an emerging opportunity is something I do very, very well.
These days, I have a brilliant team of Franchise Development Managers and staff that run the business on a day to day basis, leaving me with time to look around for another opportunity.
Finding these kind of winners can take a lot of effort, and can take months (even years) to track down. Thousands of air miles, dozens of hotel beds, weeks of ‘midnight oil’ research and investigation.
But to be honest, the opportunity we are about to discuss was nothing like that. When I saw it I knew in seconds that it was the one.
Here’s what happened;
David Heath was already a successful ‘thebestof’ franchisee. He’s a great guy and lots of fun. In business, he’s the type that is always looking to improve his family’s lifestyle and income (the perfect type of personality to become a franchisee). To do that, David knows as well as you and I that finding the next “big thing” is the easiest route to financial independence possible.
Like me (and probably you), David doesn’t believe that you need to invent something brand new; sometimes you just need to spot a genuine gap in the market for a product that already exists.
When David called me and told me he had found ‘it’ - I hadn’t done the air miles, I’d slept in my own bed, and I had yet to burn any midnight oil…so I was (understandably) a little skeptical.
But let me tell you, David was spot on!
David arrived at my offices in Solihull with a briefcase, an electric extension lead and a huge black bag. In the bag he had the biggest mobile telephone you have ever seen!
“It’s called a Quickie”….David explained, it’s not a mobile phone, it’s an express telephone charger. Its coin operated and offers an emergency charge to most makes of mobile phone in 10 minutes.
Oh, and it’s worth a fortune to anyone that understands the huge gap in the UK market that exists right now.
Once we stepped beyond the inevitable ‘Quickie’ jokes, for the next 20 minutes David dazzled me with industry figures, income potential and an exciting franchise plan to roll out 10,000 of these Quickie machines across the UK!
The possibilities knocked me sideways!
Without a doubt I was convinced, and our next franchise project was born.
Here’s why I was so blown away by the Quickie concept….
It’s a simple business that latches onto a mature market that already has phenomenal growth and a secure future, mobile phones.
Our market simply piggybacks the mobile phones industry’s incredible success.
How many times a day across the UK do people need to make a call or send a text, only to find their battery has run out?
Is there a market for Quickie?
There are now over 40 million mobile phone users in the UK and;
- A recent YouGov survey found that 61% of under 30-year olds have run out of battery power on their mobiles while out and about within the last month.
- A further 48% of under 30-year-olds said that they had been in situations when they had wanted to use the features on their phones, but had refrained from doing so for fear of running out of battery.
That’s a huge market, totally untapped, until now!
I guess (with those independent research figures) you can see how exciting this opportunity is going to be?
Well, it gets better
Live TV is the ‘next big thing’ for the mobile phone market and is set to explode over the next 12 months. That means that you’ll be able to watch the big games wherever you are, until your battery runs out.
The big, bright, colourful screens needed to display TV on a phone really drain the battery. This opens up a fantastic opportunity for Quickie Franchisees to offer fast, low-cost, coin-operated mobile phone charging units to suitable venues around the UK. In that situation, customers can use their phone while it’s being charged, so they won’t miss a single moment of the match!
The units are placed in the venues (hotels, coffee shops, retail outlets etc) so people can give their phones an emergency charge in 10 minutes (hence the name ‘Quickie’) for only £1!
So when members of the public are ‘caught short’ in public places and desperately need to make or receive a call or text, Quickie is their saviour.
I believe that the Quickie franchise is set to be a phenomenon in 2008.
- No more ‘being caught short’ in public and running out of batteries – and customers can still use the phone while it’s being charged.
- It’s this simple. All the user needs to do is plug in the phone, drop a coin in the slot, and within 10 minutes their phone has received its emergency charge and they can make that urgent call or send that urgent text .
Of course, you already know the market is huge. Mobile phones are lifestyle ‘must have’ items, almost everyone has one. In fact, did you know that the number of mobile phones in the UK outnumber the actual population?
- As the use of mobile phones increases, and they are used more and more for texts, games, photos, emails, recording video, even surfing the web, battery use will increase and the need for a service like Quickie will grow right along with it.
Also, business people need to be in touch;
- At airports for example, how many will charge up their phone before jumping on a flight, just to be sure they are connected at the other side while their charger is in their suitcase?
- Train stations. People love to use their mobile on long journeys. They could be standing on the platform, with time to spare before their train leaves, and decide to top up, just to be sure they have enough battery life for the journey…after all it’s only £1
- Then there are cafes. People are sitting there having a coffee, chatting to friends and if they feel their battery is on its way out, they can charge it up while sipping a cappuccino.
- Hotels are a great place to site these units. How many times a day does someone ask at reception for a charger because they left theirs at home. I couldn’t count how many times I’ve done this!
These ideas show you how convenient the Quickie is set to become in people lives. Don’t underestimate the importance of that. As the famous writer Charles G. Mortimer once said;
"Today convenience is the success factor of just about every type of product and service that is showing steady growth."
Quickies come in all shapes and sizes. Some even have video screens on the front which can feature adverts from local businesses. This means that Quickie machines actually have two steams of income (more on this in a bit).
And don’t worry about getting involved in something ‘new’ and unchartered because although new to the UK, and set to explode across thousands of outlets in the next 18 months, these machines have an excellent history.
They were originally developed in the Far East in 2002. They are extremely reliable and well established in many countries including China, and the Middle East.
- They are amazingly popular with countless mobile phone users and already pulling in millions of pounds in income around the world.
- We are ready (with a strictly limited franchise network) to launch Quickie to millions of UK mobile phone users.
- We have exclusivity for the whole of the UK and our trial machines have performed very well.
This market is set to rocket! and we are now ready to take the UK by storm!
“A Quickie in Leicester was underperforming. We put postcards in all the rooms to promote Quickie…takings immediately trebled”
David Heath - Founder
7 Key factors that are set to ensure this business explodes onto the consumer market in 2008:
- It is locked in to one of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, mobile phones.
- It is 100% established in other world markets, and has seen incredible growth in the Far East and the Middle East. The UK is next, and don’t forget, we have EXCLUSIVE rights to these machines for the whole of the UK.
- Exclusive territories. When we agree to your territory, it’s yours for good. No-one can put another charger in your area. We’ll protect your territory for you, that’s a promise (and a contractual obligation).
- There are literally hundreds of thousands of potential sites for the machines across the UK with each Quickie territory very generously apportioned so that you not only have the ability to build the first stage of your business quickly, but you also have great scope to expand your empire. Sites include hotels, bars, coffee shops, restaurants, fitness clubs, cinemas, shopping centres…in fact anywhere people gather and spend a little time is a perfect site for one of these machines.
- It does not cost the venue to host the machines, instead they make money by sharing a percentage of the income that is generated each month.
- It targets two critical selling triggers, convenience and necessity.
Convenience. When a user is at a café and needs to make a call but has little battery left. Necessity. For the business traveller at the airport or exhibition hall when access to head office or customers is critical.
- All our franchisees are expected to make exceptional earnings. The combination of machine takings PLUS advertising revenue offers you considerable opportunity, once your units have been placed, and the set-up phase of the business is up and running.
Some opportunities change the business landscape. This is going to be huge. There’s no one to buy these from but us. We have the experience, training systems, support structure and marketing strategies in place right now…this is ready to go!
I’ve mentioned before my ‘knack’ for spotting a great opportunity, and though I can’t take all the credit for this one, David and I both know that this business is a winner.
“Within the next two years we plan to have up to 10,000 machines in hotels, coffee shops, supermarkets, sports clubs –and we are going to achieve this through a very limited number of franchisees. They will have full exclusivity on their patch and we expect them to be earning £5,000 per month for 4-5 days work each month, once their network has been established and set up.”
David Heath, Founder
For me, any business I look at needs to tick ALL of the boxes for my ‘Ideal Business Ingredients Test’. These are key factors to a successful business. In fact, if you are considering other franchises, print this list off and check them off as you read the information the franchise company sends you, (you might be surprised).
Here’s the list;…
Nigel’s Ideal Business Ingredient Test
Ideal Business Ingredient 1: HUGE DEMAND
For any business to be successful, it must have a product that someone wants and needs. You can see (hopefully you have already!) why a Quickie is a product with very high demand. Most opportunities look for a small segment of the market; Quickie is for EVERYBODY, at least the 40 million with mobile telephones!
Ideal Business Ingredient 2: LOW MAINTENANCE
Reliability of the machines means that after installing them, you only need to spend a few days each month collecting the money and maintaining your machines!
So getting your machines out and earning your money is in two parts; placing the machines in suitable venues and collecting the takings in one hand, and also promoting local businesses on the Quickie Video Smart Screens and taking the advertising revenues in the other hand.
It’s like renting space, but you only pay on results. That’s MUCH better than a fixed cost option. In addition to this don’t forget about the big opportunity for selling fantastic value advertising on the Quickie Smart Screens, but more on this in a moment.
Ideal Business Ingredient 3: NO STOCK HOLDING
How great is this? Once the machines are placed, apart from keeping a spare one or two for emergencies, there is no stock. Unlike traditional vending machines there is no need to fill them up as stock is bought. In fact it’s the opposite – you need to keep emptying them (of money)!
Ideal Business Ingredient 4: NO EMPLOYEES
It’s a very simple business. There is nothing to stop you taking on employees to reach your income goals quicker, and that’s certainly something to consider in the future. Perhaps when you want to kick back a little or take some time travelling, while the business is still clicking up sales for you day in day out.
The opportunity has been designed for one person to operate out of your own home. I have no doubt that some of our franchisees will be investors who buy the franchise and put someone in to run it – but you don’t have to. Its your choice!
Ideal Business Ingredient 5: RESIDUAL INCOME
You do the work once and get paid over and over again. Your advertising customers should remain with you for a minimum of one year and a high percentage are likely to stay with you for much longer.
But remember, your machines should continue to pay you month after month, year after year, regardless of whether they have a single advertisements on them or not.
Ideal Business Ingredient 6: RESPECTABILITY
This is a win-win business you can be proud of;
- Your hosting venues earn additional revenue for no effort whatsoever on their part.
- Your advertising customers make more money from customers that see the ad and visit the store.
- The public have a valuable service that is convenient and very cheap to use.
- You win with a fun, profitable business that has massive provability in worldwide markets, has long term security because mobile phones are not about to go away, and has excellent income potential.
Ideal Business Ingredient 7: RAPID PAYBACK
The secret to securing a rapid payback is good old fashioned effort. Nothing more complicated is needed (isn’t that great news?)
That’s why we are looking for motivated, ambitious franchisees who can recover their franchise fee quickly and create a considerable on-going residual income for themselves through utilizing the product, the training, the support and all the other available resources to build their business quickly.
By now, you should see the powerful logic behind this business.
Quickie is genuine, viable and set to succeed because it has an open marketplace.
Ideal Business Ingredient 8: WORK FROM HOME
You are your own boss so you have ultimate flexibility.
Think about that for a second. Yes, this business needs effort, and of course without that effort, nothing happens, but once you build the business, your life can be changed dramatically.
You work from home, and pick your time for visiting sites to collect your income.
That means morning traffic jams are a thing of the past. Instead you have a relaxing morning while you plan your day. You’ll just be getting the day rolling when everyone else has crawled into their office or shop. Also, you’ll be home well before they leave again, to snarl up the roads and peer endlessly at the car in front of them.
For you, those days are gone, forever.
Money worries too should be a thing of the past. With a combination of advertising revenue and machine takings, franchisee earnings can be in excess of £5000* a month. Take off a bit for petrol costs of course, but overheads are tiny because you carry no stock, have no staff and run the entire business from a spare room or kitchen table. You may of course wish to take on staff to help you drive your business to the next level and earn really serious cash, the potential with Quickie is enormous.
I do advise a PC so you can track the performance of your business – we give you some simple software to help you do that. That way, if a site isn’t performing, you can move the unit out to somewhere that will give a better return.
If you find a ‘secret’ place that is particularly effective, look for similar sites within your area to maximize your money every month.
Working from home is an amazingly fulfilling way to live. You get to see more of the family, spend time with the kids and save hundreds of hours that used to be tied up just getting to and from your job!
Also, with that all important residual income, you’ll be getting paid whether you are actually working or not!
These machines don’t care if you are in the UK or on holiday in the sun. As long as the shop or venue is open, they are ready and waiting to make you money.
It’s all about lifestyle, and choice. Those choices become yours with a business like Quickie
8 key ingredients: my checklist (and now yours), that is critical to a successful business. Of course if you’ve been looking for the right business for a while you’ll know that in many businesses it's hard to find more than 2-3 of these "must have ingredients".
As you can see, Quickie has them all!
And it has one more thing too, an additional source of revenue that is easy to set up, takes zero time to maintain, and adds significantly to your residual income.
The units contain a Video Smart Screen, a great place for local businesses to advertise their products or services while they have a captive audience
Remember that the charge time is 10 minutes, that’s a perfect opportunity to get people interested in a nearby store, or tell them about a special offer.
Selling these ad slots to local companies is easy and they pay in advance, so your cash flow is excellent too.
The Costs
Quickie franchises start from as little as £34,995 which includes the rental of 50 Quickie machines for 5 years, your Exclusive Territory, a whole bunch of marketing materials, ongoing training and lots more. In short everything you need to set up and build your own exciting, successful business.
You’ll also pay a Monthly License Fee which is based on the number of machines you have in your area.
We will talk you through exactly how the financial breakdown works when we speak to you (you can also click here to get hold of our Franchise Information Pack which contains all the details about the franchise)
So there you have it. You’ve got a pretty clear idea now as to what Quickie is about and how it would work for you as a franchisee. It’s not some ‘get-rich-quick-scheme’ but a serious business for serious people - and it’s going to make quite a splash across the whole country in the next year or so.
For the right people this is potentially a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to get in on the ground floor on something that is going to be huge.
That simply means areas are 'being snapped up', so decisions need to be made.
I’m not trying to rush you, just stating a fact.
The next step is to make a phone call and let us know you are interested.
From there we’ll invite you to an open day
No decisions, no obligation and definitely no hard sell. It’s an opportunity for you to really get to grips with this business and see for yourself how it can change your life in the next few months.
We’ll show you the units, set out in clear English exactly how you will earn the great revenues we are talking about. We’ll discuss your business marketing plan, go through the franchise information pack (more on that in a moment), and you can even get to hear about the business from our first franchisees… people that started out just like you! – They are living the business right now, day to day and can tell you first hand how exciting the business is (Colin Fulton in Scotland had 46 machines sited within 7 weeks)
Take a look at what a few of our guests had to say after meeting the Quickie team in our Solihull offices;
“The presentation was excellent and the phone call to your franchisee in Ayr was a brilliant idea and reinforced what I had been told”!
Elisabeth Craig, Glasgow
“I was concerned that I would feel pressured into signing up at the Open Day but, on the contrary, I felt no pressure whatsoever”.
Terry Meacham
“It was very informative, I felt a bit hesitant before I went but when I got there I felt very comfortable and all the staff made me feel very welcome. It was comforting to hear how much Nigel has invested in this”!
Mohammed Khan, Birmingham East
The open day is where the whole thing comes together for you.
You will meet the Quickie Management team, talk to loads of people, meet franchisees and try out the units for yourself.
We’ll show you step by step how this business works in the real world.
But please remember. We have a responsibility to you, to our existing franchisees and to ourselves to choose only the people we believe from experience will be great for this business. We know the right fit, we won’t let just anybody become a Quickie franchisee – we only want the right people and we’ll tell you honestly if we think this business is, or isn’t, for you.
Our Open Days are important and you need to be ready to make the trip to Solihull. It’s the first step in proving to yourself (and to us) that you are serious about your future, about running your own business as a part of a proven, successful and very, very exciting new franchise.
To reassure you further –
we don’t let anyone purchase a franchise at the Open Day. The decision is too important – for both of us.
We insist that you go away and sleep on it before you make any decision – and we need to reflect and study your application as well.
“Before I arrived I thought it would be a corporate presentation but I really liked the delivery and was made to feel very at ease”.
Michael Gould - Farnham
In the 2-3 hours we’ll spend together, we both need to feel comfortable - you that this will really can work for you, and us that you are the right kind of person to run a Quickie franchise.
All this, your new business, your future starts right now, today, with a business decision that this is a genuine opportunity to own and run your own business.
Without a doubt, the management team, the business concept and the investment we have made into developing this business means Quickie is set be “one of the simplest, easiest and most lucrative franchises ever…”
Ok, there’s one more thing before I close off.
Given the success of these Quickie machines in Middle and Far East we’re expecting things to hot up very quickly in the UK, so like I said a moment ago, areas are going fast.
Before we meet I want you to have all the facts in front of you, so here’s what to do now:
Call Cat Foulkes on 0845 22 33 006 and book your place at our next open day or click here to book online
We’ll take your details and email you our comprehensive information pack.
Within minutes you will receive 23 pages of facts, information, market analysis and proof of the amazing earning potential with Quickie.
In fact this pack is so well put together that before you book your open day at Solihull you can show it to your bank manager or accountant and get them to tell you how great this opportunity could be!
Also, we cover the additional revenue you can achieve from advertising on the Quickie Video Smart Screens in a lot more detail. It’s a very exciting add-on opportunity, and it's integral to the success of the business. You’ll read the full details in the information pack.
This is important: To give everyone the attention they need, places are limited at open days, so call us now and book your place, or click here to book online
So there you have it - The Quickie Story.
Now, you have a choice now to take everything I have explained here as fact based on intensive research, backed up by a franchise company that is a leader in not just one, but many areas….or you can dismiss the opportunity and carry on looking.
If you can see the opportunity, and understand that once the country has been taken up, the opportunity is gone then you should call Cat NOW on 0845 22 33 006 to reserve your ‘Irresistible Launch Offer’
Thanks for your time in reading about the next BIG thing.
Nigel
* Earnings Disclaimer
Earnings projections are illustrative only and should not be considered or relied upon as the actual or potential sales, profits or earnings which will be realised by you. We do not guarantee nor do we represent that you will or can expect to attain any specific amount or range of sales profits or earnings from the operation of the franchise business. Actual results will vary from franchise to franchise and we cannot guarantee the results that any franchisee may achieve.