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What Is It

It is a franchise where you operate as the Man-In-The-Van, in your personal demarcated area. There is no need to set up an office, you work out of the depot and your vehicle. All parcels & documents that come in via the national network of 'hubs' for delivery, outgoing parcels to be picked up at the end of the day for national or international delivery are hosted by the depot. This is then co-ordinated with the Man-In-The-Van Franchisees by the Operations teams in the depots.

The Courier Guy franchisees are actual couriers. You operate from home and usually start out with one vehicle in the area until there is the opportunity to expand. Franchisees market and "work" their own areas. The area is determined by the Franchisor and the Franchisee has the exclusive right to a particular area. Mail shots, local advertising and simply knocking on doors are all ways to bring your services to the attention of local businesses. The Franchisee must supply the Franchisor with at least 10 leads or potential customers in a month. These leads will then be followed up by the sales representatives who will open accounts for customers.

The Courier Guy is the fastest growing courier brand in South Africa - and we have even had enquiries as far as Namibia. The national master franchise has been set up in Johannesburg; we have regional depots in Durban and Cape Town. We expect to grow this and to have six regional depots by 2010.

As a courier franchisee you get your exclusive territory within such a region. The regional depot provides sales and administration support as well as a call centre and operations department.

Who Is It Suited to

Do you have:

• - Entrepreneurial skills?
• - The drive to succeed?
• - The will to work for yourself?
• - Good customer relationships?
• - An instinct for success?
• - R100,000.00 available in unencumbered cash?

Then you are suited for this business!

The Courier Guy is a generally five day a week business. Franchisees really have to want to be in business for themselves with good people skills, a good first impression is everything.

There is no qualification or degree needed to be a Courier Guy franchisee. Extensive training is given prior to the establishment phase, classroom and on the road training is provided. Additional training, assistance and workshops are given on an on-going basis.

What Does it Cost

Costs for a courier franchise will be starting at R 275 000.00 (VAT Inclusive), this covers the following:

• Intellectual Property
• Training
• Operations & Procedures Manual
• Uniforms
• Set Up Support
• A Complete Marketing Launch
• A Vehicle, fully kitted with canopy and signage
• Intense mentoring, this gives the Franchisee a chance to build the area to the point where it can be split multiple times or sold off for capital gain or, a second vehicle brought in for greater gain.
• Being part of a successful Franchise established in 2000.
• A franchise agreement with no franchise fee, advertising funds or hidden costs.
• You are required to have at least R 100 000.00 unencumbered cash available.

The Courier Guy franchise is not difficult to operate at its basic level. It has a low input cost and apart from vehicle maintenance, fuel, telephone and wages expenses are limited.

Franchisees work from home, there is no cost for setting up an office or sales office. The Courier Guy would like franchisees to expand the business enough to require two other vans. This isn't obligatory but there is a certain expectation.  

How much can you earn ? As much as you want to!

To assist a new franchisee in a new area we guarantee* the income of up to R15 000.00 for a maximum of period of 6 months while the area is being build. The subsidy amount will be a top-up of the payment generated from the area. This amount is also subject to conditions.*

It is a requirement that at least 10 genuine leads or prospective customers be brought in, every month. This will ensure that the area is developed and the business grows. There is only so much one man in one van can do, introducing a second vehicle in the area would be the next step or sell a part of the area off for capital gain.

Franchisees that develop their areas can earn a gross income of between R25,000.00 - R35,000.00 per month. Established franchisees have earned as much as R48,000.00 gross in a month, earnings are from all three streams of income.

There are THREE streams of income:

1) Waybills collected from the area, the customers that you service, some of them will be the leads that you have brought in.

2) Waybills that you deliver in your area which you have received from the depot and was collected by the other courier franchisees.

3) A commission that is determined on the full invoice amounts that the customers in your exclusive use area has spent in one month*

The Courier Guy requires its franchisees to have entrepreneurial tendencies as it could earn extra revenue from sub-related services like packaging. Overall, if you take a parcel all the way from pick-up to destination, your margins are going to be higher than if you've just deliver it.

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