EP 1 - Trying to Make Money doing Side Jobs as a Mechanic!

[@ManiiZilla]

You guys are the reason I push myself everyday 🙏🏼 thank you for such amazing support

[@Drftn32]

Definitely a game changer for the market bro! There are many pros to running an automotive business from home. You choose your own time you start & finish, without having to match the market, choose your own booking, your own scheduled breaks and also benefiting your community through word of mouth also. Reducing overheads through the tough quiet times is also an advantage. If there are no clientele, it only takes closing down the doors. Can also have a daytime job and run on the weekends for extra cash. I have recently converted my 2 car garage into a complete auto mancave where I run my work from also. I feel super comfortable, able to run the TV while working, run inside the home for a quick break, and close up in 2 minutes than just walk inside and get on with the night instead of driving all the way back. Hope your business is going well, looking forward to see more updates

[@MrsFutch]

Congratulations!!! 🍾 🍾🍾 My husband and I decided to say F it and open our own home based auto repair shop to build up clientele. The goal is it have a real shop but we will get there one day...🙏🏼 it’s refreshing to see someone on KZbin starting where we are you just gained a sub! 👍🏼

[@ManiiZilla]

Absolutely love this Sending you bunch of positive energy and best wishes 🙏🏽 thank you and congrats to your beginning as well :)

[@williamcox438]

Hope your business is going well.

[@joeysanchez5926]

I wish my wife would get on board😢

[@peanutbutterisfu]

You gotta be careful doing work at home in your driveway you can get into a lot of legal troubles I know someone that got into trouble from neighbors called to complain, he went to court and was fined thousands of dollars. Another problem liabilities like if you damage a customers car or something like that you can get sued. I had a shop at my house but I had a big garage with a lift, you don’t need a lift but really you should be doing work inside and you don’t want to have many cars in your driveway to draw attention to yourself. When I bought my house I only looked at houses big enough to put a lift in the garage so i wouldn’t have to pay to rent a small shop to do my side work so my overhead was nothing. For a number of years I did work out of my garage and when people seen my shop at home they felt good about bringing me work because the shop looked like a professional shop with all the same equipment a real shop has and a lift. I used money I made to buy equipment and save for a real shop. When it became time to open a real shop I had all the equipment I needed to open which is a huge help. I’ll tell you even if you are just going to rent a building to open a repair shop you still need to have a bunch of money because all the monthly bills add up quick and you need to save enough money to be able to pay your bills for a good 6 months because you wont make enough money at first. Here is some advice that most people do not learn until they open a real shop up most of the customers that come to your house for work will not come to you when you open a real shop the reason is money! The people are coming to you to get a deal on work they are cheap customers and when you open a real shop up you need to charge real prices and these people do not want to pay. Some of the customers will continue to come to you because you have built up trust with them but most people will find another person that does work at their house that’s the problem with thinking you are building a customer base at home. The real reason you do side work at home should be to save money to open a real shop. One thing I did to help build better customers at home was to only give people about a 20% discount on work compared to a shop so if a job is 1000 at a shop I would charge them 800 this will help you get customers that are more likely to stay your customer when you make the switch. The best way to build clientele is actually at your day job. What I did was I talked to customers, let them know I was working on their car, tell them my name and over some years people will follow you like if u get a new job. Now the biggest help was I am very good with diagnostic work I am always learning and since I am so good with diagnostic work other shops would send work they couldn’t figure out to the shop I worked for, junk yards send me diagnostic work. I have had tons of customers that went to 3 or 4 shops to get a problem diagnosed and the shops couldn’t figure it out then they bring it to me and I figured it out so they tell people about me. It’s all about word of mouth and it takes some years to get a reputation like this but that’s what really helped me have a successful shop. When I worked for shops I always had customers asking if I would do their work on the side and I didn’t do it because I wouldn’t steal business from my employer and if that customer is already paying full price to a shop and they are following me to whatever shop I work for I want to keep them paying full price and when I opened my shop people like this come to me and they pay full price but if I did side work for them they would want a deal. Last thing I will say is you need to charge for everything you you do absolutely no exceptions! If you swap over 2 tires then they pay for that, if you install an air filter they pay for it! Doesn’t matter if the bill is 5 bucks you need to train your customers to pay for everything. When you open up a real shop every time you do something for free or at a discount you are taking money out of your pocket. Think about it like this because this really is true every job you do you basically will make 1/3 of what you profit so if you do a 200 dollar job that makes 100 profit you will make roughly 1/3 of that profit the other 2/3 goes toward your overhead so if you give the customer 20 bucks off then you made 3 bucks. Obviously these numbers aren’t exact but it’s a good rule of thumb. Someone told me this years ago and I didn’t believe it until I opened my shop I just thought well rent is 2500 bucks so I bet my other bills for the shop will be 500 so roughly 3000 a month I gotta make to pay the overhead so I figured the 1/3 rule wasn’t true but I was wrong there are way more bills and costs to run a shop you would never think about. When I first opened up I wasn’t charging people enough but luckily I realized it and raised my prices. My shop is more expensive that most shops in my area, it’s more expensive than the shop next to me but I do higher quality work and use higher quality parts and my customers know this and that’s what they want. If your known as the cheap shop you will get busy fast but you won’t make money! Doing 20 dollar oil changes brings in customers that don’t want to spend money.

[@ManiiZilla]

super insightful read, I'm actually really glad you took your time to give honest and real advice, need more people out there like you :) first of all, i dont got a permit for this to be honest my intentions were to simply showcase my skills to a couple close friends through social media as I was also planning to grow my instagram following and gain interest on my page because I post automotive related content on my Instagram. But my mission statement with all this side hustling is to eventually grow my services and buy equipment and tools that will help me create more content and provide quality services. secondly, I respect that you're a fine diagnostic tech, real shit I take notes when it comes to diagnosing vehicles. I'm not trying to be a parts changer, people can replace things but it's crucial to have the ability to tell customers why they need to replace things. thirdly, thank you for the information about running your own shop and the numbers about overhead approximately. I will definitely run my own garage (planning to make it low-volume but high content for KZbin that way I work on my career as a tech but also grow my youtube career along with it). But honestly you really put it in amazing perspective about how expensive overheads and additional fee's would be to run an actual auto shop. lastly, you're absolutely right about pricing with customers. My boss at work even told me "Never sell yourself short" when I was rushing home one day after work to do a side job at home. My boss doesn't charge cheap but his work SPEAKS! Principle is everything and thats why I agree with your opinion. I appreciate you for taking the time :)

[@peanutbutterisfu]

@@ManiiZilla no problem my friend.

[@hamidbalirete9417]

Please take me on I have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and have experience in automobile repair

[@jamesflow8602]

So proud of this brother🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@ManiiZilla]

Tryna hustle like you my dude 🙏🏼🙏🏼 ty for the support

[@MudmisfitzATV]

my man starting with hard hussle lol same way i started =D video posted 3yrs ago so yea imma check some vids and see the progress and the upgrade in tool choices

[@johntran9942]

Yessir best in the city

[@RavRam15]

Proud of you my brother! Keep grinding! 👊🏾

[@ManiiZilla]

Thank you family 🙏🏼 I will

[@robertwellner1247]

Love it Manny !....Do it Man !

[@REGULATORnpt]

Just don't stop bro! Stay your course

[@johntran9942]

Good shit brother 👌🏽👌🏽

[@ManiiZilla]

Ayeee respect my dude 👊🏼 I appreciate you

[@shreyabhandari2282]

Keep it up Maninder!! Proud of you! 😊

[@stevelopez2546]

Much respect brother!

[@robertwellner1247]

F@#%$ Yeah Manny.. Do it....start out in garage and grow... I love it !... A Kid With a Dream....

[@yusufsewpersaud7469]

Amazing content👍🏽 keep it up brother 🔥

[@ManiiZilla]

Thank you my dude 🙏🏼

[@longboardncarontussey5969]

This is great

[@doseofmalique7439]

Proud of you bro! 🤙🏿

[@ManiiZilla]

Thank you 🙏🏼 you too man keep up the hustle

[@doseofmalique7439]

@@ManiiZilla Thanks bro! We’re only going up from here 🙏🏿

[@LoweredCongress]

TRINI MAN FIRST CUSTOMER

[@mattstock9201]

Dont put anti seiz on lug nuts. There design to be dry fit

[@excessiveteam_com5387]

You need to be more specific if your actually using a (TIRE MACHINE) or just simply removing and replacing tires

[@bigdawg1872]

Do u need an LLC 2 do side work?

[@E-Sangiovanni]

Awesome video! Very down to earth and inspiring. Did you get a permit from your city or you don't need one? I am trying to start up my home auto shop as you, but based on my read of my city ordinances, I may not b able to. Did you have to do anything with them? Just picking your brain. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@jotac14]

Da consejos cuando su taller esta todo desordenado

[@aplus_mvp]

are you in toronto ?

[@anmolvirdi1473]

👨🏻‍🔧 my mannnnn

[@PhillyDee215]

👌👌👌

[@thefinancialvegan]

Why didn't you use an axle stand underneath the vehicle after you jacked it up? That's dangerous man and only takes a second to put a stand underneath and not let the car rest on the jack. You need to show people the right way to be safe bro. Come on.