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Bellhops contracts college students for local moving help, on-demand.
Serving 130+ cities with over 9000 students. $40/hr per student.
Anyone used them before ?
Looks like an awesome service! Do the students have a truck? If so, what's the pricing for that? Like @Shubham mentioned it would be cool to see you guys expand into Canada.
@robjama We do provide moving trucks, they just aren't ours (thank goodness). We're a zero-asset company, and procure all our moving trucks through relationships with nationwide truck rental co's. The fee is a flat $135 if you need us to provide a truck. After fuel, insurance, and mileage it's basically a wash, and mostly a convenience to the customers who don't have to pickup/drive/return anything. Offering trucks just gives us more opportunities for billable labor-hours. We're coming to Canada, dont worry :)
@iorahul Definitely. Our corporate accounts give us boosted privileges, and we're able to procure trucks at a standard rate. So we have that part covered. I'm assuming 'here' is SF? If so, pumped to be launching there next year!
Thanks for the love @ProductHunt! I'm a co-founder of Bellhops, would love to answer any questions. We're based in Chattanooga, TN (home of the fastest internet in the country - 1 Gig) and are building a team of hustlers. Up to 31 at HQ now. Goal is to provide a better solution for small, local moving with an on-demand system and awesome Bellhops. 50m americans will move this year, and 3/4 are 'do-it-yourselfers'. Not bc they want to do it themselves, but because there isn't a better alternative.
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@camdoody Love the idea ! Are you thinking of other verticals than local moving ? Pretty sure you could use the college students for other other on-demand services .Could be huge!
@kwdinc Definitely, but we're extremely focused on the moving market right now. There is no question that we could utilize our workforce forother things, especially once we launch geo-spatial in our upcoming mobile app. Right now, we're laser focused on this market though.
Very cool idea. Although I was assuming payment was going to be more in the ballpark of "cigarettes and beer" vs money, but $40/hour sounds like a steal!
I worked for the Starving Students moving company in college and was one of the only students employed there. Lots of our clients were disappointed that it wasn't all students,
@SacBookReviewer That's great to hear. All Bellhops are actually current college students. Bellhops have to have active .edu email addresses, in addition to a number of other screenings. People just really like working with college students. I think they remind you of a simpler time :)
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