Author of "From Side Hustle To Main Hustle To Millionaire" (Available at B&N, Amazon, Library) My Book: sidehustlebook.info

I actually did this one summer with a dude that started the poop patrol company. Back in the 90s. He charged by the week and did 5 to 8 yards a day. He was making bank.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that is awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

I'd also recommend marketing to other places like apartment complxes, city or county parks departments, vet clinics shelters and dog bording businesses, as well as retirement communities specifically- since they are less likely to be able to do the work themselves. Consider expanding the service to small farms if you live in a rural area, but be aware that the work will be much more involved so your pricing should reflect that. Also in this instance you'll need to be aware of your county's waste disposal regulations as it pertains to animal refuse. If you're in an area that has any animal shows or competitions, or even parades or rodeos, there's a potential short-term contract for the waste removal.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Oh yep 1000% and the commercial work will be higher paying too! Really appreciate you sharing this extra info

@thisismebeingobedient

Жыл бұрын

This is awesome intel

@AckzaTV

Жыл бұрын

Ya 39 clients sure competing with every kid who watches this

@haralds4145

Жыл бұрын

You americans are so decadend its insane. Paying 1200 dollars a year cause you dont wanna clean after your dog. Its more than a months payment in 90% of the countries in the world...

I made over $50k in my second year as a Pooper Scooper, it's definitely possible to make A LOT of money in this industry!

Why do people call them side hustles? They are second jobs. Let's be honest here.

@xboarder2001

Жыл бұрын

Simple! It's not their primary job. They're hustling on the side to get ahead of everyone else who isn't as motivated. For those that do it well, it can replace their FT corporate doo job.

@Nobodyfukoff

Жыл бұрын

@@xboarder2001 doesn't make it a hustle. It's still a job.

@xboarder2001

Жыл бұрын

@@Nobodyfukoff 🤔 side hustle, aka side job, moonlighting (however this is usually in the same line of work). It's all work. Your point?

@luxurycardstore

Жыл бұрын

@@xboarder2001 They don't have a point. The mere thought that you might have to work to get what you want makes some people break into a cold sweat. I love it when they have that mentality. That means more money for those of us who are willing to work.

@kyledoherty9678

Жыл бұрын

Jesus fuck, I was just coming to say this. Trendy buzz word crap needs to stop. Its so irritating.

Jeez that was depressing. I tuned in to see the side hustle left feeling a deep guilt and empathy for those who can't afford to have kids

Dang dude a book on side hustles, that's impressive! Thanks for the video.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Brandon!! I appreciate the viewership

Bank of America is completely out of the question. Stay away from all big banks including B of A! Stick with local credit unions 100%. They offer you much more than big banks and don't treat you like just another number. Other than that I agree with everything else this dude said!

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

The only reason I like them is that they waive the monthly fee if you keep $5k in there month to month, but I do agree that local banks deserve the biz! So shop around!

"Side Hustles"...is the new norm name we're calling Part Time Jobs now?? Because a Side Hustle is just another term for Part Time Job(s).

Bobby tried to do it on King of the Hill and Hank blocked him 🙂

@AckzaTV

Жыл бұрын

Earth cleaners made that guy rich and hank was just jelous. Weird because you'd think hank would be proud of ANY honest work especially dirty jobs..hank is actually a coward and un American

@idonyrene9044

Жыл бұрын

I saw that episode lol

@lesliehouse9948

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Hank has always had a limited vision

I had this idea in the late 80s, was gonna name my business "The Doo Crew" lol.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Hahahah nice! I heard another clever name which was "Scooby's Doo"

@fidencioflores2680

Жыл бұрын

“Scoopy Doo”? 🤔

Bullet Points for everything he said on here, please.☺️💗

Did you just say insurance? LOL I have been doing lawn care for 10 years and have never carried and I know many many other lawn Care businesses that does not carry you do not need insurance to go pick up poop. That's part of the problem in America is in the government forcing insurance. Stick up for your constitutional rights and vote for less government or no government and go make your damn money the way it was meant to be.

I'm starting a poop scooping business because of this video. Thank you. I will keep you updated on how it goes

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Very cool, please do!

@Samson-cr3ly

Жыл бұрын

Any updates?

@CODstreamz

Жыл бұрын

3 week update?

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

I’m a pooper scooper too! It’s a really crappy business 🐕💩😂

@ramyswar296

3 ай бұрын

How did it go

Is there a way to list all the competitors or just Google pooper scoopers near me? Other suggestions??? Won’t be doing this but great tips for starting a small side hustle-THANKS 😊

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Good question! Probably a google search would be best, but you could also check angie's list and other home services sites as well. Yellow Pages too!

The google certificate is not free, you have to pay a monthly Coursera cost for it.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that, I made a mistake when doing the research for this, I think it is $45 a month after a 7 day free trial

I already do this for my 2 labs daily this is a w idea

There is a successful business like this in a nearby town already but it is the only other local one. They have a good website and setup. Would it be worth starting another business in my area?

Greatcontent, Ryan! Q: Can dog poop be upsold for fertilizer to local gardens farms for compost maybe??

@billymac6643

Жыл бұрын

Ehh, dog poop would need to be composted before it could be used as fertilizer, and even then it would only be suitable for non-edible plants.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

I believe like other's have said it's not the best for fertilizer - but I love the thought process behind that!

@GentleStorm1

Жыл бұрын

I have some friends that are avid gardeners. They moved to the PNW from FL several years ago and completely surprised me when they told me that they compost everything - including their dog & cat poo. They have a lovely garden and grow (and eat) much of their own produce. They seem pretty normal, despite being native Floridians. 😉

Wow this was very informative gave a lot of good ideas on how to start a hustle

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! That is the goal Juan, entertaining and informative

Great video . Thank you for sharing

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I remember when those google certificates first came out, they were free, but they aren't anymore.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Dang, my apologies there about representing that incorrectly!

@davidchisolm682

Жыл бұрын

@@RyanScribner you can sign up for free and get a 7 day free trial, then after that, it's $39 a month. It's through Coursera.

No one is going to pay 120 for poop scooping. Id pay 40 bucks max

I was the first person to see this abd omg I was totally gonna do this a year ago! I have an idea for this that's a little different and it's aviut cats actually! Let's talk.abiut it and I'd love to hear some of your advice:) thanks man! 😊

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Would you offer a litter scoop service or something?

Man this video is the sh*t!

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Christian!

So this is a commercial for the"pooper scooper insurance" .... ?

However, this will be the first service to be dropped in hard financial times.

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t, I’ve chatted with many OG scoopers and they keep thriving during the down times

How would you schedule it though? Would you go to customers homes daily? Weekly? Just on weekends? Dogs poop everyday so how does that work?

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

You'd do it on Saturday mornings or whatever day you have off. This would probably work best if you have a job that gives you days off during the week, as many homeowners don't want services done on weekends. But basically you'd consolidate all the work into 1-2 days.

I pay $100/month to have my entire 0.35 acre lawn maintained once a week which includes sprinkler maintenance and poop scooped and I live in California. Anyone paying $100/month just for once-a-week poop scooping is an idiot.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's a heck of a good deal, I was paying my lawn guy $115 a visit last Summer before my tenant took over landscaping at my rental property.

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

We have folks paying $130 a month for once a week service.

@1fashionbliss

Жыл бұрын

Who's doing all of that for $100 is an idiot 😂

Target goal of 100 clients, with a weekly cleanup model… That’s twenty yards per day if you only work weekdays. You say this is a side business?

@kedduff1814

Жыл бұрын

Goal was 39 clients

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

At 100 clients that is def a full time business, but on a smaller scale it could definitely be a side hustle you take care of on weekends/days off

Good stuff.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!!

hey ryan, do I need to set up a website for the recurring payment?

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Nope! You just need a Payment Processor like Square but there's a few others out there too

@peerapatkhamsee6931

Жыл бұрын

@@RyanScribner thanks you, I was thinking about creating a website just then.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

It's probably a good idea to have one anyway, if I did this business I would for sure have a website!

I didn’t ready through all the comments, but something had to have asked this ? How much Gas are you spending a week? Are you incorporating your time spent driving from these 100 houses weekly? The only viable way this would be profitable and realistic is if all 100 house were in a 1/2 radius.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Most landscapers I know purchase a 1,000 gallon tank for both Gas and Diesel, but yes very good point. I try to keep these videos as concise as possible for the algorithm, so we didn't have a chance to get into costs. You can write off mileage with the IRS, and the fuel becomes a write off too - so keep track of all of it!

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, we scoop on average 3 houses an hour with 15 minutes of drive time per hour. Our average ticket price is $20 a piece.. so about $60 per man hour.

Dog poop scoops don't make that much, those are mostly jobs for people in cities where there's alot of people

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I do want to confirm that pooper scoopers do make that much.

Hey how are you ⁉️ my first question is when you started talking about marketing, I couldn't help to hear you say when Gpt starts building your profile they could make a name for you if you wanted ❗ how's that when before marketing your business needs to be Llc'd which means you'll already need a name. For example Swift transactions LLC. Am I correct ?

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

You could use ChatGPT to think of a business name, and then generate your flyer. Then, grab your LLC on IncFile while the fliers come in the mail. The sequence of events may have been off slightly. Hopefully that helps!

@Samson-cr3ly

Жыл бұрын

Sounds right. You should look up to see if the business name you want is available to be registered before creating marketing material.

Great idea, Thanks.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching

Not really a poop scoop gal. I am a medically retired Registered Nurse on SSDI. Husband retired from a big city Police Department so kinda beat up with chronic pain. We are both around 60. Any other ideas or additional videos you have posted. Lots of great info on starting a side hustle business to supplement income. THANKS

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insights Susan, sorry to hear about that! I will be sure to keep things like this in mind for future videos.

Good job

Who is playing $120 for a dog clean up??? In Cincinnati Ohio you can hire a dog caretaker for that. So walker the dog, wash the dog, feed, and yes poop scoop. I don't understand where these numbers are coming from.

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

Thousands of ppl are paying these prices.

@NVAfilm

Жыл бұрын

@Kroopin’s Poopin Scoopin oh, I believe you. I'm just always surprised by how much people are willing to spend.

The google certificate is only a 7 day free trial then it’s 39 a month

Johnny Knoxville and king of the hill come to mind

1 free month of service per customer is way too much. Word of mouth is usually free. If anything you can give them a free week or a dollar amount off their service per customer they refer. But I believe that you will def get word of mouth referals for free.

This isn't a global side hustle.

One reason I think Dogs actually started trending more in 2010, was because more people were using the internet, people have always loved dogs.

I love it...

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kirk glad to hear it!

Being your own poop scooping, boss! 🔥👍

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, I'd choose this over a job any day!

Not a bad side hustle, nice video bro...

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the view!

Dog chart had me thinking of boss baby

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Haha haven't seen it! I'll have to check it out

Dammit Bobby!

Cant even change my own babies diapers 😬

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Hahahah had me laughing out loud! Good one

@kennethmanning1821

Жыл бұрын

😅😂😂🤣🤣🤢🤮

@michelere8329

Жыл бұрын

Maybe there's a service provider for that

Stepped in San Francisco

But Robbing banks is illegal, but it's much more profitable than what you think, just don't get caught.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

I guess I'll be sure to consider that if I do a video on illegal money making ideas haha

@Mywhtjp

Жыл бұрын

@@RyanScribner lol..

Click bait BS

That’s a lot of cleanup

Earth cleaners from king of the hill

Lol I'm not buying insurance

Right. Is this serious or satire/joke?

Those "free courses" from google cost 45 a month and require a credit card. Just watch a youtibe training video and just say you completed the course and lie. Whose gonna check? You can just say Google has an error bit you completed the course etc lol

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that I did not realize there was a cost afterwards, thank you for letting me know. Was not my intention at all to mislead anyone.

Legal formation? All you do is go to the courthouse pay $25 and get a DBA. You're putting way too much thought into this bud. I cannot believe you mentioned an LLC for a poop scooping business. See here in America we need to simplify things instead of confusing you do not need an LLC. If you owned hundreds of thousands or millions dollars worth of equipment than yellow by an LLC but you have no equipment, a few dollars doesn't raise the need for an I have $60,000 worth of equipment and I have a DBA and so does the other lawn Care people I know of and the only reason you need a DBA is to get a an account at a bank to where you can cash cheques from corporations or businesses that require you to do but from residential that isn't completely necessary you can do all this without even a DBA. I get maybe you're reading from requirements from somewhere but let's help people do something instead of restricting them. Just if you want to do it just go out and do it.

No one will accept these free certs as actual leverage for a job.

Bro this isn't a side hustle it's a second job

People been doing this for years

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

I don't think you know what a "side hustle" is. These are called "careers".

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

If anything I would call it a business hehe

@Mutable_PageOfCups

Жыл бұрын

Lol Timothy what exactly do you think a side hustle is??

@BaronOfMud

Жыл бұрын

@@Mutable_PageOfCups work performed for income supplementary to one's primary job.

Wait I'm confused. Is the assumption here that there's dog poop everywhere? This is very strange to a UK person. It's law here to clean up after your dog wherever you go...

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, in the United States it is truly everywhere. People do not follow the laws.

@BulletPointFitnessPodcast

Жыл бұрын

@@RyanScribner that's unfortunate. Although I do like the idea as a side hustle! Just not particularly effective here in the UK!

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's too bad, you can literally make eye contact with someone here in the US as their dog takes a giant dump and they don't clean it up ! Very frustrating problem here

Where was the $120 price point tested?

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

www.bobvila.com/articles/average-lawn-mowing-cost/

@mackthedaddy

Жыл бұрын

So you are basing the price on mowing a lawn versus picking up poop. 2 different services and prices. If you compare other pooper scoopers they average $20 or less per clean up. Let's for sake of numbers just say $20 a week at 4 times a month. That would be $80 a month for the recurring service. Numbers are off and overpriced if you are trying to be competitive and fair in pricing. Everything else is very good information so kudos to you!

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

Michigan

Your evidence is the growth of the search term, “dogs”. What’s your control? Did you compare it to the growth of the search term, “cats”? Had to tap out after 47 seconds. Thumbs way down.

People really pay $120 a month for this? I can't see it, but maybe it's my area. I like the idea though!

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!

Everything about this video is massively, incredibly, and inexplicably contrived.

@Brandon-gw4ed

Жыл бұрын

How would you do it better?

I can't believe that a human being would pay for such a service. Anyway, I live in Germany, and there is no dog poop on the streets as dog owners have to remove it. So, no business case here.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, here in the US I'd say 25% of people do not pick up their dog's poop. It's really mind blowing, but happens a lot. So there's actually a lot of commercial work for parks etc before events and whatnot. Interesting to hear these insights from around the world.

If you have a dog you're Hopefully not too lazy to pick up their shit. If you are, then there are dog walkers. Also, signage everywhere telling you to pick up after your dog. The point I'm trying to make is that I don't see that as much of a problem for people that it would warrant a business. The key factor in making this business successful is whether you have clients and I'm sure what would need to be charged to make a profit is less appealing than just doing it yourself. For these reasons I'm out.

@kraftyDevilX

Жыл бұрын

Lots of people don't pick up their dog's poo. I don't do it unless it's summer and we're having a barbecue or something like that. As for the signs, that's typically for public property in reference to other people's dogs. This service would be for your particular yard for your dog(s).

@KroopinsPoopinScoopin

Жыл бұрын

People pay for this service like crazy. I hit 6 figure in my first year in business

This hyper edited style is a great way to turn off old subscribers but hopefully it brings you new ones

@real4life335

Жыл бұрын

Emotionally challenged subs would defo unsub lolll

@sharpnova2

Жыл бұрын

@@real4life335 yeah because not liking straightforward things is definitely indicative of emotional immaturity. ok gen z.

@captainhindsight23

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@portlandsamber

Жыл бұрын

He got me. I don't think I've ever come across such a succinct and informative video in this category.

Wow

Just watched my neighbour FILL a Tesco plastic carrier bag with poo. Hope she washes her hands as I didn't see any gloves being used or EQUIPMENT. Yes that's right...she used her bare hands 😬😱

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

oh my..........

I appreciated the video. But I wanted to tie ur hands by ur sides.. lol

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Hahah thanks for the feedback on that! For real!

Get ready to hear this question thousands of times. "What do you do with all this dog poop"?

@evenrhoden9078

Жыл бұрын

He mentioned disposing it in the client garbage bin

@bud8329

Жыл бұрын

@@evenrhoden9078 I really doubt the clients are going to watch this video tho.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha true point!

Wow you probably had ~12-20 sponsors :) picking dog shit is not as profitable as telling people how to do this :) is it?

Please 🙄. And you’ll get paid literally crap to do that. Better off just buying and selling Pokémon cards lol

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Have you made money with that hustle?

Poop scooping

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

You got it

There's a lot a dogs I know that eat their own poop. So. I bet this isn't as lucrative as one might think.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you gotta watch out, someone is always looking to disrupt your business or undercut your service

Can you move your hands around a little bit more when you're talking to me please?

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

Definitely, thanks for the feedback on that one!

Black

This guy talks way too long, the video thumbs down the video move on hopefully you to remove it.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

No

@peerapatkhamsee6931

Жыл бұрын

Stop being so arrogant, he teaching you how to make money brokie..🤓

@under637

Жыл бұрын

Oh ok Karen 🤣

@Need4steve

Жыл бұрын

@Ryan Scribner don't listent to them. Your 9nly intentions are to help others and that's what matters

@alego8072

Жыл бұрын

Lies. He's super succinct. The video is so nice I had to watch it twice👌 Pero, okurrrx

Got to live in some very affluent areas. Who's paying a hundred bucks to get their dog poop picked up... Just not realistic

@xboarder2001

Жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised! People spend $7 on a cup of coffee. Three days a week is $21. Not much less than this service.

@RyanScribner

Жыл бұрын

I'd have to agree! But perhaps there would need to be some price adjustments.