A short YouTube clip (Dec 24, 2024) in which Chris Koerner and a speaker pitch a low-effort side hustle: collecting discarded/used culverts and reselling them locally or via online classifieds. The speaker recounts finding free culverts roadside, buying domain names (culvertforsale, culvercity.com) to aggregate listings, cites Google search interest as validation, and invites others to start the business while he stays focused on existing ventures.
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This freaking thing right there that might look like a culvert, but that's not a culvert. That's your next business idea. And here's why. So I'm here on my property. That's my front two acres, that's my back one acre. And it was all separated by this ditch you see right here. And so as I was looking to put some crushed granite over my ditch, we started looking for culverts. Most people will go their whole lives and never have to say the word culvert. These things are 500 from Tractor Supply for a big pipe. I'm not paying that. So I started driving around town and I saw him parked all over the side of the road. There was used culvert everywhere. So I pulled over, talked to the guy that was standing by it and I said, hey, can I have this? He's like, yeah, I'm throwing it away. No problem. Free culvert. And then you know how it is when you learn about something new and then you notice it everywhere. I was seeing free Covert everywhere. So then I thought, there needs to be a marketplace for this. So then I went, bought these domain names, covert for sale, culvercity.com because I wanted to aggregate where everyone is buying and selling culverts. It sounds stupid, I know, but then I went and looked at Google Trends and saw this. And then I went and looked at the Google keyword tool and saw this. People are searching for these. No one's bidding on these. That's called an asymmetric bet. This doesn't even have to be a.
Website or a full fledged business. Just drive around in your truck, pick up those culverts.
Put them on Facebook.
Marketplace or Craigslist and they'll sell for hundreds of dollars.
Trust me, I see them.
Listed right here.
So am I going to start this? No, because I have seven other businesses and I'm too busy. But you go start this. And I'll tell you what, if you make some traction, I'll give you these domain names for free. Full business plan right here. Follow me for more ideas.
