Two founders pitch a mobile fuel-delivery app that charges a 20% markup on gas plus a subscription fee, generating roughly $5,000 annual revenue per customer with near-zero churn. Startup costs are minimal: a tank, pump, and scheduling app. Boat owners are the most profitable segment.
People are paying to not have to go to the gas station anymore.
Mobile fuel delivery. It is exploding around the country.
The churn is next to zero. People get addicted to it.
This business works because customers avoid hassle. Growth comes from word of mouth and network.
You have an app, you set up an appointment, he'll come top off your tank, you pay a markup on the gas, and then you pay a monthly subscription fee.
Part of this idea is servicing vehicles, but the real cash cow is boats.
Revenue per year per customer is $5,000, and his lifetime value is super high. That's insane. So this is DoorDash for gas? Pretty much, yeah.
Startup costs are minimal. You need a 400-gallon tank and a pump. An app handles all the scheduling and payment.
How much more expensive is the gas?
So he'll take the average price of all the gas stations within like a 5-mile radius of the customer's house and mark it up like 20%.
You know how people, they get an electric car and they're like, oh, it's so great not to go to the gas station?
I hate that.
How else am I supposed to get like a, like a, like a Diet Pepsi to Slim Jim? I need to go to the gas station.
