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Help needed! Any ideas on a C2B business model within the car industry?

  • 17-10-2016 11:59am
    #1
    Bayog
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi All,
    Working on an assignment and stuck on a consumer to business model within the car industry.
    Anyone out there that has ideas on it?
    For example: iStockPhoto is a massive example of a c2b business model that exists today but obviously not in the motor industry so would need ideas on something similar...
    cheers


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  • #2
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,495 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    Is the trading of a used car in part exchange considered a consumer to business transaction, or does C2B have to be social media buzzwords?


  • #3
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Consumers are never going to supply cars to business so if I were you, I would look at anciallary activities they can carry out.

    User content would be one aspect you could explore whereby consumers write reviews of particular brands/models etc. and these are then adopted by the business as part of their sales pitches/branding promotions/customer experience etc.


  • #4
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    A website set up to trade stock photography of cars... You could have photographers submit their photos and sell them on with limited use applications to various motoring businesses...

    I don't think anything like it has ever ever been done before in the B2B motoring sector.


  • #5
    traco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭traco


    Sole traders doing van decals, towbars, valet services, dent removal services. Many garages using external services for these type of things but not sure if that's too niche or limited.

    On a mass scale - I'm not sure what consumers could sell to the motortrade apart from personal info, usage, mileage. User profile of model usage type thing?


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    A cop-operative website set up by customers where garages can tender for straight deal prices on specific models.

    Example: I want a Ford Mondeo 1.5 TDCI Zetec in red

    Ford garages tender a price, whoever is lowest wins.

    You want a Toyota Corolla 1.4 Terra in white including a towbar.

    Etc etc


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  • #7
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,495 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Consumers are never going to supply cars to business...

    Again, is that not exactly what is happening when a car is traded in...?


  • #8
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Again, is that not exactly what is happening when a car is traded in...?

    To my mind, not reallly no, its part of a larger B2C transaction in which the dealer stands to profit.


  • #9
    Bayog
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Bayog


    Thanks all for your ideas.
    I dont think however any of these are in existance accept for Sole traders doing van decals, towbars, valet services, dent removal services comment by Traco?


  • #10
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Bayog wrote: »
    Thanks all for your ideas.
    I dont think however any of these are in existance accept for Sole traders doing van decals, towbars, valet services, dent removal services comment by Traco?

    You never mentioned that it had to be in existence - I read it that you were looking to build a model around a new type of business.


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