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Progressive83
10 builds a month

Start a removals business.
$997 to get started.

We build the business for you — registered, branded, online and taking bookings — then run the advertising that brings the customers in. You do the lifting. Moves and clearances from the same van: house and office moves, single-item deliveries, garage and loft clearances, and taking the unwanted half away for disposal. $2,997 total — $997 today with a 14-day money-back, the rest at weeks 4 and 8.

Before you read any further, the three things people find out too late: you will be doing the lifting yourself to begin with, you need a van, and if you take waste away you need to be registered to do it — and disposal costs come out of every clearance job. All three are covered properly further down this page.

A 30-minute call with Sam or Justin. We will tell you if your area does not support this.

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On camera, unscripted

These operators run cleaning businesses — the first vertical we built, live since 2019. Same team, same software, same playbook now building removals and clearance businesses. Unedited answers to the questions you are probably asking.

Mark — The Cleaning Lab
Las Vegas, US · 7 min
Joga — Spotless Hub
Birmingham, UK · 9 min
Gloria — Elite Nest Cleaning
Charlotte, US · 10 min
2019Trading since
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What the $2,997 builds

Ten things, done for you,
before you take a single booking.

Most people who try this do not fail at the removals and clearance. They fail at the admin sitting in front of it, and give up somewhere around the insurance quote. This is that list, handled.

01
Local market research
Demand, household income, competitor density and what people actually pay for removals and clearance in your area. If the numbers do not work, we say so before you pay anything.
02
Name and registration
We check the name is free, then walk you through registering the business and getting your tax ID — done properly the first time, in your name.
03
Brand and signage
Logo, colours, artwork for your vehicle and uniforms, plus leaflets and quote templates.
04
Website and booking forms
A fast site with our own booking forms, so a customer can request a quote in under a minute. Click through a live one we built: maidfantastic.com (cleaning vertical).
05
Our CRM and scheduling
Customers, routes, recurring visits and reminders in one place. Software we built and run ourselves, not a third-party tool we resell.
06
Invoicing and payments
Automatic invoices, card and bank payments, and recurring billing so contracts collect themselves.
07
Your services and pricing
Moves priced per job and per hour, clearances priced by volume with disposal built in, and trade accounts billed monthly rather than quoted every time.
08
Insurance and compliance
Which cover you need, what it should cost and who to get it from where you are. You buy it directly.
09
Google Business Profile
Claimed, verified, categorised and optimised. Over time this becomes the cheapest source of local work you have.
10
Campaigns built and managed
We write, launch and manage the advertising that finds your customers. The ad budget itself is separate and paid by you — see the cost table below.
Every cost, nothing hidden

What this costs you in the first year.

Everything you will pay, whether it comes to us or not. There is no line missing from this table and nothing gets added later.

Paid to Progressive83 Paid by you to someone else — never to us
Item
Detail
Cost
Paid to
Build fee
$997 today, $1,000 at week 4 — due only after your website is live — and $1,000 at week 8. 14-day money-back on the $997.
$2,997
Us
Software and support
Same rate every month, all year. CRM, booking, invoicing, payments, campaign management and your advisor.
$89/mo
Us
Revenue share
From launch, 1% of what you bill — $10 on every $1,000. For comparison, franchises typically take 6–10% of every invoice.
1%
Us
Advertising budget
Your money, your account, paid straight to Google. We manage the campaigns; we never take or hold this.
~$500/mo
Google
Van
Bought or rented by you. A used Luton or box van with a tail lift, or a large panel van. Rent by the day to start.
$6,000–$15,000
Supplier
Disposal fees
Paid per load on clearance jobs. Built into your pricing so every quote covers it before anything else.
$50–$150/load
Facility
Registration and filing
Your state’s own filing fees, paid to the state. Varies a lot by state. Never marked up.
$50–$500
Your state
Liability insurance
Cover appropriate to the work you take on. Far cheaper than the first claim you cannot pay.
$30–$60/mo
Insurer
Fixed fees to us in year one: $4,065. That is the $2,997 build plus twelve months at $89, with 1% of what you bill on top. No franchise fee, no commission, no minimums — the $89 and the 1% are the whole share.
The awkward one, early

Moves and clearances are the same van, twice.

Most people pick one and wonder why the diary has holes in it. A removals firm turns down the clearance half of the job; a clearance firm turns down the move. Running only one of the two is the most common reason new operators sit idle between bookings — so we build both into the same business.

What eats the margin
Disposal, fuel and dead mileage
Clearance work costs money to get rid of — a load can be $50 to $150 at the tip, and more for mattresses, appliances and anything with refrigerant. Moves lose money differently: an empty van driving back across the county pays nothing. Quote either without knowing your real cost and a good-looking job pays badly.
How we build around it
Both halves of the job, priced from real numbers
House and office moves priced per job or per hour. Single-item and furniture deliveries, which fill the gaps between big jobs. Garage, loft and estate clearances priced by volume with disposal built into the quote from your actual local tip rates. Packing services sold as an add-on. Trade accounts with letting agents, estate agents, builders and property managers, who need someone every month and book in advance instead of haggling.

This is why we sell it as removals and clearance together, not one or the other. Same van, same booking system, two sources of work covering each other’s quiet weeks. We price both from your real local costs, and set up the trade accounts that turn an unpredictable diary into a repeating one.

This is one of the more regulated trades we build, and the rules differ by country. Taking waste away for disposal requires a waste carrier registration in the UK and equivalent permits in many US states. Goods-in-transit and public liability cover are essential the moment you carry someone else’s belongings, and moving across state lines in the US brings DOT registration with it. We tell you exactly what you need where you are, and what to refuse, before your first job.

Stated honestly

The van is not included.

This is the most capital-hungry business we build and we would rather say that plainly. You buy or rent the vehicle yourself and you own it outright.

Franchises take 6–10% of every invoice. We take 1%.

After launch you pay $89 a month and 1% of what you bill — $10 on every $1,000. That is the whole ongoing cost. No franchise fee, no commission on jobs you win, no minimums, and no cut of the business when you eventually sell it. Everything else the business earns is yours.

Most of this industry works the other way. A removals and clearance franchise typically takes 6–10% of every invoice for as long as you trade, on top of an upfront fee — the better you do, the more you hand over. We keep our share small and tied to your revenue, so we only do well when you do, and we stay easy to leave.

There is also no territory and no exclusive area. We do not sell you a protected patch, because we cannot control who else sets up near you. What we do instead is research your actual local market before you commit, and tell you honestly what the competition looks like.

Your first 10 paying customers, guaranteed.

Paying customers — not leads, not enquiries, not form fills. Ten people on your books who have paid you for work done. Ten is roughly where a round starts to carry its own costs, so that is where we set the bar rather than handing over a website and wishing you luck.

The target is 90 days from your campaigns going live. If we have not got you there, we keep working on your lead generation at no additional build cost until we do.

It is the same first-10-customers guarantee our $12,500 cleaning clients get — and current operators will tell you what it is like to hold us to it. Ask on the call and we will connect you.

It holds as long as you are doing your side: keeping the agreed ad budget running, replying to enquiries within a day, quoting the work you are sent, and servicing the area we researched together. We cannot guarantee customers for someone who does not answer the phone.

Honest fit

This does not suit everybody.

We would rather tell you no on a free call than take $2,997 from someone we cannot help. Deciding this is not for you is a perfectly good outcome of that call.

It fits if
  • You are ready to be doing the lifting yourself while the business is being built
  • You have or can rent a van, and can cover the build fee alongside it
  • You can fund roughly $500 a month of advertising while the customers come in
  • You are happy to chase repeat trade accounts, not just one-off house moves
  • You would rather have the setup done properly once than learn it the expensive way
It does not fit if
  • You want a hands-off investment, or you are not prepared to do the lifting yourself
  • You cannot get access to a van. This one genuinely does not work without one
  • You need it to pay you back inside the first month. This is a business, not a trade
  • You want a protected territory. We do not sell one and we will not pretend otherwise
  • Heavy physical work is not realistic for you. This is the most demanding trade we build
Questions

Before you book the call.

What do I pay, and when?
$997 today, with a 14-day money-back — change your mind in the first two weeks and it comes back. Then $1,000 at week 4, due only once your website is live, and $1,000 at week 8. That is the $2,997 build fee in full. After launch it is $89 a month plus 1% of your revenue — $10 on every $1,000 you bill.
Do you take a cut of my revenue?
Yes — 1%, and we would rather say it plainly than bury it. $10 on every $1,000 you bill, from launch. A franchise typically takes 6–10% of every invoice for as long as you trade, on top of an upfront fee. We charge $89 a month and 1%, there is no franchise fee, and you own the business, the brand and the customers outright — including when you sell.
Is my advertising budget included in the $89?
We build and manage the campaigns; your ad budget is separate, around $500 a month, and you pay it directly to Google. It never comes to us and we never hold it. It is your account and your money, so you can turn the spend up or down whenever you want, and you can see exactly what every click cost.
What is not included?
Equipment, your state’s filing fees, your insurance, and your ad budget. All four are paid by you directly to whoever provides them, at cost, never marked up by us. The cost table above lists every one of them.
Is this moving, or clearance?
Both, from the same van. A house move and a garage clearance need the same vehicle, the same straps and the same pair of hands — and very often the same customer, since people moving out usually have things they do not want to take. Selling only one of the two leaves half the job on the table and holes in the diary.
Do I need a van to start?
Yes, and this is the one trade we build where there is no way around the vehicle. A used Luton or box van runs $6,000 to $15,000. Many people start by renting by the day against jobs they have already booked, which turns the cost into a per-job expense while they decide whether to commit.
Do I need a licence or registration?
It depends where you are and what you take on. Removing waste for disposal requires a waste carrier registration in the UK and equivalent permits in many US states. Goods-in-transit and public liability cover are essential the moment you carry someone else’s belongings, and moving across state lines in the US brings DOT registration with it. We tell you exactly what applies where you are before your first job.
How do disposal fees work?
On clearance jobs you pay to get rid of what you take away, typically $50 to $150 a load and more for mattresses, appliances and anything containing refrigerant. It varies by facility. We build your pricing from the actual rates at your local sites so every quote covers disposal first — underpricing this is the most common way people in this trade lose money without noticing.
What exactly does the guarantee cover?
Your first 10 paying customers — people who have paid you for work done, not leads or enquiries. The target is 90 days from your campaigns going live, and if we miss it we keep working on your lead generation at no additional build cost until you get there. It depends on you keeping the ad budget running, replying to enquiries within a day, and servicing the area we researched.
Do I get an exclusive territory?
No. We do not sell territories and we would be making it up if we promised one, because we cannot control who else starts a business near you. What we do is research your local market properly before you commit, so you go in knowing what the competition actually looks like.
Why only 10 builds a month?
Each build is real work from our team, and there is a guarantee attached that we have to stand behind. 10 a month is what we can do properly. When a month is full, the next enquiries go into the following month.

There is no bad month to start.

People move house, clear out and gut offices in every month of the year, and summer and month-ends are simply busier than the rest. The build takes a few weeks and your Google Business Profile needs time to settle before it pulls its weight, so the sooner it is running, the sooner it works for you. What does not work is waiting.

30 minutes with Sam or Justin. No pressure, and no obligation to go ahead.

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