For many people, the work week doesn’t end on a Friday. While other people are at their summer home, golfing or just relaxing at home, the weekend warriors are out there hustling hard to make a little extra or to use their passion to make some money.
The side hustle is a part of life in 2022. And, often, that will mean traveling to local festivals where they set up booths to sell their handcrafts or other wares.
The festival shuffle is a big part of any Canadian Summer and, although it can be rewarding, it can also present some logistical challenges to those who are involved in the culture.
How can you get your inventory from location to location? What do you do to make sure it’s safe when there? If you are running a festival, how can you assist your vendors to make it a desirable marketplace to be involved in? What do you do with your inventory during the week?
And, more.
You may be surprised that there is one solution that can help with pretty much all those things.
Portable storage. It is the simple, yet effective, solution that you are looking for.
This isn’t a trick question. No, Portable Storage is exactly what it sounds like. Often in the form of a steel container, it’s a storage unit that you can move to whatever location that you need it most.
They can be found in a variety of sizes, but they are generally, 8 feet by 16 feet, with about 8 feet tall ceilings. That can fit about the contents of a small store.
So, they can hold a lot.
Here are some reasons you might want to consider Portable Storage to help with your side hustle.
When you are on location, you want to rest assured that your inventory will remain safe while you are unable to be with it. Portable Storage containers are equipped with top-of-the-line locking systems and are made of steel. You will sleep well-knowing everything is safe, and organizers of festivals can attract higher-quality vendors by offering access to portable containers.
In many cases, you can easily transport your container, fully packed, from location to location. The containers are designed to be packed at your home or store, then picked up by a truck specially designed to transport containers safely and delivered to a location of your choosing. That will save you valuable time during the week and is often less expensive than renting a truck of your own to drive to the location.
The containers are weather resistant and designed to withstand all that our harsh Canadian climate can throw at them. This is especially important if you are going to festivals in the Winter, late Fall, and Early Spring. In fact, it might allow you to get out and sell when your competitors are stuck at home!
If you rent your container for the full season of selling, you can easily keep it as a pre-set-up store that customers can wander inside and browse. That way, you will have minimum set-up and shut down when on location, maximizing your selling time and giving you a few more precious moments of downtime at the end of the weekend.
Those are just a few benefits of portable storage to your side-hustle. Look on MoveBuddy today to find a provider near you.
