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Billion Dollar Ink Industry?

 

You bet it is.  With over 40 billion in inkjet revenues for 2005, the inkjet industry doesn’t simply expand; it explodes into higher and higher numbers each year.  There is a constant surge of new printer technology on the market yearly.  In addition, the digital photography and internet industry continues to push those numbers even higher.  The motivators for this increase are the low priced printers, all-in-one units, desktop computers and laptops.  This helps to create a harvest of new home businesses and home offices.     

 

If the printer manufacturers gave each new printer customer an average dollar figure of their long term printing costs, we would be back to using a simple pen and pencil.    In many cases, if a business or individual purchase just one black and color cartridge each month, it can run over a $1,000.00usd by the end of the year.  This is disturbing considering the average printer cost is only between $50.00 and $100.00.  Essentially, the manufactures created the problem by offering us affordable inkjet printers and then gouging us with pricey inkjet cartridge.  The printer manufacture’s profits are geared toward supplying the over-priced inkjet cartridges to consumers. 

 

What Are Your Chances at a Successful Refilling Business?

 

Your chances at developing your own profitable inkjet refilling business are better than ever.  Statistics show that approximately 70% of people throw away their empty inkjet cartridges.  That number represents a large group of individuals that have not been tapped. 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s Inkjet Market

 

Fortunately, you won’t have to worry about the market declining any time soon .The only question is what is the projected forecast over the next five years?  We are looking at a 30-40% growth per annum over the next five years.

 

A Wall Street Journal article on June 14, 2005 stated that: Computer users world-wide spend $22 billion dollars every year on inkjet cartridges and that approximately 1.2 billion ink cartridges are sold annually world-wide.

 

According to the 2005 U.S. Inkjet Cartridge User Survey conducted by Lyra Research, Inc. and Recharger Magazine (August 18, 2005): In the United States alone the value of cartridges purchased in 2004 amounted to more than $10.2 billion dollars. Considering that the population of North America is about 328 million people, there were almost 1.3 cartridges sold for every man, woman, and child in North America. Not surprising since home ownership of PC’s has passed the 70% mark, and most analysts agree that more than one printer is installed for each PC.  In addition, 265 billion digital photographs were taken in the US in 2004 and 3 trillion spent on digital photography in the US.

 

 

TRENDS

 

Many different trends are driving the demand for inkjet cartridges. The top 7 significant trends include: Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) market, Consumer Inkjet (Home computer printers), Color in the Corporation, Telecommuters, Digital Cameras, Camera Phones, and Scanner/Copier/Printer/Fax all–in-one machines.

 

Universal Type Inks Inkjet History

 

A few years ago, one would see refill kits designed specifically for HP, Brother, Canon, and Epson cartridges.  Some of these kits worked extremely well and were affordable.  However, as inkjet printer prices began to drop and computers became more affordable, consumers were purchasing additional printers (for home and business).  The market changed from having a single family home computer and printer to an increase in home businesses, laptops for the kids or just updating the printer to an all-in-one unit.  This market change gave birth to the two- printer family (It is currently a 2-3 printer family).  However, if you had purchased a refill kit for your Epson printer but also used it on an HP printer, it wouldn’t perform as well or in many cases, it wouldn’t perform at all.   This increased the need for universal-type inks which can accommodate a larger range of inkjet printers. 

 

 

Who are the target customers?

 

Most of us know people, businesses or organizations that do not participate in refilling. 

 

College students that purchased the Business-In-A-Box have told us that they refilled cartridges for fellow students and teachers.   It’s a nice steady income that allows the student to make more than his or her regular part-time or full-time positions.  You might be surprised just how much business they get by putting a small ad on the university bulletin board.  They can refill on site or take the cartridges back to their dorms and refill. 

 

We have housewives and stay-at-home moms that work full or part-time by refilling cartridges for organizations, church, local businesses, schools, daycare facilities, family and friends.   The comment we hear the most from this group is, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”

 

Retired persons or seniors that are on a fixed or limited income purchase the kit and then end up refilling their cartridges, the kids, grandkids, organizations, church, local businesses, schools, daycare facilities, family and friends.  We are proud to say we do a high margin of sales from this group and are pleased with the exceptional comments on our staff and product.

 

We have large and small businesses that purchase kits. They tell us that they no longer mail off their inkjet cartridges to be refilled (Sometimes the prices they were paying were almost as much as a new cartridge.)  Now, these same businesses refill their own cartridges and are genuinely astonished at how little it costs them.  With unlimited free ink, it is a substantial savings. 

 

 

 

 

Our most popular group is those that simply want to supplement their income or start a new career.  We have had individuals contact us to tell us that the Business-In-A-Box Kit was a lifesaver to them and allowed them to make much needed extra cash.  It is not uncommon for us to get calls telling us that they make more money at this than their regular full-time jobs.  In many cases, it ends up being their full-time position. This positive feedback from our customers also provides a considerable amount of referrals from people wanting to purchase our kit. 

 

Is It Legal to Refill an Inkjet Cartridge? My Printer Manufacturer Indicated That Refilling Will Void The Warranty.

 

This is one of the most popular questions we hear. Refilling your inkjet cartridge or using compatible inkjet cartridges will not void your printer warranty. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act assures that you can purchase refill cartridges, refurbished cartridges or inkjet refill kits without your warranty being voided by the manufacturer. See the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act, United States Annotated, Title 15 Commerce and Trade, Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Section 2302

 

 

 

What Really Makes Business-In-A-Box Different?

 

Most consumers want a kit that is affordable, easy and not messy.  Our Business-In-A-Box Kit is not only affordable, but it is the last refill kit you will ever have to purchase.  After your initial purchase of the kit, your replacement ink (dye, pigmented or photo) is replaced free of charge for your lifetime.  Furthermore, we have learned in our early research that people enjoyed using refill stations to refill their inkjet cartridges.  The reusable plastic refill stations in our Business-In-A-Box Kit take the aggravation out of wondering where to drill or fill.  These handy refill stations also keep the refilling process from becoming messy.  

 

There are only a few kits on the market today that carry dye-based and photo inks together.  It would be difficult to find a refill kit that carried dye-based, pigmented and photo inks. We could find no kit on the market that carried these three types of inks in a single kit. In fact, we only located one other refill kit that had plastic refill stations and that kit carried only three stations that were for the older HP and Lexmark cartridges.

  

There are several disturbing aspects to many of the popular kits on the market today. If you look closely, you can easily find inaccurate instructions, no mention of resetting instructions, misuse of the inks (dye-based should go into dye-based, pigment into pigment), in some cases under-sized 20ml ml bottles that will not even fill some of the older black cartridges and either neglectfully or ignorantly not mentioning bar codes or sensors that are strategically placed on cartridges to interfere with refilling.  These are all situations that we detail in our instruction manual.  You would be hard-pressed to find a question that we do not explore in this manual.  Furthermore, we update this manual online routinely as new printers are introduced on the market.

 

Have you entered an Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club recently? Each of these stores hosts a small selection of refill kits.  Only one or two of these kits are considered to have “universal-type” inks.  Yet, none of the kits at any of these stores had refill stations.  None of the kits offered both dye and pigmented based inks. None of the kits had a print head cleaner solvent in them. Only one kit offered photo inks (but no refill stations, cleaner or pigmented inks and no free ink).  

 

We decided to go online and search for some of the more popular inkjet refill kits.  As many kits as there are online to choose from, we ran into the same problems that we did going store to store.  There were no kits available anywhere that offered up the range of inks, cleaner, refill stations and other options that our Business-In-A-Box Kit includes.  Lastly, no one, not one company was offering unlimited free ink.

 

The Whole Kit & Kaboodle:

• ·         Ships in a briefcase style box (with handle) which also serves as a work center

• ·         Photo inks, cleaner and a combination of dye and pigment inks in 65ml bottles

• ·         Tool kit (hand drill, eyelet screw, small plugs, large, plugs, aluminum tape, gloves)

• ·         No messy syringes to fill. Bottle tip dispenses ink

• ·         3ml markings on bottles (most companies only offer 5ml which can result in over-filling and contaminating color chambers)

• ·         Detailed & constantly updated instructions on CD Rom and company interactive website

• ·         8 individual refill stations for refilling all the popular inkjet cartridges (no more “guessing” where to drill)

• ·         Unlimited free ink for life (including the pigmented/archival ink)

• ·         An opportunity to start your own personal inkjet refilling (with a price suggestions for your customers)

• ·         Experienced professional tech support to answer all of your refill questions

• ·         Re-order your free ink online any time 24 hours a day

 

Special Courses or Listening to Tapes?

 

Absolutely not.  Everything you need is already in the kit. Our instruction manual covers an array of refilling hints & tips and frequently asked questions.  If you ever have any questions, we are here for you.  We pride ourselves on our customer service and tech support.  We want you to be happy with the product and we want your customers to be happy too. 

 

 

Refilling Prices For Inkjet Cartridges

 

Don’t know what to charge?  We have a special price sheet available for you with all of the current inkjet cartridges listed for your convenience. On our price sheet we have broke down pricing 3 ways for you to service Corporate clients, Individuals like your neighbors, and also Friends, Coworkers and Students. But of course you can charge everyone the corporate price. We also keep this sheet updated regularly to reflect new inkjet cartridges on the market. 

 

What you charge and how many inkjet cartridges you refill is entirely up to you.  Your profit will vary based on which inkjet cartridges you refill.  Some inkjet cartridges may require 3-5ml and others may require 20ml or more.  The more you refill the more money you make.  You can set aside time each day to refill your customer’s cartridges.  The rest of the day you can do what you want.  Since your ink is free and always in stock, the earning potential is limitless.  To see the price sheet, click on the Business in a box tab above, and then click on the red business in a box tab inside the window, then click on What I should charge my customers. You can also print out the price list or save it to your computer.

 

 

Business Start-Up Costs?

 

Once you have the Business in a Box, you are good to go.  Seriously, it is that easy.  Your ink is always free and in stock.  The only thing you will ever pay is a small shipping and handling fee for your free ink.