Businesses that don't need customers....

Anyone know of any examples?

Developers who build and hold is the only one I can think of. Even then - are the tenants their "customers"?

 

I would say yes, the tenants become the customers. I can't think of any businesses that don't require other people (customers, clients or bosses...) - the money has to come from somewhere .

 

I'm writing a business plan at the moment for the VBA and it is for our house moving/reno company. We are only doing it for ourselves though so it is a bit of a different business plan to any others that I have ever written. No marketing, competitive edge, promotion or branding needed

 

How do you get paid if you don't have customers?

A business sells a product or service.
If you are not selling anything, you don't have a business.
I suppose share trading could be called a business, but you're still selling to close a position, so they would be your customer.

 

If it does not need to be profit making, then maybe

 

Aren't they called charities?

 

SMSF holding a CIP and leasing to the members business.

Business model, but just moving $$$ from one entity to another.

Essentially no 'customer/s' because all related parties are one and the same.

pinkboy

 

Depends on interpretation.
I'd still consider our 8 figure resi portfolio a hobby/investing rather than a business.

 

Business model is to pull equity out of completed projects, use a portion to pay ourselves for the work and the rest to reinvest.

How have people like Cherie Barber etc done it? They built huge income businesses doing renos for themselves....

 

But it could be considered a business. I'm only having to nail it down for the Victorian Building Authority.