How About a Real Mobile Detailers Magazine!

MirandaDetailin

MirandaDetailin

Miranda Detailing
I know this is probably a stretch but I have been really thinking about coming up with a real mobile detailers Magazine. Nothing to glamorous or thick, just simple colorful, helpful. I know I would love a monthly Magazine to browse over with tips, new ideas, tons of pics, lots of reviews of products, basically a forum on printed page but better. All the major Detailer Brands, Meguiars, Automagic, Mothers, ect..can put ads in it. Monthly Articles of local Detailers with their rigs and pics of work. I could go on here, and probably most Pro and Enthusiasts would enjoy a real magazine that is made for them and by detailers like them.

Just an idea, I could probably start small and locally. but I bet it would catch on nation wide.
Any ideas or people who would be interested in beginning something like this?
 
Just keep posting stuff here, no paper,n no ink, and its all over the globe. The price is right also...
 
HUH to bad...I love the forums, don't get me wrong I have learned a lot here. But a magazine would just be convenient when on the road or on trips or what ever. I guess it's not a hit for everyone :confused:
 
:cheers:Sounds like a good idea to me, let me know when the first issue comes out.Mobile detailing is how i make my living i love everything about it.
 
Ink and paper are expensive. Newspaper distribution is shrinking every day. I would think someone would need a good chunk of capital to turn that switch on. Not to mention the commitment of a known customer base in order to even plan such an endeavor. We that frequent this and similar boards are in a fairly small group of people. I wouldn't think that one in thirty people that frequent this board would pay for a magazine subscription. How many subscriptions would you need to sell at a couple of bucks a magazine to survive?
 
I still buy mags on a regular basis. Hot Rod and Truckin has come to my door for years. I don't think magazines are dead yet, and if there was a magazine for detailers I would most definatly buy it. Yes it would take a small fortune to start up and who knows if it would even take off or not. Its a cool idea and it were published I would subscribe to it.
 
You could offer a digital version of the magazine as well. I know the Association I work for has a print and a digital version of the magazine. Digital especially for international since the cost is very high to ship international and many wait months to receive their magazine due to poor postal systems.
 
Dtrick.22 said:
I think that would be pretty awesome, there just isn't enough of us out there to make it profitable.
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I guess that is what I was trying to say. When I said 1 in 30 of us might buy it we're talking about the 30 being professionals or enthusiasts that are truly interested in the subject. The average person would think we're nuts, they'd be thinking a print magazine that talks about washing cars? C'mon.

I know a ton of people who really believe they are "car guys" yet when it comes to the details of detailing haven't got a clue. They can tell you about cams and tires, injectors and suspension, programmers and headers but haven't got an idea how to identify a paint swirl let alone how to correct it. A tub of wax (any wax) and they're good to go. ;)
 
I currently receive these mags:
Auto Laundry News
Professional Car Washing & Detailing
Modern Car Care

PC&D is the best of the 3 in my opinion....
 
Tex Star Detail said:
I currently receive these mags:
Auto Laundry News
Professional Car Washing & Detailing
Modern Car Care

PC&D is the best of the 3 in my opinion....
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I feel like I've been living in the dark ages. I never knew about any of them. I'm going to check them out and might even subscribe to one.
 
In my opinion PC&D are a waste of time. To much tunnel wash crap and cheap towel adds. Not been a lot of DETAILERS info in there. They want to sell 10s of thousands of dollars worth of product not a 1-200 total sale of usable product. I wont renew my PC&D. Im even not renewing my HOT ROD after 35 years of reading it. Very little info in that any more too. Read and ask questions in the forums, then put that info to practice and tell us good or bad. Much easy in forums than than on paper and having to pay others to do it in a magazine.
 
there's another out of Florida, but for the life of me i can't remember the name :wall

edit: Mobile Tech News / Detailers Digest is a magazine for the mobile detailer ;)
 
RANDAL said:
In my opinion PC&D are a waste of time. To much tunnel wash crap and cheap towel adds. Not been a lot of DETAILERS info in there. They want to sell 10s of thousands of dollars worth of product not a 1-200 total sale of usable product. I wont renew my PC&D. Im even not renewing my HOT ROD after 35 years of reading it. Very little info in that any more too. Read and ask questions in the forums, then put that info to practice and tell us good or bad. Much easy in forums than than on paper and having to pay others to do it in a magazine.
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I don't pay for my subscription. I ordered a trial Mag and they send them every month. Once a year I get a "this is your last magazine" yet the still send them.

I do agree that they need more detailing though.

Didn't someone overseas make a detailing magazine, but everyone that ordered one never got one? Or some did and some didn't. (was a thread on another forum)
 
Another point would be "do you have enough "article material" to keep a magazine interesting issue after issue." I've noticed that the bulk of topics on forums seem to be about the same as previous posts: Best wax for Black; How to care for my NEW car; How to remove a scratch without much time/money/effort; etc. Once you cover these topics, I don't see how you'll be able to keep your subscribers interested enough to renew.
Plus, you mentioned getting some companies to run ads in it. If you mention Brand X in an article, you may alienate other advertisers. But if you don't do anything to promote their bottom line, they won't be too willing to keep advertising.
As to the advertising, I've noticed that many magazines are well over half ads with a few articles scattered throughout the mag. If this is what's needed to stay profitable, you'll be needing LOTS of advertisers to keep out of the red, and I'm not sure they'd be that readily available.
Also, there's all the legal aspects-licences, taxes, copyrights etc. I don't think it would work too well as a part time hobby venture, especially if you had no experience/contacts in the industry.

But, if you happen to pursue this idea, I might be interested in at least the first issue.
 
I think we could make this a winner if we built the magazine around and titled it, Detailing and Firearms. :D
 
I think it is a great idea! It may get a lot more people into detailing even everyday people would start to want to get their car done. A lot of people don't fully understand what all goes into detailing, the magazine would be a great educational tool.
 
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