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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 ₹𝟰𝟴𝗖𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 @𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗮 cracked India’s most unsexy but vital B2B niche. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 Samar, a 25-yr-old mechanical engineer, noticed how industries dispose tons of leftover steel, aluminum, and copper scrap. Middlemen ruled this space. Pricing lacked transparency. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Built a platform where scrap buyers (foundries, recyclers) and sellers (factories, warehouses) could post listings with weights, photos & pickup timelines. Charged 2% commission on each side. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 Started on WhatsApp groups Took listings manually, created Google Drive folders for buyers Used Notion to track leads First 5 clients came from LinkedIn DMs 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 Built mobile app + logistics coordination via 3P fleet partners Earned from: Commission Pickup coordination Scrap value forecasting for big factories 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 Scrap selling became as easy as selling on OLX. 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 No space is too boring. You just need one messy, high-volume pain point.

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