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Showcasing The Small Pond Ecosystem Pond

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The video introduces Trevor, a representative from Aquascape, who details how his company helps contractors spec out projects, solve problems, and install water features. He emphasizes the robust training systems available. The first example is 'The Small Pond Ecosystem Pond', installed in just one day. Starting prices are listed: $14,500 for Build 1 (white lights, no spillway bowl), $16,000 for Build 2 (white lights, spillway bowl), and $17,000 for Build 3 (in-store display with colored lights and spillway bowl). The presenter focuses on the $17,000 model, noting that this is the price a contractor would charge a customer. He reveals that the material kit for this pond costs just under $5,000 (MSRP), allowing for a 50-60% profit margin. The labor is estimated at 40 man-hours (one day for three crew members). Critically, this project requires no heavy equipment, only shovels and wheelbarrows.

Goal: Understand the cost, labor, and profit potential of a small pond ecosystem installation.

Tools and materials

  • Aquascape Ecosystem Pond Kit Aquascape — Provides all necessary components for the pond installation (liner, pump, etc.)
  • Shovels — Excavation and earth moving
  • Wheelbarrows — Transporting excavated soil and materials

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today's guest. Trevor. Danny. How are you doing, man? >> Good. How are you? >> Good. All right, guys. This is Trevor. Trevor, will you tell them what you do for Aqualand? >> I do all kinds of things, but predominantly I'm doing working for our contractors to help them spec out projects, to figure out problems, and also to get this stuff installed in the ground. So. So, I didn't know how at first to do pond installs, and you guys have one of the most phenomenal training systems I've ever seen anywhere in the world, hands down. I mean, just for business training alone, >> Yeah. the academy in the wintertime is perfect. But here, let's start I want to get right into this like imme- immediately, Trevor. I want these guys to see this information. We're going to look at This is the starting point. Here's how you guys have it advertised. Starting point 14 5, but the what we're going to see is going to be 17 grand out the door verbatim. Yes, 17 grand out the door. Okay, so >> Minus the skeleton. Mine minus the skeleton cuz it's about round Halloween. So, everything they see here, no patio. No patio. Patio separate. >> Patio is separate, not the retaining wall, but we're talking about the rocks, the liner, the the fall, Mhm. the spillway bowl, everything right here is $17,000 is what a contractor will charge a customer. Contractor needs to charge a customer the $17,000, and they're still going to be making okay, 50, 60% profit on that. Okay. How long will this $17,000 project take a contractor to do if he's working with three of his best guys? Three of his best guys, you're going to get it done in a day, typically. So, let's say 40 man-hours, depending on how many hours you work, stuff like that. >> Okay. >> 40 man-hours. So, we're looking at 40 man-hours, and you sell the entire kit. So, if a guy says, "Hey, I want this kit," which is what What is this kit called? So, this is going to be equivalent to an 8 by 11 pond kit. Okay, I want this kit that I'm selling to my customer for 17 grand. What is a contractor going to pay out the door to have this kit delivered to his door? Yeah, just under 5 grand. And that's MSRP, so contractor pricing is going to help that a little bit, too. >> Okay, so that's retail price. So, if a guy came in and he wasn't a contractor, he's doing a one-off, he was going to do it himself, he's going to pay 5 grand. A contractor is going to get a discount off from that, 10, 20%, 25%.…

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