Some business ideas for you

[MrHammer]

Feel free to steal them and help me out:

English speaking - western standards plumber/electrician/handyman/gardener service. Hire 4 Thais, teach them western standards and enough English. Make it easy to hire you instead of going by recommendations from 'mates'.

Trash can distribution - Make trashcan in metal and work on distributing them so people won't throw garbage in the street. Maybe then will I be able to walk at night without the sight of cat sized rats.

Bicycle import - import some high end western bicycles and convince Thais to ride them around the sois instead of cluttering up everywhere with cars.

Sell Hello Kitty shopping bags - does anyone really need to come home everyday and have to expose of 10 plastic bag into another plastic bag?

Serious about these ideas as well. The brave first movers who set out to teach the Thais first world standards may get rich eventually for sticking through it.

[kiniyow]

Coin Operated Car Wash so you can wash your Car or Motorbike for 20 to 30 Baht versus 70 to 150 Baht..

[AlexRRR]

Don't think any of them would work in Thailand...hmmmm maybe bicycle buy/rent could do ok...knew a girl from CM who use to like going for a ride most mornings, she had 2 push bikes and you would be tripping over them walking into her store.

[johnbrus]

Main opportunities

• Serve the local market: New trendy products and services for the masses, life-style products and services for the growing middle class, top quality brands for the rich.
• Cooperate with the local industry: There are endless opportunities for companies which can cooperate with local SME companies to improve their level of technology, innovation, financing, efficiency, quality, marketing, international sales,..
• To be part of the tourist industry: Yearly tourist arrivals have grown from 10 to 24 million in the past 10 years, with Bangkok as the world’s most visited city in 2012. Hotel booking websites have taken over the bulk of hotel reservations and attract many new tourists to Thailand. The face of the tourism industry in Thailand is facing rapidly, the total number of tourists coming from China, Russia, Middle East or India has grown from 1.2 million in 2003 to 7.6 million in 2012.
• To set up an export organization for products made of local raw materials: adding value to the local natural resources such as shrimps, rice, rubber, coconuts, fabrics, wood, .. by using state-of-the-art processing, marketing & sales and distribution techniques.
• Examples on recent business success: import of wine & beers, import of high-end road bikes, consultants selling imported risk management software to local banks, consultants selling imported warehouse management technology, restaurants and wellness centers specialized in catering for Chinese tourists, selling services of small local printing companies worldwide, branding & exporting Thai seasonings, aromas & spices,…

this is what i read at http://www.winvasia.com/how-to-identify-a-business-opportunity-in-thailand/#.UmVWVxDSano

I think it make sense, especially the growing tourist industry(chinese and others) should be a good opportunity for new comers.

[brit1984]

Online raffle (national for Thailand)

> regular draws; daily/ weekly/ monthly

> ~50 baht to enter (on a membership basis)

> top prize iphone or something better as long as cost of prize much less than ticket sales

> market via facebook (with help from members)

Taxi service (Phuket and maybe other resorts)

> operate white label taxis for any hotel that does not have its own vehicles

> add hotel logos with removable stickers that can be swapped between the fleet

> could be cheaper than the existing taxis and tuk-tuks and still make decent margin

> contract with hotels for fixed commission rate

Online restaurant menu / reservations (Bangkok)

> website where people can check the menus and make reservations

> many websites doing this for other cities (can copy basic template)

> take deposit for reservation and charge some restaurants for premium account

Independent looks assessment website (potentially global)

> provide honest appraisal of customers' appearance, based on privately uploaded photos

> combined with tips on best make-up, clothing and accessories styles for them

> make partnerships with cosmetics and clothing retailers

[N47HAN]

Open a casino

[brit1984]

Open a casino

Maybe buy a little island down south - declare independence - then build a resort and casino.

[simon43]

Taxi service (Phuket and maybe other resorts)

> operate white label taxis for any hotel that does not have its own vehicles

> add hotel logos with removable stickers that can be swapped between the fleet

> could be cheaper than the existing taxis and tuk-tuks and still make decent margin

> contract with hotels for fixed commission rate

You have a death-wish or something????? Or planning to claim a disability pension early??

[manarak]

OP has one viable business idea and 3... umm... environmental welfare ideas.