The city of Yorkton is expanding, particularly in the eastern half of the city, and with that expansion and new construction I have found an opportunity that seems to be perpetually overlooked. In short, someone really needs to set up an SGI license issuer in the eastern part of town.
There are currently, going by SGI's own website, three license issuers in the city - Western Financial Group, CAA and Farrell Agencies. All three are on Broadway, none are on the other side of Highway 9. The Broadway part is fine, it's a central street, and each is convenient in their own way. However, looking at the locations of the city's various car dealerships, I notice that there is a big cluster right in the east, very close to Walmart and new development.
If an SGI motor license issuer would set up shop in the eastern part of town, in one of the several developments springing up in that area, they would suddenly be the most convenient location for multiple car dealerships in that immediate area. Given that people who buy new would also be quite enticed by the idea of extra insurance, it would also likely do pretty swift business with package policies and expanded insurance options. It would be an extremely popular location because it's just the easiest alternative for the various new car buyers.
This isn't in any way suggesting that I'm not satisfied with the current insurance companies in the city, I'm perfectly happy with my choices so far. In fact, I believe this would be a good plan whether it was a business which expanded to a satellite office, moved entirely, or was a completely new operation. It's not dissatisfaction with current options, just observing that we have the perfect location, given the trends for complimentary businesses.
That's one of the issues when businesses are symbiotic, you have to figure out how to capitalize on the people who are going to use your service. With motor licenses, as SGI is increasingly pushing the online component of their registry, one of the important parts of the location question has to be where it makes sense to have the physical location. Handling registration for new cars is always going to need a physical location, because you need those physical plates in order to actually drive around. It makes sense to have that location right near where a ton of actual cars are sold. It's likely the case where the long-standing businesses offering the registration sprung up in locations which made a great deal of sense at the time, and they also make a great deal of sense in other aspects of their business. I know I love the locations as they are for license renewal, because they're actually close to where I work. I also know that businesses shift around and everything was different even a short five years ago, let alone decades previously. So I'm not saying that everyone isn't set up somewhere that makes sense.
Instead, I'm saying that with extra development in the eastern edge of the city, if I was an SGI license issuer I'd be eyeing up a lease of one of the offices in that part of the city. It would have a great deal of traffic, and it would be right in the middle of a very popular location for car dealerships. The city is also growing, it can probably handle another issuer. It's an idea that I'm surprised nobody has taken on.
