EXPAND SHIFTR INTO
YOUR LOCAL AREA

After 1.5 years of establishing SHIFTR as the go-to source for stick shift lessons throughout California, we are finally offering the opportunity to purchase a SHIFTR business territory anywhere in the United States and succeed like we have with our proven operating model. With an extremely low fee starting at $15,000 and a very flexible work schedule, this opportunity is perfect for a first time business owner or for an entrepreneur who wants to grow the business and expand it further. If you already own a traditional driving school and would like to add manual transmission lessons as a new vertical to your product offerings, then this would be an excellent opportunity for you as well.

We started our journey 7 years ago when we opened a stick shift driving school in the San Francisco Bay Area called Shift Bay Area. Our style of teaching and our way of operating enabled us to be extremely successful in 2018, and within a year we went from offering stick shift lessons at 1 training location in the San Francisco Bay Area to 6 different training locations. Over the next 4 years we dominated our market and became the leading stick shift driving school.

In 2020 we took the same model that we created in the San Francisco Bay Area and applied it to the Sacramento area by opening Shift NorCal. As a result we saw success and market dominance, and we grew to operate in 10 different training locations across the Sacramento area as well.

Over the years our business continued to grow and we knew we had to expand beyond Northern California, and that's when we created SHIFTR. As a test of our business model we sold the Shift Bay Area business at the end of 2023 and opened 12 training locations across the Los Angeles and San Diego areas under SHIFTR. In 2024 and 2025 we've seen steady business growth and market dominance across these areas, and we're confident in our business model. As a test of our expansion capabilities outside of California we recently expanded into the Seattle area and have seen our model succeed there as well.

SHIFTR's lessons are very different from our competition in the way we operate:

1. We perform all lessons on quiet open roads instead of parking lots, which means that our lessons are more fun and educational.

2. We don't have any age restrictions on our customers (competitors require customers to be 18 years or older), and we don't force the customer to provide automobile insurance (we provide the insurance for the lesson). This enables SHIFTR to dramatically increase our customer base by including customers who are licensed and are under 18 years of age, and we can provide lessons to customers who don't currently own a car (and as a result don't currently carry any personal automobile insurance).

3. We offer a convenient way for customers to quickly book a date and time for their lesson online based on the availability of our instructors. Competitors have customers fully pay for a lesson without the customer knowing when their lesson is going to take place, with which instructor they'll be taking the lesson, and in what type of car they'll be learning. We offer transparency that the competitors don't, and this builds customer trust.

Our lesson pricing is competitive, and our customers understand that with us they are receiving a superior experience. 
 

We developed the California markets and have a consistent revenue stream, and we have now begun developing markets outside of California. This opportunity would be perfect for an entrepreneur who would like to be hands-on and who would like to offer stick shift lessons in their local area. 

 

Unlike a franchise model where the corporate entity maintains control of independent operations, we offer full independence for you to run your operation. You can be an individual, a sole proprietor or an already established entity, and we offer full support to get you up and running in as little as a few weeks. This includes filing the necessary paperwork, obtaining the insurance coverage for your operation, training on marketing and customer acquisition, as well as in-person training on safety, operating procedures, and how to properly conduct stick shift lessons. We make it ridiculously easy to get started with your operation, and our fees start as low as $15,000 for a single business territory. There is no limit to how many territories you can establish.

 

We just launched our business opportunity portal and want you to be our first success story! Business opportunities are available throughout California and in all 50 states. Don't wait, contact us today to receive more information and to get started.