GarageSkins, Inc.

Patented, innovative DIY solution to upgrade an existing garage...

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GarageSkins real wood overlays snap on magnetically to a standard steel or aluminum overhead garage door.  They are:

  • Stable to humidity and temperature fluctuations.
  • Beautifully crafted.
  • Very lightweight so that no modification to a garage door is necessary.
  • Unlimited in design potential and wood species.
  • US utility patented.  We are it.  No one else can legally do this.

Here's our market:

  • 35,000,000 steel overhead garage doors in US alone.
  • GarageSkins are compatilble with over 50% of them.
  • Our direct-to-consumer model ships our product directly to the customers' door.  The DIY kits install in less than an hour.
  • Our model bypasses standard distribution-to-retail model and keeps retailers' profits in our pockets.  Co-marketing agreements with national retailers will follow, and Lowe's and Home Depot have already reached out to us.
  • Median-to-higher income households will be targeted via social media, direct contact, and public exposure.
  • $890K revenue realized so far with just $32K ad spend.
  • 104 systems installed from Alaska to Florida.
  • 290 orders in backlog
  • hundreds of requests to order, along with over 200 garage door pro's asking to be able to sell to their customers.

Who's running the show?

  • CEO-successful sales and management career; engineer training; has led teams as large as 450 to great success.  Product developer of GarageSkins overlay systems and wrote the original patent.
  • VP Sales/Marketing - national sales director of home improvement company partnered with Lowes, Home Depot; DirectBuy; Best Buy; Macy's;  direct pipeline to VP level at all of these companies.  Created online sales channel with sales to $2M in 2 years.
  • VP/Operations - led JeldWen door plant producing 5,000 doors daily.  Kaizen/Six-Sigma expert, former gunnery sergeant in Marine Corps.

Why us over the latest tech-gizmo or app?

  • People spend money improving their homes.  $457B last year alone just in the US. 
  • We have a mailing list of over 30,000 people who have reached out requesting more information.  All with minimal advertising.  Think what will happen when we really push.
  • We are lean and mean.  With our 60,000 sq ft factory now completely built-out and ready to manufacture at scale, these funds will be used for our first true national market efforts.
  • Our patents ensure that we will control this new home improvement vertical until 2033, giving ample time to grow and exit the company for a strong multiple return.

Where is GarageSkins, Inc. headed?

  • We will grow to a national provider of premium garage-related cosmetic improvement products.
  • Our second patent protects several additional products that will expand our product line by a factor of 10 and access a wider customer vertical.
  • Once appropriate we will consider acquisition suitors.  An alternative investor exit could be through stock repurchase with a strong multiple.

There is a lot more information below.  Our Business Plan section includes our proforma, go-to-market strategy and more detailed information regarding our current position.  Reach out to me and I'll click you through to that section then let's talk more.

Thanks for the look and I hope to hear from you!  -Rick

With GarageSkins real wood garage door overlay systems, it’s never been easier or more affordable to completely transform the look and feel of your beautiful home. With our do-it-yourself magnetic kits, simply open the box, take our patented panels out, and snap them onto your metal garage door to dramatically enhance your home’s curb appeal... all in less than one hour!

Our rare-earth magnets embedded in each panel firmly attach your GarageSkins system in place and keep it there throughout the opening and closing processes. Tested to withstand extreme climate conditions and high winds, our GarageSkins panels will instantly transform your boring metal garage door into the most prominent and attractive feature of your home!

In neighborhoods all over the country, beautiful new homes are being built with gorgeous real-wood carriage-house style garage doors. For the new homeowner, it’s a beautiful sight.

For the neighbors who are stuck with a boring old steel garage door, not so much.

To get the same look for your garage door, you’d need to replace the entire door.

That’ll be $12,000, please.

Who wants to pay that kind of money—not to mention go through all that hassle—for a garage door?

With our GarageSkins system, you don’t have to break the bank to transform your curb appeal.  

You don’t even have to replace the entire door.

In fact, you don't have to alter anything at all on your existing door!  Engineered to fit the over 30 million metal overhead garage doors in America alone, GarageSkins panels come ready to install right out of the box.  Just take them out and snap them on.

Designed to mimic the look of a $12,000 real-wood, carriage-house style garage door, GarageSkins overlay panels give you a high-end designer look at a fraction of the cost.  

And they can be installed by almost anyone in less than an hour!

With the same dimensionality and finishes you would find on a high-end solid wood garage door, it's virtually impossible to tell the difference between our GarageSkins systems and a $12,000 garage door.  Make no mistake, these are not just a plastic simulation, they are real hardwood veneers overlaid onto very lightweight substrates and finished with yacht-grade coatings to ensure longevity.

Simply open the box, take out the panels, and snap them onto your existing garage door.  They are packaged in order so that you don't even have to figure out the pattern.  Just work left-to-right and bottom-to-top and watch the transformation happen before your eyes!

If you can attach a standard kitchen magnet to your garage door, you can transform your curb appeal with GarageSkins.

The rare-earth magnets make attaching GarageSkins panels easy, and keep them firmly in place in all weather conditions.

Plus, our wood panels are pre-aged so they won’t fade or discolor. Just look at these results!

And with our custom hardware options, you can make any garage door truly unique!

GarageSkins is getting a lot of attention. We’ve already fielded interest from home improvement shows on these quality networks:

Retailers are taking note, too. We’ve heard from:

  

But the most important attention is coming from customers who can’t wait to transform the look of their garage doors. We already have an organically grown mailing list of over 30,000 home improvement enthusiasts!

It is foreseeable that builders and remodelers will begin recommending to their high-end customers that instead of installing a $12K wooden door, they install a basic steel door with a GarageSkins overlay system which, along with being much more affordable, will allow the homeowner to change out their look down the road as design trends change.  This shift will drastically affect the profitability of garage door manufacturers and will open future acquisition discussions.

The Numbers are Staggering!

  • 92,000,000 Single-family homes in America
  • 35,000,000 Homes with steel overhead garage doors
  • 18,000,000 Steel overhead doors compatible with GarageSkins system
  • ZERO Competition (our utility patent is issued)

We are creating a new sector in this $457B industry that GarageSkins, Inc. will control for years to come!

In 4 years we will be in a major home improvement retailer nationwide.  Here's some math - if we sell 3 units per day per state (very attainable with the proper marketing) we will generate over $50M in revenue annually.  And that's just with one product!!

Consider joining the GarageSkins, Inc. team as a capital partner to bring this amazing new product to the home improvement markets.  

Making a Difference

GarageSkins, Inc. founder Rick Medlen has been a long-time activist with Habitat for Humanity, serving on the Board at the local level, transitioning to a role as President of the Board for Habitat for Humanity Oregon, and volunteering on builds throughout SE Asia.  He's passionately committed to the cause of giving underserved families a "hand-up" to break the cycle of poverty many are stuck in. It is our plan that in each area we launch, an ongoing support of that area's Habitat for Humanity affiliates will be a part of our presence in that market. GarageSkins, Inc.'s success will not only grow our investors' portfolios, but truly make a difference in our local communities.

Rick Medlen, Founder & CEO: With an electrical engineering background and a sales and management career, Rick Medlen is uniquely poised to provide leadership to GarageSkins, Inc. throughout the start-up and growth phases. Having been in key management positions in fast-growth companies and transformative leadership roles in the non-profit world, Rick’s skill-set encompasses all the necessary qualities to guide GarageSkins, Inc. to great success.  With almost 10 years developing this business full-time and $400K personal investment, Rick has started and grown the company to its current state of being truly ready to launch hard into the national home improvement marketplace.

Julie Medlen, VP/Sales & Marketing: In her previous role our VP of Sales/Marketing serves as a key member of senior management in an international home improvement company, she directly managed an external sales force of 750 professionals and was responsible for all US revenue generation for her $100M company. She met regularly with senior management at partner companies such as Home Depot and DirectBuy.  She deeply believes in the GarageSkins product and business model, and leads our GarageSkins cusomer service and marketing teams, and steers all customer-facing interactions.

Robert Brock, VP/Operations:  As a natural leader, Robert has assembled a highly qualified production team in our Post Falls, Idaho factory, and has steered the design and outfitting of this factory to modern lean manufacturing guidelines, setting us up to be able to support $3M/monthly in product sales, and give us a great growth path to add contract manufacturing as the company grows.

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