HOW TO START A MOBILE CAR DETAILING BUSINESS
I have owned and run a mobile car valeting business for many years. Mobile car valeting is a cheap and easy business to setup but not many people realise that their is still a huge learning curve. Rather than go through the pain of learning yourself I’ve put together a basic guide to hopefully make your life easier.
Why start your own mobile valeting business?
There are millions of cars on the road in the UK today. The majority of car owners have 2 options available to them when their vehicle is dirty – they will clean it themselves or hire somebody to clean it for them. Not many businesses have an income potential which is completely uncapped like this is. There are so many Cars, Vans, Lorries and even Boats out there which need cleaning, the real power lies in getting the work and keeping it. If you can crack that, your earning potential is limitless. 1 van can quickly lead to 2, then 2 to 3.
Mobile car valeting is an easy business to get into and fairly easy to start once you have spoken to the people you know – friends, family etc. I am not however saying that a mobile car valeting business is easy to run and make a living from but there are hundreds of people out there who do make a very good living from it.
Who wouldn’t want to start their own business, be your own boss, choose when you want to work. If you can get regular work, there is no reason why you can’t do it too!
Your income is only limited by you
You may have already started your valeting business and just checking your on the right track, or want to earn a little more money. Stick to doing a good job valeting and the business will retain customers and those customers will recommend you.
Do you do a better job than everyone else? Then you may be able to charge extra for your services – its as simple and a fair as that. However you need a solid foundation of work and customers before you decide to hike your prices up more than your competitors. Make a name for yourself first and make sure you are busy at least 4-5 days per week before increasing prices.
If you can clean a car better than anyone else then your business will no doubt take off with the correct marketing in place but without a proper marketing strategy you may only be scraping by to make ends meet. Word of mouth is your best form of advertising but there is a limit to the amount in which your customers talk about your services, certainly not enough to create a full weeks work regularly when starting out.
So if you have recently been made redundant, lost your job, cannot find a job or looking for something part time/full-time to start then mobile car valeting may just be for you. Starting a mobile car valeting business can be lucrative and easy to start if you know which valeting equipment to buy and how to do the job.
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