Tony is of course quite correct, WFP won't make the money for you, as he says, it is the individual that uses the equipment he has that makes the money.
If you have an established round, and you have built it up as a trad round, then converting to WFP will mean you have the potential to fully maximize the earnings your round can generate.
And it will take less physical effort and of course be so much safer too.
I've been a window cleaner for almost 24 years...or is it 25?? and for all bar the last 20 months I've mostly worked out of a car and I've always done a professional job, your vehicle, your signage, your uniform all make no difference to the job you do...only the image.
But having that image does bring you work, and it also means that customers are more prepared to pay you a premium price, your image tells them that you are professional in your attitude and you are serious about your job.
My van signage cost me £250 to get done and it's paid for itself over and over now.
Last week, purely as a result of the signage I got to price up a £250 job and a £350 job...both on the same day I might add, and I got the pair of them too
It is also wrong to compare the income of say a Doctor (as in the earlier reply) and the turnover of a window cleaner.
We have proper working overheads, and we might also have finance deals on our personal income as well as business costs.
A vehicle for instance is a business cost, for a Doctor he could have a 50cc moped if he wanted too, but as a window cleaner, to do your job YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE. Without one you don't have a job.
And it isn't just the running costs of that vehicle either, every few years you have to replace it.
Some old banger of a van may last you a while, or like Squeaky it might only last you a week or two.
So even a trad window cleaner should be costing in the purchase of his vehicle into his pricing.
It's ok being part of the beer and f
ags brigade, if you are content to tick along on a very basic income then good for you.
But if you want those top incomes, put things in place that can help you achieve those ambitions.
It won't happen overnight, you won't suddenly start earning 30 or 40k per year straight away. it will take years not months to get your business up to those levels...
All the talk of big bucks incomes in window cleaner might entice some to think its easy money, but for most people it takes many years to build up a full and prosperous round, so those that think they are going to sweep in and make a killing don't bother me...won't happen...
Ian
