Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: smp cleaning on April 06, 2006, 03:24:51 pm
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Hi, my name Is Steve,
I'm looking at buying an excisting window cleaning round to increase the size of the round that i already have, and i have thought about giving DoorKnockers or/and the PDF a try as, they both seem o.k. but i would like advice if they can help before i give them a call, would it be worth my time?
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Hey Steve.
Worth your time but question if its worth the money. Doorknockers will ask you how much you want to make per month ??? If £3k is your monthly turnover then Doorknockers will charge you £6k...ish :-[
I did a flyer drop in my area on Wednesday to expand my round. 300 flyers took me a morning to drop. I had 9 calls whom i have quoted and secured. Saturday morning, i will doorknock myself to follow up the flyers i dropped....hope to get a 10% return on my efforts. I am aware there are 3-4 other WC in the area so this isn't too bad.
If you got the cash, i suppose Doorknockers are a fast track way of building a bigger round. Spend wisely.
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I bought an exsisting round.£2700 per month of work, cost £6000.I have let some bad payers , some awkward streets, and low pricings go.I have gained new customers at my better prices and a year on the round has now been sorted.99% good cusomers,90% good payers. My advice would be, build a round from scratch if you have the time/money there is plenty of work out there, Price your jobs well and let bad payers go straight away,and never be swayed on prices.Having said that I bought my round as I didnt have the time or money to start from scatch and it has paid off.