Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Bay View WCS on November 11, 2015, 10:11:48 pm
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Hey all:
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/business/reading-born-mum-creates-uks-10425378 (http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/business/reading-born-mum-creates-uks-10425378)
This has merits but the business model needs looking at. I searched the cost for my house which was quoted at £18.00 . Now I would charge £12.00 for a maintenance clean and at least £20.00 for a one off/first clean. Plus, how much would actually go to the windy who did the clean after they have taken their 'cut'?
Thoughts on a postcard?
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Hey all:
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/business/reading-born-mum-creates-uks-10425378 (http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/business/reading-born-mum-creates-uks-10425378)
This has merits but the business model needs looking at. I searched the cost for my house which was quoted at £18.00 . Now I would charge £12.00 for a maintenance clean and at least £20.00 for a one off/first clean. Plus, how much would actually go to the windy who did the clean after they have taken their 'cut'?
Thoughts on a postcard?
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I think it may be ok for newbies or those without much work. Will it work long term though as a viable business? A decent window cleaner is very rarely available within 24 hours to do a job - especially if it's just a one-off.
We'll see.
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Great for the woman who's set this up, bad for window cleaners, totally underpriced for offering what is a bespoke service.
I would have said her cut will be 40 to 50%
Some will do it, just like the group on offers, each to their own
Darran
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There are adverts all the time on Facebook offering this type of thing. Often cheap. Its nota sustainable business model for a full time business and not a threat whatsoever to traditional round based businesses. It would suit at stay at home mum looking for pin money or an unemployed person looking for beer money.
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It would be a great business, her problem is getting enough
suckers window cleaners to sign up under contract.
Would I be willing to drop everything, stop my regular cleaning work, to rush over the other side of town for a one off clean for £7 to £10 🤔 - I think not
Darran
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It would be a great business, her problem is getting enough suckers window cleaners to sign up under contract.
Would I be willing to drop everything, stop my regular cleaning work, to rush over the other side of town for a one off clean for £7 to £10 🤔 - I think not
Darran
I assumed she was based in Reading and did the cleans herself, but I've just looked at her website and see how it works. Everyone one of those cleans on the other side of town will be a minger too. ;D
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Terrible business which is doomed to failure IMO. Too many reasons to be arsed to go into but I bet it's not there in 12-18 months.
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It would be a great business, her problem is getting enough suckers window cleaners to sign up under contract.
Would I be willing to drop everything, stop my regular cleaning work, to rush over the other side of town for a one off clean for £7 to £10 🤔 - I think not
Darran
exactly my thoughts too Darran.only window cleaners very short of work would even take up the offer.in essence your working for someone else.a "lowly employee". ;D
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I think its a great idea tbh and will be using it.
A lot of the time i haven't got time to do my first cleans so i can just use these guys ;D
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I think its a great idea tbh and will be using it.
A lot of the time i haven't got time to do my first cleans so i can just use these guys ;D
;D ;D
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Over the past few years these kind of sites are popping up more and more.where people set up sites and just get window cleaners to sign up to it for a subscription while they do very little to no work for it and the window cleaner does a load of filthy first cleans and 1 offs at less than the normal price.
Nationwide,quality window cleaners and ladders free have all tried something similar in recent years not one has took off.
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Her website says she couldn't find a window cleaner when she moved house, so basically she wanted to pay next to nothing and have some mug do it the following morning.
We've all had those calls.
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Her website says she couldn't find a window cleaner when she moved house, so basically she wanted to pay next to nothing and have some mug do it the following morning.
We've all had those calls.
LIKE.
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Imagine all the filthy windows were people get them cleaned once a year or for special occasions!
Can't see that lasting, she'll start getting fed up doing 1st cleans all day, I know I would!
I wonder when she's gonna come on here for advice :
Topic- how to do first cleans faster??!! ;D
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Her website says...'an experienced and professional window cleaner will clean your windows'
That's me out then ;D
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Her website says...'an experienced and professional window cleaner will clean your windows'
That's me out then ;D
Also how are the window cleaners vetted?
By the time you factor in the cost of travel between jobs (time & diesel), equipment cost, insurance etc.... you'll be earning less than the minimum wage... and this is before they take their cut...
Has anyone signed up yet???
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Her website says she couldn't find a window cleaner when she moved house, so basically she wanted to pay next to nothing and have some mug do it the following morning.
We've all had those calls.
considering she is a graduate of the google school ... what ever that is ................ maybe if she had bother to google "window cleaner nameoftown" she may not need to have gone to so much trouble
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She also says on her website...
"Squeaky Clean is the leading platform that connects homeowners throughout the UK with professional and fully vetted window cleaners."
No...I think Google is the leading platform to find a professional window cleaner.
If you want to include 'vetted' then the leading platform is probably 'Check A Trade'.
I wonder if her Google Campus for Entrepreneurs taught her English grammar? Lovely error on her website 'Step 1'
I'm horrible really, aren't I. ;D
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I've registered an interest in becoming a 'Trusted Professional' ;D ;D ;D
Lets see what happens
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What happens when a so say vetted window cleaner don't bother to turn up after a booking has been made. ::)roll
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Loads of these on demand cleaning sites around now. What about Homejoy.com, even with 30 million plus invested it failed.
You've got others like Hassle.com etc. Basically all it is at the end of the day is a bunch of educated techies trying to be middle men to the cleaning sector.
Who in their right mind would give a large slice of the profits to some one sitting on their backside when you can pocket all the money yourself?
Get a decent website, study SEO and tell these people to take a hike or get off their ass and clean the windows themselves. >:(
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I've registered an interest in becoming a 'Trusted Professional' ;D ;D ;D
Lets see what happens
Anything happened with is?
Tom
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I believe that she might have something if she looked at her business model again and made some changes.
She could set this up as a proper business employing one window cleaner to start with, then adding more as demand increases.
No established self-employed window cleaner is going to sign up for this, so she would be more likely to attract job seekers who are not looking to go self-employed. She would have to be responsible for training, insurance, PAYE and everything else associated with being the boss, but if she were to do this properly, I believe that she could make it work.
John
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Her website says she couldn't find a window cleaner when she moved house, so basically she wanted to pay next to nothing and have some mug do it the following morning.
We've all had those calls.
Exactly and if she had ever been involved with window cleaning she would know that its almost if not impossible to build a
decent business with customers like this.
What you would need to charge to offer a service like this would put most off them in the first place.
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I once went to a window cleaning marketing learning day at Ionics. Whatever else anyone may think of the company, I reckon that they are pretty decent at marketing - particularly to newer window cleaners.
One of the guys attending put it out there that the way forward might be window cleaning on demand, but charging about 3 the normal rate. This plan was dismissed, including by myself. However, afterward I thought that maybe it could work under certain conditions, the main ones being that a very high rate is charged, rather than being "within x days", it is carried out next time working that area and possibly the main one, that only a very small percentage of a cleaner's work is of that type.
Personally, I think it's too much hassle.
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I've registered an interest in becoming a 'Trusted Professional' ;D ;D ;D
Lets see what happens
Anything happened with is?
Tom
Yes. Received an email asking what area I worked and what system I used; also asked if I was the member of any 'federations'. I emailed back my replies and asked what the procedure was for going forward.
No contact telephone number was provided in the email and I've noticed that none is shown on the website - that always makes me a little wary.
Waiting for a further reply
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I've registered an interest in becoming a 'Trusted Professional' ;D ;D ;D
Lets see what happens
Anything happened with is?
Tom
Yes. Received an email asking what area I worked and what system I used; also asked if I was the member of any 'federations'. I emailed back my replies and asked what the procedure was for going forward.
No contact telephone number was provided in the email and I've noticed that none is shown on the website - that always makes me a little wary.
Waiting for a further reply
I wonder if the next bit is asking you for a "joining fee".