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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ken on October 15, 2003, 02:26:42 am

Title: Selling work
Post by: Ken on October 15, 2003, 02:26:42 am
I've got a couple of blocks of work that I want to move on. Although they are good payers they are a bit of a drive and I seem to be picking up a lot of work closer to home. The question is: what's the best way of selling them? I don't want to show someone the round (with prices etc) only to have them canvas it out from underneath me. Also I reckon given the quality of the work it's worth at least twice the monthly value. Is that fair?
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: Rick on October 15, 2003, 02:46:03 am
sell it to someone you know. or sell it to someone you don't know, and if they just poach your work, then kick their ladders out from underneath them >:(
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: simonb on October 15, 2003, 10:18:08 pm
You show them the area and one representative price ie "I charge £10 for that one"
Then you get the cash in exchange for a complete list of names addresses and prices. You then go round and introduce.
The going rate round here is 3 times
Where are you?
Simon
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: Ken on October 16, 2003, 12:32:47 am
That sounds pretty reasonable! The work is in Chepstow (approx £550 pm) and in Cheltenham (£210). I'm actually based in Ross-on-Wye.
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: simonb on October 16, 2003, 08:38:59 pm
I'm in Bristol
You get about a bit!
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: steve_massey on October 16, 2003, 11:32:50 pm
In our area it's 2 and half times monthly clean. I've sold work and never had any trouble i might have been lucky.
what i did was drive to the end of streets and just tell them how many houses ther were down each street, Then if they was still intrested the next time i cleaned that area they could clean it with me and meet the customers. I got half the cash for round before I cleaned it with them and half after.
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: the 1 and only on November 23, 2009, 10:48:44 am
its a shame the work isnt near me id have snapped your hand off for the work
Title: Re: Selling work
Post by: Ravensford on November 23, 2009, 11:12:34 am
This thread is over six years old!  ???