[richywilts]

ya can av the biggest ionic thermopure system and best gardiners poles i can find for ya no probs just pay me when ya got it no worries  

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

il just av yrs lad lol
ow you getting on with transit is it set up ?

[richywilts]

just been having a little think do you think there is much call for a shop that sells window cleaning supplies and janitorial supplies there none round our ways what i know of, so if any one has a shop near to them

are they busy??
do they hold much varied stock??
do they sell both wfp and trad equipment??

i know a lot of window cleaners can just nip online and and order but i was thinkin that it could be a gud way to pick up customers too for my round as im sure people would pop in that needed a window cleaner, also you may pick up other work from other window cleaners such as conservatory cleaning driveway cleaning that they dont offer.

what are peoples thoughts on this??

Had a guy set up in the city centre, great catchment area. Nice little shop. Never factored in:-

rent
rates
wages
insurance
electric
stock
phone
furnishings
advertising
etc

went pop about 6 months and 40 grand later

excellent clearing out sale though!

yeah i understand that all this needs to be factored in im just doin a bit of early research as i know ya only have a limited market i.e window cleaners, general cleaners. i dont think it would need a city centre location to be honest as its quite specialist store i think cleaners would travel in from so far to buy goods etc

[richywilts]

il just av yrs lad lol
ow you getting on with transit is it set up ?

nah you said u were gna sort it for me come n help me with the static system one weekend if ya want im clueless haha

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

no bova il get 60ft john sort it il bell u wen he can do it

[paul rulton]

ive been givin this some thought since this thread went on. its something im gonna have a
real good look in2  got some very good friends in some very good places 
BRINGING IT BACK 2OLD SCHOOL  get in there!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

hitster yr the boyo

[paul rulton]

  i think i could make a go of it  a very good friend of mine owns a whole industrial est 
so thats the premesiss sorted  i could do loads with it  almost gettin puffy about it 

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

id buy off u 2 hitster in fact
id av an account lol

[paul rulton]

  suppose u wanna HUGE disscount 2  : yer ok as its u 
would ave 2look after THE LAMSTER 

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

u no the score ows ma hose n pump lol
gonna put me up n show me the sights hey lad

[dmlservices]

back in the day the shops round my way werent much more than 12ft / 30ft   some smaller  
great little places  

the one by me, was in a terraced house type shop, then he moved to a bigger unit,

used to pop in and buy my gear when i was rained off , or waiting to see if it would blow over,
 was a chance to catch up with other windies that i seldom saw ,
not like nowadays, see at least a dozen working or driving by,every day.


daz

[Craig Trevain]

sad really   i used 2 love goin 2 all the old trad shops   ave a chat etc.
all gone now tinternet is here  :

Paul there was 4 trads in my shop today  from Colchester all at same time, they had arranged to meet there! trouble is for them i try to get them going wfp too.

With our new larger trade counter there will be alot more squeegees for you to look at, if you like!.

[Craig Trevain]

Dave at Allclean, Rainham has one hell of a busy window cleaning shop, these shops are still around, however the amount of dropship companies working from their homes starting up lately may have a short term affect on trade counters, however they come and they go.

[j.v. price ltd]

Maybe someone should look at a franchise model for window cleaning supply shops, so there was a brand and a buying group to make it possible to compete with online prices but over a trade counter,

[Dave Willis]

How can you compete with the online shop? They might be using their garage as a stock room and have no staff at all.

[jonnyald]

ive been in a fewtimes to my local shop- www.windowcleaningcentre.co.uk  that is in ipswich . its stuck out round the back of a big industrial estate and is a unit more than a shop . the main blokes friendly id guess most of his trade is online and i bet the overheads are high but he has more stuff than you could put in a lockup . i asked him if he was busy and he asked me if i was busy ,said he was doing okay

[R W C™]

Maybe someone should look at a franchise model for window cleaning supply shops, so there was a brand and a buying group to make it possible to compete with online prices but over a trade counter,

Im up for that Charlie