[Leeroy]

Do you think this is a good idea ?

It might mean a month of working for free but you do this when you buy a round getting your money back.

Would I be wasting my time or is this a good way of building up a customer base ?

[cozy]

If you had 500 custies already, would you do first cleans for free then?

[sgibsoncleaning]

think about it. if you give the first clean free how many will have that then cancel. loads it will attract the scroungers.
i have thought about this several times, heres my idea, pay for first clean the 50% of next 2 cleans

[mark blundell]

whats to stop them having the first clean then cancelling?

[Smudger]

You'll get lots of work mate....


then lots of cancellations when it comes to them paying for the next clean.

offer other promo's  such as   rec a friend and get 1/2 price clean or 10% off a conny roof clean if they
sign up today.

i charge double for 1st cleans - you'll be surprised how long they take compared to a reg clean


Darran

[tom2009]

Do you think this is a good idea ?

It might mean a month of working for free but you do this when you buy a round getting your money back.

Would I be wasting my time or is this a good way of building up a customer base ?

Thats if they really want a regular cleaner Leeroy, they may just have you to do all the hard work. Personally mate I wouldn't do it. Charge more for first clean, do a fantastic job, sorted.

[cozy]

You'll get lots of work mate....


then lots of cancellations when it comes to them paying for the next clean.

offer other promo's  such as   rec a friend and get 1/2 price clean or 10% off a conny roof clean if they
sign up today.

i charge double for 1st cleans - you'll be surprised how long they take compared to a reg clean


Darran

Good post. Totaly agree

[stevenpaulmatthews]

think about it. if you give the first clean free how many will have that then cancel. loads it will attract the scroungers.
i have thought about this several times, heres my idea, pay for first clean the 50% of next 2 cleans

same here

we charge an extra £4 for a first time clean, plus a £5 fee to open your account on our books which is knocked of the price of their 4th clean

we have been messed about far to much in the past so

we have found ppl that were out to mess us about say "no thanks then" and all genuine custies pay up no problem

[Leeroy]

Thanks for the advice.

I dont think I will go with this idea then. Your right they prob will all be knockers and cancel.

[mileslake]

Go for it.  You'll go broke , more for the rest of us.

[prestige cleaners]

there is a "troll" on here who offers a free 2nd clean. can you guess who? well if it helps him get his £75k in then....

[GB Window Cleaning]

yeah i would not advise doing first clean for free at all! for all the reasons already mentioned!

[JUST GUTTERS]

dont listen to every one on this forum go with what you feel might work ...
for what its worth i done it and it worked really really well....when i started out the way looked at it if i had spare time i was giving it to these customers.. And not one messed about. not one cancelation..give it a go find out for yourself...maybe even second clean free

[Richard Neal]

It may work but it depends on what areas youre working, some estates around here would take full advantage of you, youd be busy but skint!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

have you got any gobby birds on yr round
say to em yeah
get me ten new customers on yr estate
il do yr for free but each new custy charge
a quid over yr normal price does work 

[JUST GUTTERS]

thats another one that i did ..find me a new custy and get a free clean..have a lady who trys to find me work so she can get her free cleans..thats from 3 years a go when she got her first free clean ..she also got me a pvc clean this summer...

[Richard Neal]

have you got any gobby birds on yr round
say to em yeah
get me ten new customers on yr estate
il do yr for free but each new custy charge
a quid over yr normal price does work 

Ive tried similar in past always works, especially the oldies! they love something for free!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

it works well as they do think
its free even if the friends n
family r paying for it lol

[sgibsoncleaning]

get some loyalty cards from vistaprint. offer 25% per customer recomended payable on completion of new job.

[lee09]

If you don't value your work/time the customer never will.
Lee