[Richard iSparkle]

also too point out as long as you werent dropping these leaflets to large houses off executive size run of the mill housing estates etc upto 4 bed detached size i dont see the problem in charging ten quid

you re a lot more experienced than me richy so you know what you're doing.

i would be worried that regulars would get in touch and expect the same offer which could really screw up your regular income.  i can imagine the conversation...  "so if i cancel my service, and come back as a new customer you will clean my home for £10..."  the last thing i would 2want myself is to take on 2 employees, a new van, and then my profit margins to drop on my expected income 

[spongebob]

i dont have loadsa van i have one n iv put deposit down on a second!!! im not short of work but i would like too gain a lot more as have taken on my second employee this is reason im looking at gaining new custom as even if it was a 4 bed house maybe worth 20quid the speed these two lads work together even earning ten quid would be a fair price

Go for it mate. Its a different outlook when you employ. if you charge £10 and they clean all your new work you get at this price then you could look at making £50 to £80 a day profit from them. Work that over the year and its a no brainer. I am surprised at some of the comments on here. There is a complete difference between maxing out your own time/money as a single cleaner and maxing out profit from staff.

[Johnny B]

Threads like this always keep me coming back for more!

If the guy wants to charge £10 per house regardless of size, what has it got to do with anyone? It's his business.
Hope it goes well for him.

It seems to me that these days it's better to have lower priced work than none at all. As for devaluing our work, why can't we be content with what we have, be happy for each other? At this point I am diving for cover and awaiting fallout!   

John   

[Tom White]

If the guy wants to charge £10 per house regardless of size, what has it got to do with anyone? It's his business.

Er, it was posted on an interweb forum, so I'm guessing Spongebob wanted some feedback and opinions.

Hope it goes well for him.

Me too, but I still don't think it's a good idea.  I don't think it's a good idea to mention money at all on a flyer, to be honest. 

[sgibsoncleaning]

Threads like this always keep me coming back for more!

If the guy wants to charge £10 per house regardless of size, what has it got to do with anyone? It's his business.
Hope it goes well for him.

It seems to me that these days it's better to have lower priced work than none at all. As for devaluing our work, why can't we be content with what we have, be happy for each other? At this point I am diving for cover and awaiting fallout!   

John   

by richie saying "what do you think" he is asking for opinions
this is a discussion not an agreement thread

still think its a dodgy idea now due to the fact i got 2 25 quid jobs booked in tomorrow

[Paul Coleman]

What next?  The one pound plonker?

[Johnny B]

Point taken guys.

This is why I you will never find me asking 'What do you think...'
type questions about the way I conduct my business. If I did, I know exactly what the reactions would be. 

John.   

[richywilts]

i was just wondering i price at the higher end for my area so i thought even getting sum of them houses on for a tenner its prob rnd the normal price what window cleaners charge, i wouldnt expect too lose that many customers after 12 months even with any increases in price coz once someone is happy theyd prob carry on regardless becuase they know it would be hard to find another regular quality cleaner and you would have 12 months to find out if theyre a good customer

[mci services]

actually I can now see where you are coming from, for example I live on an estate of 4 or 500 houses that I pretty much just charge the same price regardless, and because I know the area if someone phones from this estate I give a price there and then without looking, so long as you pick out estates that are like this then it could work

[richywilts]

i dont think im gna use it yet but maybe if i move too new areas wjere it wont cause conflict with current customers

[groundhog]

More work less money!! Never a good idea in my opinion!!! 

[spongebob]

If the guy wants to charge £10 per house regardless of size, what has it got to do with anyone? It's his business.

Er, it was posted on an interweb forum, so I'm guessing Spongebob wanted some feedback and opinions.

Hope it goes well for him.

Me too, but I still don't think it's a good idea.  I don't think it's a good idea to mention money at all on a flyer, to be honest.  

Hi Tosh.
I didn't mention money on my first batch of flyers , or my name or my address.
I got feedback from them that I should have as people who knew me and my family would have signed up on that basis alone. Then the same feedback on price. They didn't want to phone and ask. It almost seemed impolite. Put the tenner on that I wanted and bingo they just call to book.
If I can get the flyers through doors using anyone who's free it's better than not at all. The jobs would price up at a tenner anyway.

As an example I have a friend who has retrained as a sparky and is out dropping flyers to every house in my village. Thats about 600 houses. He is dropping mine also.He moves out to the next local villages to me and potentially we will drop say 5000. I have had a call today from a lady in a large bungalow. I know it well without seeing it close up. She tells me it is not your average 3/4 bed house and I have told her between £15 to £20. Thats lovely she says , carry on please. Now the leaflet is in front of her with the price which she referred to but uses her common sense. I am picking up 1 to 2 customers a day in this fashion from 100 leaflets dropped as a rough guess. I pay him £10 per confirmed clean. It pays for his own leaflets. As I said before I would estimate that overall I am only about 10% down on income on these jobs than if they were priced individually. The upside is the speed at which I am picking up work and they do get sold conny roofs and fascias etc which more than covers his commission and the 10% shortfall. The work is very local.

Anyway as Johnny B says "we should all be happy with what we got".
It will be interesting to see whats happened this time next year. How many tenners will I have monthly? Did Richy do it? Will we both be able to keep up with the headache of too many staff and vans or will we both be working for BFG

[richywilts]

i think i may go balls out n run with this idea iv got a feeling it could bring in quite a bit of work

[Paul Coleman]

It may well work -depending on the business model that you use (ignore my earlier jest about one pound plonker  .
I don't think it would be much good for a sole trader.  However, if you have guys working for (subbing from) you who are on a straight percentage only, who supply the vehicle/water etc., then there is a guaranteed profit in it.  Whether or not you hold onto your guys, due to the ten pound stuff making it too hard for them, is another matter of course.  Even if you only make £2 a job, if your only input is the admin then it may just work.

[richywilts]

iv got two lads who work for me id put in the terms and conditions and small print anything up to executive style size housing etc and it would only be for 12months fixed price of 10quid and we would give them a price for thereafter its basically a way of signing people up for 12months to see the true benefits of our business and see how we operate, as well as pulling in a lot of work to pay staff while there aint really enough just yet for 2 staff the speed there pushing thru my work.

oh paul ur comment didnt bother me i asked for peoples opinions i knew there would be 50/50 for and against

[wpclean]

Instead of competing on price, I explain that the frames will be included with the price . . . . and because they are cleaned with wfp it only takes a few seconds more.      I have been pushing this for a few months now and have picked up quite a bit of work. 

[Spruce]

Of course the flyer could be area targeted to new estates where most of the houses are the same. The price of £10.00 should have the small word 'from' in front of it. We have a house that has a conservatory that has more than twice as much glass to clean as the house its self.

[richywilts]

i aint got a problem pulling in work but i wana pull in work fast and not have to faff around quoting n all that trying to push sales i can trial this for trial period of 3 months and have offer runs out at set date etc

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

richy go for it m8 you got
nout to lose n loads to gain
i know you are very capable
of pulling in the work n
most of yours is quality
it will defo get you the quantity you need
what about using yr canvasser again
he got you a lot of good stuff

[Frankybadboy]

richy why dont you do for only 6 mth and not the 12.