[prestigeclean]

just remember that if you want to end up with £10,000 a year you will need to canvass double that as you will lose half of it over the year regards alan

[pristine window cl]

  merry xmas and a happy busy new year to you all,answer to question ,
   ask stockclean, "oh  he"s gone"!
   

[Ian Rochester]

Nothing to £10K/month in 12 months.............never, especially not in the current economic climate, window cleaners are popping up all over the place since the invention of WFP! 

But try your best to prove me wrong 

[Pope vader]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/entrepreneurs/tonyearnshaw.shtml

this guy who went on dragons den, got around up to 6k in 6 months

[Darranvps]

We did

[pristine window cl]

Of course it is BUT, not on your own. The question is how, it took me  2yrs leaflets only.
       ON MY OWN!  HARD WORK but well worth it, good luck
   
          Alan

[pristine window cl]

oops failed to mention there , half your figure
   
    Alan

[Catherine10]

On domestic Im not sure, but I know one of my clients on the commercial side has just acquired two jobs within a week - through around 8 hours of direct calling (no not trying to plug the business) just have a very structured way of doing things.  Couldnt possibly speak about domestic stuff - never entered into that field........... hope all goes well for you TC.

[Steve CM]

I went from 2k a month to 12.8k a month in 2 years in. that wasnt constant canvassing but i did use a few different teams to get it. I then stopped canvassing fo a while and it dropped down to 10k a month until i built it up again.

in order for you to build that quick in domestics you will need to be prepared to lose 50% of all customers between 1-12 months so you will in effect need to canvass around 15k a month to end up with the sort of figure your talking.

You will need good reliable lads

You will need to be prepared to put up with a shed load of idiot customers until your left with the decent ones.

You will need to chase down the debts constantly before the debt gets out of hand.

You will need to be prepared for general strain and stress building that quick until things settle

[richywilts]

I went from 2k a month to 12.8k a month in 2 years in. that wasnt constant canvassing but i did use a few different teams to get it. I then stopped canvassing fo a while and it dropped down to 10k a month until i built it up again.

in order for you to build that quick in domestics you will need to be prepared to lose 50% of all customers between 1-12 months so you will in effect need to canvass around 15k a month to end up with the sort of figure your talking.

You will need good reliable lads

You will need to be prepared to put up with a shed load of idiot customers until your left with the decent ones.

You will need to chase down the debts constantly before the debt gets out of hand.

You will need to be prepared for general strain and stress building that quick until things settle

i agree sometimes you just have to put up with that much crap and then rebuilid d put up with more crap then rebuild its part and parcel we will be rebuilding for the third time next year its a shame coz you do pick up some genuine excellent customers along the way and i find the service they recieve sometimes fails becoz of the idiots messing u around

[tom cronin]

I was thinking of a, getting customers to sign a 6 monthly contract, too try and cut down on messer from the word go, and b, offering a 10%\15% discount if they pay upfront for six months.

[Steve CM]

I was thinking of a, getting customers to sign a 6 monthly contract, too try and cut down on messer from the word go, and b, offering a 10%\15% discount if they pay upfront for six months.

good luck with that  we had a 3 month agreement and it did work quite well still got the odd idiot though

[tom cronin]

Maybe I'll work up to six monthly....start with 3 months tomorrow, see how it does, can't Hurt to ask if they'd like a discount for up front payment aswell

[Pope vader]

wouldnt ask about up front payments,  too dodgy,  think about it if someone knocked on your door offering a wc service but wanted 6 months up fron

[Steve CM]

Its all worth a try...he who dares...

[tom cronin]

wouldnt ask about up front payments,  too dodgy,  think about it if someone knocked on your door offering a wc service but wanted 6 months up fron

I do share you're doubts, but I just think if 10-20percent took me up on the offer, that's 10-20percent less to collect.

My theory is if you never ask you'll never get

[Handyman Window Cleaning Services]

This is my target for 2012

dont forget you will have to charge VAT if you are raking in that kind of money.  so your prices will be on average 20% more expensive than you competitors.

But im not a fan of VAT so i would limit my business to below VAT threshold.

if your business is spread over two towns is there a legal way of you splitting your business so you wive's name runs one and you run the other, while the 2 businesses are below the VAT threshold.

[Steve CM]

If he started from scratch he wouldn't need to until probably the end of the 12 months.

[John F]

This is my target for 2012

dont forget you will have to charge VAT if you are raking in that kind of money.  so your prices will be on average 20% more expensive than you competitors.

But im not a fan of VAT so i would limit my business to below VAT threshold.

if your business is spread over two towns is there a legal way of you splitting your business so you wive's name runs one and you run the other, while the 2 businesses are below the VAT threshold.

as far as i know you can split business on one address but not if they provide the same service or product. so if a wife was ebay or carpet scrubbing and the guy was window cleaning then no probs. otherwise two window cleaners at same address and married.............

[Steve CM]

My accountant gave me the example of a laundrette being next door to a dry cleaners owned by the same person. In theory they are seperate businesses but could be argued they are the same type of business.

Its at your own risk