[Village Gleam]

You need storage for four bouncy castles- you need transport sometimes to four different locations for delivery and collection erection and dismantlement. You need to advertise. The window for this business is about four months.
IE. 4 WEEKENDS * 4= 16*£600= £9,600 Gross max potential income.

From this I would deduce that you would need a minimum of an empty garage, a van(not cluttered up with wfp), and probably a trailer as well. And of course as always an understanding wife.

[Paul Coleman]

You need storage for four bouncy castles- you need transport sometimes to four different locations for delivery and collection erection and dismantlement. You need to advertise. The window for this business is about four months.
IE. 4 WEEKENDS * 4= 16*£600= £9,600 Gross max potential income.

From this I would deduce that you would need a minimum of an empty garage, a van(not cluttered up with wfp), and probably a trailer as well. And of course as always an understanding wife.

and pretty healthy lungs as well   

[Village Gleam]

And to take Shiner's point that high 90% window cleaning start ups either fail or don't pursue it, if you are the type of person who pursues one hairbrained scheme after another and after buying all this kit your enthusiasm waned and you are coming to WFP on the rebound then it's pretty likely that this biz(WFP) will be up for sale too.

[Londoner]

Actually, the demand for this business is year round although it peaks in the summer. When my kids were younger they both had parties with bouncy castles held inside halls. Their birthdays are in December and February. I can remember taking them to other parties where there were bouncy castles inside scout huts and sports centres.
The point is you only have to deliver them and collect them later. You don't have to be there all day.
If you have issues with storage or working weekends then its obviously not for you, but if you look at the hourly earnings for being nothing more than a delivery driver then its very good money.

[Fredboy]

You need storage for four bouncy castles- you need transport sometimes to four different locations for delivery and collection erection and dismantlement. You need to advertise. The window for this business is about four months.
IE. 4 WEEKENDS * 4= 16*£600= £9,600 Gross max potential income.

From this I would deduce that you would need a minimum of an empty garage, a van(not cluttered up with wfp), and probably a trailer as well. And of course as always an understanding wife.

Whilst the majority of the above quote is correct, I would point out that this is an all year round business with the busiest periods being between May to September.  Kids still have birthdays during the winter months so much of our business is inside halls during this time.

[matt]

Yeah but they always bounce back.

Actually this is a good little business and just the thing to tide you over when the hosepipe ban kicks in. Somebody I know has done it for years and while he's not the sort of bloke to talk about money he's also not the sort of bloke to do it if there wasn't a good profit in it.

get him on here, he will soon be saying he is earning 750 quid a day  it seems all the rage

[matt]

You need storage for four bouncy castles- you need transport sometimes to four different locations for delivery and collection erection and dismantlement. You need to advertise. The window for this business is about four months.
IE. 4 WEEKENDS * 4= 16*£600= £9,600 Gross max potential income.

From this I would deduce that you would need a minimum of an empty garage, a van(not cluttered up with wfp), and probably a trailer as well. And of course as always an understanding wife.

Whilst the majority of the above quote is correct, I would point out that this is an all year round business with the busiest periods being between May to September.  Kids still have birthdays during the winter months so much of our business is inside halls during this time.

indeed

ive been to 3 X 5 year old parties in the last 6 weeks and they have all had castles inside the halls

[Village Gleam]

Possibly, but things have moved on since your kids were little. Kids parties have become ever more elaborate. Many industrial estates now have a kids zone party type places with lots of equipment and food. Affluent parents find this easier.

You are also up against pizza hut, mcdonalds etc.

There is still a demand yes, but whereas we are still in the first wave of WFP tech and are therefore the early adopters who make the most money, this can not be said of Bouncy castles. They are through this novelty stage and are now a commodity and command lower prices, just as we will do in ten years when wfp is ubiquitous.

Now if you're one of the early hot system users then your talking....

[Londoner]

Yeah but they always bounce back.

Actually this is a good little business and just the thing to tide you over when the hosepipe ban kicks in. Somebody I know has done it for years and while he's not the sort of bloke to talk about money he's also not the sort of bloke to do it if there wasn't a good profit in it.

get him on here, he will soon be saying he is earning 750 quid a day  it seems all the rage

[Londoner]

Yeah but they always bounce back.

Actually this is a good little business and just the thing to tide you over when the hosepipe ban kicks in. Somebody I know has done it for years and while he's not the sort of bloke to talk about money he's also not the sort of bloke to do it if there wasn't a good profit in it.

get him on here, he will soon be saying he is earning 750 quid a day  it seems all the rage

[Fredboy]

Posted by: Mr Solubility  Posted on: Today at 11:27:36am 
Insert Quote 
Possibly, but things have moved on since your kids were little. Kids parties have become ever more elaborate. Many industrial estates now have a kids zone party type places with lots of equipment and food. Affluent parents find this easier.

You are also up against pizza hut, mcdonalds etc.

There is still a demand yes, but whereas we are still in the first wave of WFP tech and are therefore the early adopters who make the most money, this can not be said of Bouncy castles. They are through this novelty stage and are now a commodity and command lower prices, just as we will do in ten years when wfp is ubiquitous.

Now if you're one of the early hot system users then your talking....   

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you - bouncy castles are still a huge success at kids parties - we have been running a successful business for over 3 years and during the peak season the phone is ringing off the hook and we genuinely have had to turn down up to 10 jobs a weekend.  You cant beat having a bouncy castle at a kids party - it keeps them entertained throughout and we have had many a grateful parent thankful that they booked it.

[Village Gleam]

Fair enough ,I concede. I don't know anything about it anyway. I'm sure if you are good at that you'll be good at this. All the best for the new year, sometimes i just like to argue.

[Paul Coleman]

Posted by: Mr Solubility  Posted on: Today at 11:27:36am 
Insert Quote 
Possibly, but things have moved on since your kids were little. Kids parties have become ever more elaborate. Many industrial estates now have a kids zone party type places with lots of equipment and food. Affluent parents find this easier.

You are also up against pizza hut, mcdonalds etc.

There is still a demand yes, but whereas we are still in the first wave of WFP tech and are therefore the early adopters who make the most money, this can not be said of Bouncy castles. They are through this novelty stage and are now a commodity and command lower prices, just as we will do in ten years when wfp is ubiquitous.

Now if you're one of the early hot system users then your talking....   

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you - bouncy castles are still a huge success at kids parties - we have been running a successful business for over 3 years and during the peak season the phone is ringing off the hook and we genuinely have had to turn down up to 10 jobs a weekend.  You cant beat having a bouncy castle at a kids party - it keeps them entertained throughout and we have had many a grateful parent thankful that they booked it.

Although I've no bouncy castle experience, what needs to be remembered is that a boubcy castle has 100% novelty value to a child.  An adult or older child will have seen it all before and the novelty value may well get a little tarnished.  However, to younger children, it will always be a novelty because it will be new to them.  And it's the younger children who drive such a business.

[jjames]

Hi All

A bouncy castle business can be very profitable. We ran a bouncy castle business for 3 years. We started out with one and ended up with 15. It is an all year round business and although it is busier in the summer and at christmas, you can make a very good living all year round. It is very hard work when you have 15 castles but 3 or 4 could be very easy. You only have to work a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours early evening. Our last years turnover was £76,000 and we sold the business without vehicles for £20,000. The reason for the sale was back problems. The present owners employ staff and do not work on the business themselves as they have full time jobs. They have increased the turnover to approx £110,000 and now have 25 units. What fredboy says is entirely true and he is only trying to offer a good business for sale. Don't give him such a hard time

[Village Gleam]

I just said sorry, what about all those previous bouncing posts. I add interest and value to a thread because of my intellect and the fact that I stimulate other people into responding . Therefore I am being helpfull because far more people will now get to know about this valued opportunity.

Shiner, it's true about a childs perspective, but I meant a new technology or period of change in an industry, and in business terms this is not new. WFP may have been around ten years but we are still in the first phase of widespread adoption. All industries undergo this, digital cameras have now overtaken for instance and nearly brought down Kodak. Later on in the cycle things become a commodity (as apposed to a novelty) and price becomes more dominant over new technology.

[matt]

I add interest and value to a thread because of my intellect and the fact that I stimulate other people into responding

its only the 1st of jan and we allready have a contender for the funniest post of the year

well done

[Village Gleam]

indeed

[Village Gleam]

Okay be like that Happy new year Matt , oh and what's an inverter?

[matt]

Okay be like that Happy new year Matt , oh and what's an inverter?

 

i had gone out for a bike ride

im not if the inverter question is real or not

BUT

a inverter will convert 12 V to 240 V ( thus 12 V battery to 240 house mains socket )

[Village Gleam]

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