September 2003
In This Issue:
Quick start-up tips
It's as easy as asking
Quick start-up tips
Five easy steps are all that is required to start
a
Mobile Dry Cleaning Business:
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Have a desire to succeed in your own business
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Find a drycleaner to do your work
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Take your customers soiled garments to the
drycleaner
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Return the cleaned garments
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Collect the retail drycleaning price, pay the
drycleaner the wholesale charges and keep the difference.
You must provide step #1. If you don't have
a desire to succeed, failure is your partner.
Step #2 -Finding a drycleaner - takes
some work, but it is not as difficult as you may think. Contact all the
drycleaners in your area who do work on the premises, ask if they offer
wholesale dry cleaning services and what kind of package do they offer,
(tagging garments for identification,drycleaning and pressing, assembly and
packaging) and what do they charge per item.
After
surveying several dry cleaners, choose the one who offers:
- A
high confidence level
- The
most services at the best value
- professional
workmanship
Once you have decided on a dry cleaner
double the wholesale cost, this will help you establish a quick pricing policy
until you become more familiar with profit and loss ratios.
Next you want to find a customer. Start with
your friends, relatives, and neighbors, They know you and will be
willing to help you get started in business.
Take your drycleaning orders to the drycleaner for
processing and when the orders are finished, return them to the respective
customer and collect for your service.
This may sound like an oversimplification and to
be honest, there is more to Mobile Dry Cleaning than mentioned here, but the
truth is the previous steps are all that is required to get started.
Once you have customers and begin to earn money, you will want to know more
about customer relations, marketing, and business practices etc.
The Mobile Dry Cleaning Manual and an
MDCSP membership will provide that information
It's as easy as asking
You Must be willing to knock on doors
Personal contact is the key to this business
To most of you, this is probably the biggest
stumbling block of the Mobile Dry Cleaning Business. It doesn't have to
be. You don't have to be a super salesperson, you don't have to take
special courses to develop sales skills, you simply have to ask.
When you talk to others, mention you are a
drycleaner and, if they are looking for a quality service, to contact you.
Give them a business card and let things happen. You will be surprised
at the comments you hear when you open the topic of dry cleaning so be
prepared to offer your services. Most of the reactions to your offer will
be favorable. Once a handful of customers has been developed, your
business will have been launched and weekly sales and profits will
follow.
Your dreams and goals will dictate how much more
time and effort you want to devote to this new business venture.
Good fortune is wished for you in all your endeavors no
matter what they may be.
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