Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: kinder clean on February 13, 2010, 08:40:25 pm
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A - I'd be interested to know if you get many people coming in the shop asking if you hire a carpet cleaning machine ?
B - Which makes the most money, selling or cleaning the stuff !
A friend of mine is a carpet fitter, ( he doesn't have a shop ) we recently did a job together re-laying some wrinked carpets and then cleaning them, I got that job because I could offer them a solution to both their problems, it also led to an £860 new carpet sale.
Going to have some flyers aimed at commercial offering all in one supply, fitting and cleaning.
Has anyone else coupled with another trade with good results ?
Cheers
Paul
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Hi paul like you a freind of mine is a carpet fitter well worth carrying each others cards ect
if you can get on well and scratch each others back so to speak it can only benifit you both.
the one thing i would say in my case i get him a lot more work than he gets me, i think that is down to your stereo type of people in the uk.
Happy to pay under £10 sqm then boast they have not had them cleaned for x amount of years if you dont work miracles then they may consider replacing
If you want your carpets clean then keep them clean. If you want them to look like new then buy new ones.
Just my thoughts starting to sound like the missus now ;D
Why not get some double sidded a5 done and see who comes out on top let me know how you get on
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Hello Paul,
Not sure about the first question but I can tell you that supplying will make you more money than cleaning without a doubt. Just started supplying a bit of domestic stuff myself but I'm limited until I find somewhere to keep stock.
Good fitting is most important - If your man can fit anything thats thrown at him and plan/estimate then go for it mate.
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Forgot to mention in my first post
Steve Barnett has walked this path, so it would be good to speak to him.
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hi
my family going back to grandfather retailed floorcoverings,
myself started cleaning in 1986, opened my first retail shop (carpets) 1993 by 2002 was making silly money, then a split up forced sale.
since doing a bit fitting , cleaning , retailing.
carpet retailing is by far harder, the rewards great, but to build up customers, takes along time. you have the two options top end brintons, axminster ect, who when trying to get account wont even look at you even if you have a shop, warehouse, 100 grand.
They like to price fix this end of the market. then theres the low ,to middle end. plenty of work, as much as there is, if not more, in cleaning carpets in this group of people.
But harder now, as so many options of floorcoverings, wood, vinyl,tiles, ect. then the cost to advertise to these people, find a wholesaler, who would give you discounts and deals, (give you discounts but only on turnover,)
So you have to gain customer, and more customers to get deals, and volume discounts.
so to summarise you are paying for expensive advertising, selling it for nothing, in hope of discount later to make yer profit, which will work and happen, but have you the nerve for 5 years no money and lots of debt, which most buisness of any type after do.
Thats why cleaning is great, its cash ,its tommorrow, costs little to get into, carpet fitting nearly same if you can find 2 to 3 shops to work for, but harder work.
As add on, carry a few samples hope to sell it high, even though its cheap, great profits, but you wont get repeat customer.
darren