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Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #200 on: February 03, 2021, 07:52:02 pm »
So many companies offer both now.

DPD and footlocker I didn’t realise are franchises as well.

Won’t be yet but I’ve had a chat with my franchisees and we have a surprise for Nigel  ;D ;D

All this chat and no ones saying how much you want and how much I’ll get I’m hearing a lot of 💨,if someone thinks they need to pay 1000s to start window cleaning good luck to them once they’ve been doing it a while they’ll realise they didn’t,it’s like paying money to have a bloke on the other end of the phone for advise 🤣🤣🤣

My franchise buy in price varies on how much the guy wants to earn vs how quickly he wants to get there.

My packages start from £4,999 and includes a Grippa max system, electric hose reel and decent poles etc as standard.

As for t shirts, we wear polo shirts.

The thing with my packages is the end result is still the same. Unlimited earning potential.

KS Cleaning

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #201 on: February 03, 2021, 09:50:10 pm »
So many companies offer both now.

DPD and footlocker I didn’t realise are franchises as well.

Won’t be yet but I’ve had a chat with my franchisees and we have a surprise for Nigel  ;D ;D

All this chat and no ones saying how much you want and how much I’ll get I’m hearing a lot of 💨,if someone thinks they need to pay 1000s to start window cleaning good luck to them once they’ve been doing it a while they’ll realise they didn’t,it’s like paying money to have a bloke on the other end of the phone for advise 🤣🤣🤣

My franchise buy in price varies on how much the guy wants to earn vs how quickly he wants to get there.

My packages start from £4,999 and includes a Grippa max system, electric hose reel and decent poles etc as standard.

As for t shirts, we wear polo shirts.

The thing with my packages is the end result is still the same. Unlimited earning potential.
That is a very reasonable package price and I can see that being an attractive option for any new start ups. Do you take more than the average in royalties to compensate for the low franchise cost?

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #202 on: February 03, 2021, 11:48:13 pm »
I think you’ll find that’s the starting price or some would say deposit.

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #203 on: February 04, 2021, 03:47:34 pm »
So many companies offer both now.

DPD and footlocker I didn’t realise are franchises as well.

Won’t be yet but I’ve had a chat with my franchisees and we have a surprise for Nigel  ;D ;D

All this chat and no ones saying how much you want and how much I’ll get I’m hearing a lot of 💨,if someone thinks they need to pay 1000s to start window cleaning good luck to them once they’ve been doing it a while they’ll realise they didn’t,it’s like paying money to have a bloke on the other end of the phone for advise 🤣🤣🤣

My franchise buy in price varies on how much the guy wants to earn vs how quickly he wants to get there.

My packages start from £4,999 and includes a Grippa max system, electric hose reel and decent poles etc as standard.

As for t shirts, we wear polo shirts.

The thing with my packages is the end result is still the same. Unlimited earning potential.
That is a very reasonable package price and I can see that being an attractive option for any new start ups. Do you take more than the average in royalties to compensate for the low franchise cost?

Nope, my royalty fee is 20% which is about the norm I think.

I’m changing my packages very soon as I’ve  come up with a better deal for franchisees and myself actually.

A I was taught from day 1 not to make a profit on the package.

B I made a small loss on my second guy but after 3 months I was in profit.


Stoots

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #204 on: February 04, 2021, 05:59:25 pm »
The hard part is going to be finding a franchisee.

Ive just started advertising mine, had a couple of enquiries but nothing worth following up, can see this being a long road...

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #205 on: February 04, 2021, 06:45:40 pm »
Finding the right person is hard! Lots of interest but your'e looking for a type of person who you will want to join.

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #206 on: February 04, 2021, 07:03:35 pm »
Finding the right person is hard! Lots of interest but your'e looking for a type of person who you will want to join.

Yeah that’s the problem these call centres have when you answer the phone and they say don’t put the phone down don’t put the phone down 🤣🤣🤣🤣

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #207 on: February 04, 2021, 07:11:19 pm »
Finding the right person is hard! Lots of interest but your'e looking for a type of person who you will want to join.

There’s always people out there that are looking for that certain type of person lol,I tell you what you are looking for and that’s someone that knows absolutely nothing about window cleaning fair play to you if you can find people,today I saw Lord Lucan riding Shergar chasing a Unicorn 🦄 🤣🤣🤣 after seeing this I thought to myself it takes all kinds of people lol.

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #208 on: February 04, 2021, 08:10:18 pm »
I spoke to a guy who had started a carpet cleaning business and was interested in adding window cleaning. Straight away it would be a no in my head as he's already tried. After a few days chatting he's going to try it himself, which i knew from the start.

I've been taking in a guy to help me out as we're swamped with work and new leads at the moment. He's JUST informed me he wants a franchise and to start asap. 

So yes NWH there are people out there.

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #209 on: February 04, 2021, 08:17:42 pm »
I see you keep saying there are people out there and that’s so so true but the fact of the matter is these people are in the dark as to what’s involved in getting started,the equipment and new van they might have seen has blinded them to how easy it can be with a bit of shoe leather and common sense.
Yes there are people out there but then again there always will be like they’ll always be some little old girl getting her savings taken off her and people that think just because you invest in the stock market you’ll make money,when these people delve a little deeper they see the light 💡 only sometimes it’s a little dim lol.

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #210 on: February 04, 2021, 08:24:28 pm »
Someone once said to me “A fool and his money are soon parted”how true that is,very similar to “If it looks to good to be true it probably is”
😩😩😩😩

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #211 on: February 04, 2021, 08:28:08 pm »
During the gold rush the miners lost money,the people who made the money were the ones selling the picks and shovels.

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #212 on: February 04, 2021, 08:30:06 pm »
Is it so hard to grasp that some people in the world would rather buy a franchise than trying it alone?

Frankybadboy

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #213 on: February 04, 2021, 08:40:07 pm »
blimey did i just read 11 pages of this

4/5 people who it works for

and 1 person  who says no and know all the answers yet never tried

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #214 on: February 04, 2021, 08:42:15 pm »
No it’s not but the only people that will buy into it are people that know absolutely nothing about being self employed and the service industry,it will attract someone that has for example redundancy and wants a change from office work.
My opinion obviously you’d never attract anyone that’s cleaned a window for someone else unless they were caught  chewing  wallpaper in the corner whilst dribbling.
This has got to be one of the easiest businesses in history to get started in.

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #215 on: February 04, 2021, 08:56:45 pm »
No it’s not but the only people that will buy into it are people that know absolutely nothing about being self employed and the service industry,it will attract someone that has for example redundancy and wants a change from office work.
My opinion obviously you’d never attract anyone that’s cleaned a window for someone else unless they were caught  chewing  wallpaper in the corner whilst dribbling.
This has got to be one of the easiest businesses in history to get started in.

LOL, everyone that's joined us has been in regular employment but didn't like their job.

Tom-01

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #216 on: February 04, 2021, 08:57:19 pm »
No it’s not but the only people that will buy into it are people that know absolutely nothing about being self employed and the service industry,it will attract someone that has for example redundancy and wants a change from office work.
My opinion obviously you’d never attract anyone that’s cleaned a window for someone else unless they were caught  chewing  wallpaper in the corner whilst dribbling.
This has got to be one of the easiest businesses in history to get started in.

I used to quite like your posts sometimes, but now you are just full of rubbish. You blather on and on with nonsense. Whatever anyone says you leave a comment with stupid remarks. Then normally a comment straight underneath with more stupid remarks.

There’s people on here who employ and make very good money. There’s people on here who franchise and make very good money. There’s sole traders on here who make very good money.

Frankybadboy

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #217 on: February 04, 2021, 09:10:57 pm »
No it’s not but the only people that will buy into it are people that know absolutely nothing about being self employed and the service industry,it will attract someone that has for example redundancy and wants a change from office work.
My opinion obviously you’d never attract anyone that’s cleaned a window for someone else unless they were caught  chewing  wallpaper in the corner whilst dribbling.
This has got to be one of the easiest businesses in history to get started in.

I used to quite like your posts sometimes, but now you are just full of rubbish. You blather on and on with nonsense. Whatever anyone says you leave a comment with stupid remarks. Then normally a comment straight underneath with more stupid remarks.

There’s people on here who employ and make very good money. There’s people on here who franchise and make very good money. There’s sole traders on here who make very good money.
and then there NWH  ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll ::)roll

james peters

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #218 on: February 04, 2021, 09:56:51 pm »
omg is this still  going on
dog and bone comes to mind  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

NWH

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Re: Thinking of franchising
« Reply #219 on: February 04, 2021, 11:04:28 pm »
If anyone wants any I’m offering huge discounts on fresh air 💨 💨