I work alone, got myself a garage, with heating to work in. I almost doubled my prices, and got more (and better) customers than ever! I've been doing detailing as a hobby, but it's becoming more than that. Thank you for teaching us to be better business owners!
It's separate, I live in an apartment. I really don't know what type of heating it is, I just know how to change the degrees. It's not a heating fan since they would be destroyed by the water/moisture. The ceiling has fans, one side of the wall has the heating box thing and the floor has a drain with a oil,dirt and water separator.
Hey Yvan, I enjoyed both of your classes and chatting after the classes at the table. Like I said in your class, we've sold the body shop and we're headed to the detail world full time very soon. We WILL be implementing your ideas in our shop! Thanks for everything.
Very grateful for this content! Puts so many things into perspective with a clear path to a successful business. Long way to go, but this content is type of content is the embodiment of your TH-cam channel name. Thanks Yvan
Nice tip on the pressure washer that I hadn’t heard before/I ALWAYS read the employee manual (and refer to it often)/Thanks again for some very valuable info!! 🤓😎
Thank you for filming this! I was wondering when you were talking about not wetting the interior too much, how were you cleaning carpet floor mats, were you pressure washing them? If yes how did you dry them fast? Thanks
Great content as usual :) i have learned all this before (a lot from you and this channel btw), still glad i watched it... some things are good to repeat. And you never know when something new to learn will apear😁 tnx a lot Mr ;)
Thank you so much Yvan for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom. I hope you can give me advice, I put together a shop it all started as a hobby but over the years it became like a real shop with lots of tools, a lift, compressor, paint booth, etc, I want to make it a detailing or maybe a body shop, the problem is it’s located very far from the city, the question is what are your thoughts if it’s possible to build a business far from the city and not pay rent or you recommend trying renting a better location place but is very costly? I hope my english is not too rusty, thank you for your time.
It seems there a bit of a paradox in figuring your hourly cost and charging "per service". If you upgrade from a lint roller to using compressed air (as an example), your time goes down, so your cost goes down. But how do you think about what you charge as you find efficiencies through skill and equipment upgrades?
Thank you for the information uncle Yvan!!! Because of you I became a opticoat installer and I ask you again ...when do you come to Europe for a training class??? 😁
A customer just called me and he has a 21 f350. He wanted a wash and wax and an interior detail. I said my price for interior is based on condition. He said that he doesn't want to book right now because he doesn't want to be stuck with a $700 bill and he will call around. His interior must be nasty. 😆
Amazing! I Can listen to your wisdom for hours. Thank you for all you done for our industry!
Thanks for listening
Just want to say thanks for filming and sharing this with everyone.
Thank you for watching!
I work alone, got myself a garage, with heating to work in. I almost doubled my prices, and got more (and better) customers than ever!
I've been doing detailing as a hobby, but it's becoming more than that. Thank you for teaching us to be better business owners!
It’s nice to hear about these success stories, thank you for sharing.
What heating are you using and is your garage separate from the house? Thank you
It's separate, I live in an apartment. I really don't know what type of heating it is, I just know how to change the degrees. It's not a heating fan since they would be destroyed by the water/moisture. The ceiling has fans, one side of the wall has the heating box thing and the floor has a drain with a oil,dirt and water separator.
Ideally find a heat source test will keep your shop at 70f year round.
Mine goes from 5c to 30c, usually keep it around 20c.
Hey Yvan, I enjoyed both of your classes and chatting after the classes at the table. Like I said in your class, we've sold the body shop and we're headed to the detail world full time very soon. We WILL be implementing your ideas in our shop! Thanks for everything.
Thank you for taking the time to watch.
Very grateful for this content! Puts so many things into perspective with a clear path to a successful business. Long way to go, but this content is type of content is the embodiment of your TH-cam channel name. Thanks Yvan
Thank you.
Great talk. Thanks for recording and posting!
Thank you for watching
Nice tip on the pressure washer that I hadn’t heard before/I ALWAYS read the employee manual (and refer to it often)/Thanks again for some very valuable info!! 🤓😎
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for the great info! I’m always reflecting and improving and it’s thanks to your info/experience!
Wow, thank you.
I'm working my way up. Doing it from my garage. Thank you for your amazing knowledge
Excellent.
Great advice, Yvan. Wow.
Thank you for sharing. Just know that I've learned so much from you, and am grateful.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you Yvan God bless you and your family
Thank you.
Thank you for filming this! I was wondering when you were talking about not wetting the interior too much, how were you cleaning carpet floor mats, were you pressure washing them? If yes how did you dry them fast? Thanks
We used a dedicated Matt washing machine. Without that start by dry brushing them. Wetting them only creates mud.
Great video!
Can you make a video on logistics of the shop pick up and drop off?
Good idea, thank you
Wealth of knowledge.
Have you made a video already on how to decontaminate a vehicle using Rinseless??
Not yet
Great content as usual :) i have learned all this before (a lot from you and this channel btw), still glad i watched it... some things are good to repeat. And you never know when something new to learn will apear😁 tnx a lot Mr ;)
Thank you for watching.
Love your info Yvan can you try to make content about how to market to your target audience
Good plan
I raised my hand when you asked, "who raised their prices?" 😁
Excellent, happy you raised your prices!
@@Detailers-Business-Academy me too lol
When you say, on average it costs between $75 and $95 an hour...you are referring to each employee costs that, correct?
Yes
Thank you so much Yvan for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom. I hope you can give me advice, I put together a shop it all started as a hobby but over the years it became like a real shop with lots of tools, a lift, compressor, paint booth, etc, I want to make it a detailing or maybe a body shop, the problem is it’s located very far from the city, the question is what are your thoughts if it’s possible to build a business far from the city and not pay rent or you recommend trying renting a better location place but is very costly? I hope my english is not too rusty, thank you for your time.
Far from the city is fine, it simply requires more marketing.
@@Detailers-Business-Academy Thanks for the answer!! 🙏🏻 Have a great day! 👍🏻
Thanks for asking
It seems there a bit of a paradox in figuring your hourly cost and charging "per service". If you upgrade from a lint roller to using compressed air (as an example), your time goes down, so your cost goes down. But how do you think about what you charge as you find efficiencies through skill and equipment upgrades?
It becomes additional profits for you.
Parfait👌
Merci .
Thank you for the information uncle Yvan!!! Because of you I became a opticoat installer and I ask you again ...when do you come to Europe for a training class??? 😁
Gather a minimum of 10 students and I’m on the plane.
Good to know.
Where are you located.
I'm from Germany . I live in a small town. The name is Senden. I live about 60 minutes away from TRC-Europe in the Netherlands.
Ask them to organize a training?
Taking lots of notes.
Great, if you have any questions, happy to help.
Is it easier to wipe up dried N914 or the dried up polymer spots from ONR?
The same.
@@Detailers-Business-Academy Thank you.
@@JP-ro2yi with pleasure
A customer just called me and he has a 21 f350. He wanted a wash and wax and an interior detail. I said my price for interior is based on condition. He said that he doesn't want to book right now because he doesn't want to be stuck with a $700 bill and he will call around. His interior must be nasty. 😆
Unfortunately yes
Yvan, how many loaner cars did you have at any given time?
We kept 5 on average
@@Detailers-Business-Academy that's the number I was thinking
Start with one, grow as needed
@@Detailers-Business-Academy I was also thinking that exact same thing. Lol
1st
As always!
2nd
Thank you