7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Window Cleaning Business, 10 Years Ago
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- I started my window cleaning business in 2013. These are 7 of the things I wish I knew before I started. Maybe they will help you? What tips would you give your younger self?
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Thanks so much! Dom from Glide
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Honestly the best window cleaner ever, very informative
Wow, thanks!
awesome video mate set a minimum charge and stick to it i wish i could send to myself 5 yrs ago i got into window cleaning as my dad was one but i was hell bent on just charging 10 quid 😂 as in my head thats all i would be willing to pay and just to get the job ect few yrs down the line i had to increase to £12.00 even tho all my new work was £15.00 minimum and just this month took the leap and increase the 12.00 to £15.00 so alot of messing about to finally get them on the price they should of veen from day 1 and costly over the years haha. all your points where spot on bud
also have a set rota i was doing monthly 6 weekly and 2 monthly now i only do monthly as i would get weeks the 6/8 weekly would drop in and ve manic and they take alot longer
Well done bro, great video. I started my own cleaning business 16 years ago, what you said in your video is bang on 👍
Thanks Bro 👍🏼
Thank you for this video! I just started my journey month ago. Have a good one from Canada
Thanks mate, all the best to you 😁
Great video.. but tip 4: if they don’t pay after 3 times of asking. WD40 on a dry mop across their windows does the trick.. has never failed me.. she has mistaken your kindness as weakness!
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Incredible video 😀
Thanks 😁
Brilliant video, any tips on marketing/getting customers?
Hi Ben, thanks so much for the comment, really appreciate it. I think that's a whole video in itself. And everything has changed so much. When I started I did Google AdWords and paid 30p a click and get good clients that I still have to this day but that's not an option anymore after companies like bark inflated that market.
Basically, there's no secret other than just don't give up. Do all the free things like social media, Google my Business ect and just don't give up. Keep posting, keep getting reviews, keep putting on images. It takes time but it snowballs. Good customers bring good customers so do a referral discount scheme.
Basically there's no secret, just hard work and determination to get your brand out there and slowly the phone starts ringing 👌👍
All the best with everything 😁
I was a window Cleaner for 7 years and I’m just putting things in place to start on my own from January next year.
I’m wondering whether to start off traditional and just use a backpack for difficult windows, uneven ground etc.
I’ve got to buy a van and other equipment so I’m just wondering
Nice one bro. Yes I was in a car 10 years ago with a backpack, nothing wrong with it.
If it was me, I would invest in the back pack, a 18-25ft pole like the gardiner CLX or SLX, and 4 or more 25l containers, it will pay for itself. And also trad stuff for when you run out of water and build it from there as the jobs come in. All the best with everything bro
@@GlideLtd thanks bro
Yeah I’ve just set up with a spotless water account as I have a pure water station by me.
Will definitely purchase the Gardiner poles
Cheers
That's great bro 👍 yea you can pick up a CLX18 for £145 plus vat. That will do you for all 2 storey windows and then you can add up to 3 more sections in the future if you get bigger jobs 👊 with the Gardiner back pack, tax, and shipping you'll be paying about £330. Then you only need some containers and your good to go 👊
just use the customer's water?
@@silentgrind34 pure water is the bees knees.... using ordinary tap water will leave marks, streaks and likes of water spots on the glass....
Pure water this elevates these issues
5:20 this person obviously didnt wanted to pay. Thats not Because You were rude at all Thats just the reason She used at the end to justify but She never had intention to pay
Yea she didn't want to pay and me being "rude" was enough to give her a moral superiority to not pay. So always got to be professional even when clients aren't 👍👊
i don't think it would have mattered she was clearly a waster and just out to rip you off @@GlideLtd
Maybe, but the point is when I have come accross these people since I have always got paid by remaining professional and using the formal letter @@britishfish4133 😄 Thanks for the coment
Hi
Very good, i am interested to know how much days these are cost for semi house, or per window for pricing purposes is??
As a new comer to business
Will appreciate your advice with some figures?
Thanks
Hey Kavos, unfortunately it's just not possible to compare prices as there's just too many variables such as, the house, access, how often, location, travel time ect ect. One semi could be £5 and one semi could be £50.
You've got to work out your own pricing structure. Work out what you need in a day to cover your expenses and wage and go from there 👊
All the best mate 👍👊
That lady was never going to pay you
Thanks for the comment. I'm sure you are correct but what I learned from that I have used when future clients have tried the similar tactics and I never have had someone not pay since, even when they try. Many thanks, Dom
@@GlideLtd Im not saying I know everything lol I didn't mean to come off like that im just disgusted she treated you that way
Enough with these window washing channels. Nobody pays for washing windows.
Says the guy who keeps watching window cleaning videos 🤣
I think you need to learn how the youtibe algorithim works before commenting but all the best 👍
You have no idea what you are talking about.