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superstarmac · Mar 27, 2007, 07:53 PM

Hi all,how to start a car wash business.What a very important u like if u are my customer? Thank you

Krs · Mar 30, 2007, 05:52 AM

Why don't you prepare an introduction letter PLUS a questionnaire and find that out from your potential customers what they would like? ;)

You need to prepare a business plan

ScottGem · Mar 30, 2007, 05:57 AM

Well one thing that might be important is that you don't take shortcuts like using chat speak.

You need to develop a business plan which will include location, funding for construction, marketing etc. The people at score.org can help.

Fr_Chuck · Mar 30, 2007, 06:21 AM

As Scott said, you want to first start acting like a business person, all of that "chat" talk makes you appear on first impression less than business like, Impression is everything.

So what type of car wash do you want to do. Are you speaking about a 20 bay building with self service bays and drive though ? If so there are many fransises that offer packages that are pretty good.

Are you talking about a mobile car and truck wash mounted on a trailer you pull behind, or perhaps a smaller one on the back of a truck.

Are you going to wash cars in your back yard.

Each of these take different marketing and planning.

I set my sons up when they were out of work with a mobile car wash, they basically went business to business offering to wash cars or to detail.
They had a flyer, went in and tried to sell their washes. Over a period of weeks going back to some places they worked up a group of clients they did every week or every other week normally and contineued to get that other people to do also.