Compensation to live on is for an employee, profits are required to operate a business.
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My bad, forgot your the elitist prick on here,won’t happen again.
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Don’t get pissed at me because your content getting by on $1 per window when others are offering services worth more.
Be a business owner not an employee working for your own business. You have to make profits happen.
That can be the difference between easy $$$$ in the bank and # truestruggles !!
I was thinking about starting a plumbing business. Does anyone know what tools I need, how much I should charge and if there’s a forum somewhere where I could ask a bunch of questions?
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Cool where in NC? We’re moving to Tennessee tri cities area. We’ll be staying in a vacation rental just across the border in NC for a month while we look for something permanent. I have friends that live in Raleigh and Rocky Mount, NC. @Jersey is in NC as well.
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If that’s what you are happy with, more power to ya bud.
My grocery bill averages 100 bucks a week. How long does it take you to clean 130 windows?
Personally, I don’t want to live that way, nor does my business plan involve chasing $1 window cleaning. Yours does and you seem ok with it. It’s all good.
monthly cleaned, commercial panes? 1.5 hours
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$2 bucks is the going rate here. I like the aspect of being able to bs with the people for a couple minutes afterwards. How many floors would be considered a low rise building? Does the price for window go up on what floor it’s on or how big it is or both?
For lowrise, I believe insurance companies classify 3 stories and under.
Anything that has a demand can make you money and you prosper well at. Take furniture upholstery for example 
There is great opportunity to refurbish furniture and resell it or repair peoples beloved furniture. With that knowledge in that field you could open your own business.
$80,000 net in window cleaning? It can be done. So can $80,000 net be done with any assortment of business ventures. But to start up a business, any business, many fail and many succeed - some not so well while others really well.
Are there people with disposable income in your small area? What do they buy and spend their money on? Are they paying close attention to the “curb appeal” of their homes and businesses? Follow the money to find your dream.
Window cleaning is not a get-rich-easy venture. Sit down with some business advisors. One very helpful start is your local S.C.O.R.E., might have to look outside of your general area to find, but a huge wealth of information to be had.
@Garry,
Thanks for the insight, I appreciate it!
There are some VERY nice neighborhoods within 15 minutes of me, and even lakefront properties.
You know, the doctors, lawyers etc…
Those are the neighborhoods and areas that I would hit hard with most of my residential marketing, most likely.
I would also advertise other places as well… but it’s just more reasonable to think that the higher class would be more likely to have someone wash their windows as opposed to mid, and lower class neighborhoods.
Shoot, I would maybe even market some of those too…if it would be a fairly easy house etc… you could get by with running lower prices for them perhaps.
3 stories or less.
Prices over floor one go up. 2nd floor is more than floor one. Third is more than floor two,
I use factoring for window sizes. Small windows get no discount, but bigger windows and odd shape windows cost more.
That’s a good place to start. People with obvious disposable income. People that can afford a housekeeper on a part time/ full time basis, can afford a window cleaner. Those that can’t, likely can’t afford you. That goes for commercial and residential.
I find for me, here, that anyone with a up to 300k home, can’t/won’t pay me to clean their windows. They are too broke. They also tend to be the type that “clean” doesn’t matter to. I have found though, that some of them, when selling a home, can be sold on window cleaning, to boost their chances of a sale.
https://www.score.org/ they help small business get access to education and mentors. Check it out.
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My suggestion would be to go work part time for a windiw Cleaning company in your area or full time. Do it for a year. You will learn a lot from other guys that jace been in the trade for some time.
While your working learn about marketing An save some money for when your ready to go on your own.
Highly recommend for those who don’t have experience. Learn the basics then implement them in our own business.
I feel a person is better off starting a business in an industry where they already have a general knowledge of the service.
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