How to Start A Laundry + Dry Cleaning Business

How to Start A Laundry + Dry Cleaning Business

Have you made up your mind to avoid poverty at all costs? And you are concerned about starting up your own business. yet you are confused about the exact business to lay your hands on which will surely give you profit and make you smile to the bank on a daily basis? I have an idea for you. Laundry and Dry cleaning business!
Laundry business is a profitable venture for anyone who is smart but not for anyone who is not interested in working before making money.This article will specifically lead you into the basic requirements for you to start a laundry business of your own. It is cheap and easy to run.

1.    Select a location
You have the option of getting a place for lease if you have the financial capacity to do so. But if not or you want to minimize expenses, you can start from your own house. This is where your business will start. So you cannot afford not to have one. Your customers will need to be able to trace you to a location and they need to be able to trust that you will not elope with their clothes and stuff before they can give them to you.

2.    Have a consistent water supply
Your business needs water on a daily basis if you want to keep your customers. ensure you have a steady source of water every time. You will need water to wash, rinse and evn press the fabrics.

3.    Make sure you have a consistent power supply
You will need this to ensure the smooth running of your laundry business. You will not be helping the growth of your business if you cannot deliver when you promised. It will make you lose customers as they will find it difficult to trust you. Now, an alternative to this is purchasing a generator that has the capacity to power your basic equipment.

4.    Buy your basic equipment
Here is a list of the basic equipment you will need to start and run your laundry and dry cleaning business.
-Industrial steam iron (2) and 1 ordinary pressing iron
-A good industrial washing machine (12-15kg Akai)
-A good generator (7.5KVA)
-A wide ironing table (120cm x 85cm)
-Industrial detergent
-dryer
-Garment conveyor
-shelves to keep ironed clothes
-A big standing fan
-Basins,buckets,clips,
-Industrial detergents

5.    Package your service
You need to create your niche even in this business. Always package your customers' clothes in very neat and presentable transparent materials. if you do this, you are sure to make them come again and again.

6.    Create a brand name
You can create a brand name on your tag which will be attached to every customer's cloth. Make sure it is catchy and classy. This tag of yours will carry your address, contact and possibly e-mail address.

7.    Introduce a twist
This can be your own as the convenience of your customers matter a lot. You can include home-delivery in your services. This can be possible if you have your customers' data which  includes their home address and contacts.

Things to avoid
1.    Misplaced clothes
This can quickly ruin your business if you are not careful. Avoid mixing up of the fabrics by entering the detail of every fabric into a book for records. Personally supervise this if you have people working with you.

2.    Spoilt fabrics
Avoid washing fabrics of different colors together, especially the white fabrics. Please, avoid that costly error.

3.    Disappointing your customers
If you made the promise to deliver at a certain time, please do not falter. Trust is not demanded for, it is rather earned. If not, you will gradually lose your customers.

Your business can grow quickly depending on how much attention you give to it. Please, avoid  being too hungry for gain and thereby overcharging your customers. Anyone can also get involved in this business. You can start it and employ your workers while you supervise, if you have the money. I hope you will find these information useful.