u got libraries in your town, county?
go spend a few weeks learning about
marketing, advertising, customer sales,
pricing, follow up, book keeping,
taxes, cost/income balance.
find a detailer that is NOT in your town,
county and either work for them or follow them
around for a week or so.
u will learn what they do.
go to your town and repeat.
plenty of books on detailing via library.
u could expand by selling your service
to local mom/pop stores for front window
washing.
would give u good income summer/winters.
use your library for info u will need.
The biggest thing is that you need to be able to provide a service that people need. Most detailing businesses are mobile, which means that they have a truck that goes to where the dirty cars are and performs services there. If this isn't an option for you guys, then you will have to advertise your operation as one that only performs at your chosen location. Then you need to get the word out...Believe it or not, a lot of businesses like this get a lot of local exposure by simply using signs. They are a low tech, low cost way to let people know about your new business. Good luck
Me and a buddy of mine want to start off a detailing job since there is no where hiring in our town, we are both 17 years old and attend highschool, classes are only from 8am to noon and we have a lot of spare time on our hands, we wanted to start a detailing service, washing cars cleaning cars etc. this is just until we save enough money where we can start to buy trashed/wrecked vehicles and restore them, we are both car guys and need some help on how to start a detailing service without a shop, we will most likely just do it at my house in town, we live in a small town in Colorado with few shops that detail, and are always packed often people have to wait days, therefore how should we start this service and is it ok to do it in my driveway or?
