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ShineShop · 11-19-08, 05:42

Oh and I forgot to add that if you really want to make some serious money detailing you are going to need staff to grow and be able to accomodate being able to do a lot of work. That is the main problem with the detail business is lack of qualified staff and cost of labour. It isn't as bad in the US but the minimum wage in Ontario where I live is going to $9.50 in February (goes to $10.25 in another year) and when you add in the employment related expenses that is really around $12.00 an hour. That is the cheapest employee I can hire and trust me you can't find ANYONE decent that will work for minimum wage so this pushes your costs per hour of labour to $15 and beyond. It's no wonder that the lowballers never make any money when they are paying out the bucks in wages and not getting any money for it.

11-19-08, 05:42	#6 (permalink)
ShineShop Registered User ShineShop is offline Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 742	Re: Newbie looking for business Oh and I forgot to add that if you really want to make some serious money detailing you are going to need staff to grow and be able to accomodate being able to do a lot of work. That is the main problem with the detail business is lack of qualified staff and cost of labour. It isn't as bad in the US but the minimum wage in Ontario where I live is going to $9.50 in February (goes to $10.25 in another year) and when you add in the employment related expenses that is really around $12.00 an hour. That is the cheapest employee I can hire and trust me you can't find ANYONE decent that will work for minimum wage so this pushes your costs per hour of labour to $15 and beyond. It's no wonder that the lowballers never make any money when they are paying out the bucks in wages and not getting any money for it.