quamen
09-09-2004, 09:10 AM
Wow i am sitting back in my seat here looking at the old posts I have sent in. At a time just a few months back I was so worried about even starting up the detailing business due to the area I lived in and if it would be any success. My phone keeps ringing even though I stopped advertising over 1 month ago or so cause I needed to head back to school. Even though im going to school im still doing full details and have more to come.
Im just writing this post in to tell anyone who is wanted to start a detailing business and move it from just detailing your cars, to making it a small or big business you can do it if you have the heart. I remember when I used to work for 40 hours a week at a local store and my paycheck was only 250 dollars after all that good stuff at the end of the week. I now can make that in a matter of hours of detailing which has been great. The other day I made $150 dollars in the matter of 3 hours which is the most I have ever made that quick I believe! Im not saying do detailing just for the money if you dont love it, but it has given me such a better life that I can live and buy things I like and expand the business. Im only 22 years old but take it very serious and have obtained all high end customers. I dont know how it came this way,but I can remember the phone not ringing at all after advertising. I got very upset and almost gave up at the one pointk, then bam I got one of my first calls. I was very nervous because of the status of the vehicles being so expensive and I knew the customers would be very very picky! I took my time and worked really hard and they sure were impressed! I was able to then work into these high class neighborhoods and develop a strong reputation over my other competion around the area.
There is actually quite a few shops around my area, but I never thought I would actually take their business away. I still remember being at the car wash washing down the show truck and I said im going to open a business, or when I first moved here and passed the detailing shop which I commmented I wanted to do detailing as well for myself. I never ever in 100s of years thought it would have grown to what it have become in less than 1 year of operation here! Im already trying to obtain another vehicle for my buddy Brian to run cause I can trust him to actually make the business do really good and how he details cars is amazing. I only need a small loan for another small pickup and the exact same setup and I can make over 2000 dollars a week I believe without a problem.
This is not a bragging post at all,cause im not perfect noone is. Some weeks I make so little money cause of rain and other commitments such as working a part time 2-3 day a week job cause of school and winter. all im trying to say is if anyone has the idea of doing this it can be done and done sucessfully. I think many people look at me with 3 earings hanging out of my head, and then there blown away by the level of professional results I bring to them. All odds were against me when I was laying underneath the truck 2am in the morning on the cold wet garage floor drilling through the bed to secure the water tank. Or when I would be up till the early am after school and full time work to work on the brochures cause of having no time. Or the time when I was outside in the cold trying to figure out how to hook up the water system so it would work with the pressure washer. The time when I was worried about if the truck would actually hold all the weight from the equipment. I remember then time when i passed out hundreds and hundreds of brochures and not a single call. I remember then time when no one took me seriously to the fact they didnt think I could make the capital I could have and it would be a side thing. I remember then time when i lost faith in myself, but you guys on the board pushed me after looking at the click and brags to keep on going.
This is very long and drawn out, but if someone out there gets to the bottom I hope you understand what im trying to say. Just get out there and try cause you can do whatever you want in this country we live in. I found out that the sky is the limit and I made my dreams becuase reality
Thanks,
Rich
Im just writing this post in to tell anyone who is wanted to start a detailing business and move it from just detailing your cars, to making it a small or big business you can do it if you have the heart. I remember when I used to work for 40 hours a week at a local store and my paycheck was only 250 dollars after all that good stuff at the end of the week. I now can make that in a matter of hours of detailing which has been great. The other day I made $150 dollars in the matter of 3 hours which is the most I have ever made that quick I believe! Im not saying do detailing just for the money if you dont love it, but it has given me such a better life that I can live and buy things I like and expand the business. Im only 22 years old but take it very serious and have obtained all high end customers. I dont know how it came this way,but I can remember the phone not ringing at all after advertising. I got very upset and almost gave up at the one pointk, then bam I got one of my first calls. I was very nervous because of the status of the vehicles being so expensive and I knew the customers would be very very picky! I took my time and worked really hard and they sure were impressed! I was able to then work into these high class neighborhoods and develop a strong reputation over my other competion around the area.
There is actually quite a few shops around my area, but I never thought I would actually take their business away. I still remember being at the car wash washing down the show truck and I said im going to open a business, or when I first moved here and passed the detailing shop which I commmented I wanted to do detailing as well for myself. I never ever in 100s of years thought it would have grown to what it have become in less than 1 year of operation here! Im already trying to obtain another vehicle for my buddy Brian to run cause I can trust him to actually make the business do really good and how he details cars is amazing. I only need a small loan for another small pickup and the exact same setup and I can make over 2000 dollars a week I believe without a problem.
This is not a bragging post at all,cause im not perfect noone is. Some weeks I make so little money cause of rain and other commitments such as working a part time 2-3 day a week job cause of school and winter. all im trying to say is if anyone has the idea of doing this it can be done and done sucessfully. I think many people look at me with 3 earings hanging out of my head, and then there blown away by the level of professional results I bring to them. All odds were against me when I was laying underneath the truck 2am in the morning on the cold wet garage floor drilling through the bed to secure the water tank. Or when I would be up till the early am after school and full time work to work on the brochures cause of having no time. Or the time when I was outside in the cold trying to figure out how to hook up the water system so it would work with the pressure washer. The time when I was worried about if the truck would actually hold all the weight from the equipment. I remember then time when i passed out hundreds and hundreds of brochures and not a single call. I remember then time when no one took me seriously to the fact they didnt think I could make the capital I could have and it would be a side thing. I remember then time when i lost faith in myself, but you guys on the board pushed me after looking at the click and brags to keep on going.
This is very long and drawn out, but if someone out there gets to the bottom I hope you understand what im trying to say. Just get out there and try cause you can do whatever you want in this country we live in. I found out that the sky is the limit and I made my dreams becuase reality
Thanks,
Rich