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Home-based Business Idea: Mobile Dry Cleaning/Laundry Service

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Article Overview: Unlike the dry cleaning and laundry business, mobile dry cleaning services can be done as a home-based business. It does not require equipment so essential of dry cleaning and laundry business. Nor does it require a service centers.

Home-based Business Idea: Mobile Dry Cleaning/Laundry Service

Unlike the dry cleaning and laundry business, mobile dry cleaning services can be done as a home-based business. It does not require equipment so essential of dry cleaning and laundry business. Nor does it require a service centers.

What you shall need to make this business up and running are a van for your mobilization, home office and impressive marketing skills. Basically, your tasks are to pick-up items for dry cleaning or laundry from your customer's houses and deliver them to the dry cleaning or laundry service with whom you made a previous business deal.

After the merchandises are cleaned, you will pick them up again and deliver them to their respective owners. You earn your profits from this home-base business in two ways. First, you charge your customers a premium for your pick-up and delivery service.

Second, you get a discount from your dry cleaning service provider. Finding a dry cleaning and or laundry service provider may not be difficult because they will also earn from your services as you would provide them regular customers.

Before you make a business agreement with dry cleaning service providers, you need to define your niche first. You can make a lot of earnings from different types of dry cleaning services. You can focus on couture dry cleaning and cater to celebrities.

You can also choose specialty dry cleaning and focus your home-based business on one type of merchandise such as leather clothing, wedding gowns, paintings, etc. There is also a corporate dry cleaning, and serve clients who work in business corporations.

After you have chosen your niche, it is important to determine the areas in which you will target your marketing, and hence, establish your clientele. You can start in your community and the neighboring areas.

In order to maximize your earnings and save time and effort, make a business agreement with dry cleaning service providers within the areas of your clientele or near your place, whichever is more convenient to you and has cheaper charges.

Ensure that your dry cleaning or laundry service providers are willing to offer you wholesale price. This can give you the price break and charge your clients with delivery service fee without being expensive. Mobile dry cleaning and laundry service is normally done on weekdays from 7am to 6pm.

The pickup and delivery locations can be the houses, stores and offices of your clients or wherever is more convenient to them. Mobile dry cleaning or laundry service has an established repeat-business market as more people do not have enough time to accomplish domestic chores.

Since you will need a van to accomplish your tasks, it is best to check on your local government if you need business permit and other licenses. You will need a name for your home-based business, and such name will be printed on the body of your van.

You will also need a home office. Inside it shall have office table, office equipment such as computer set and internet connection, telefax machine and printer. Promote your home-based business by printing flyers and leave one copy on the mailbox of your prospects. You can also leave few copies on non-competitive business stores and shops.

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