Carpets are a home essential that many homeowners own. In fact, one home may have several carpets spread across different rooms. What this means is that you have a chance to take advantage of this and make money from it. Because carpets are a common feature in many homes, you’ll have a lot of potential customers to approach and offer your services, starting with your neighbors, family and friends. Plus you can score free marketing from them and ask them to drop your name in a conversation if carpet cleaning ever comes up.
Who Is It For?
•Anyone fit enough to do physical tasks
•Access to a reliable form of transport is necessary so you’ll be able to carry around your carpet cleaning equipment and chemicals to your clients’ homes.
•Having some knowledge of different types of materials used for carpets and the way each should be cleaned is definitely handy so you don’t end up scrubbing a Peruvian carpet with any old washing brush and then wishing you had Aladdin’s magic lamp so you could wish for a new replacement carpet when you mess up the one you’re working on
Who Is It Not For?
If you have health issues, you may need to avoid this one as contact with the chemicals may worsen your condition especially if you don’t have the right protective equipment
How It Works?
Even though it’s just cleaning, setting up your carpet cleaning side hustle may need a little work. Luckily those can be highlighted in a few easy steps.
Write a Business Plan
This helps you get everything in order and figure out how your business will make a profit. You can also take this opportunity to identify your target customer and how you’ll bring them in which will make it easier for you to look for clients and establish a client base. Setting your financial goals in your business plan will also help you follow them through and make your business a success.
Setting up the business basics
In some places, you may need a license to operate your carpet cleaning business, as well as a business account for taking payments. You may also need to get liability insurance to protect yourself and any members of your team if you’re working with other people.
Get equipment
A big part of your investment for this business will go to buying equipment. While you’re starting out, you can get the basics then work your way up with time. Make sure you get quality equipment even though it will be tempting to opt for cheaper options to save money. The last thing you need is crappy equipment that will die on you 5 days into your new business or somehow end up gobbling up a customer’s carpet.
Get cleaning!
You can advertise your business by handing out fliers, posting on noticeboards in common areas like the mall or local coffee shop, or even posting online on your social media pages. If you do a good job,
Happy customers are likely to recommend you to others and that will help you grow your client base.
What We Like?
No qualifications or previous experience needed to get into the carpet cleaning business, although some basic knowledge of dos and don’ts will be helpful.
What We Don’t Like?
Quality equipment is needed which means a lot of investment.
How Much Can You Make
The money you make cleaning carpets will depend on a variety of factors, including how regularly you can clean carpets, and how many of them you clean at a given time. Operating costs will need to be taken into consideration such as chemicals and equipment used, as well as transport to get to your clients.
Conclusion:
Breaking even might be difficult with this side hustle but if you stick with it, you might start seeing some positive results down the road. If you’re interested in taking up carpet cleaning as a side hustle, check out the links below for more information on how to get started and all you need to know about the business.
Pros:
No need for a big budget to get started
You can squeeze it into your schedule
No special qualifications or previous experience required
Cons:
Challenging business to start-up and gain traction in
Marketing required to stand out from the competition
Working hours can be long
