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Detailing business

  • 16-07-2019 2:48pm
    #1
    E46Dream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭


    Hey guys, apologies if this is in the wrong section but I'm looking for some advice on regards to starting a detailing business. My friend and I both enjoy and have a passion in detailing and would like to have the opportunity to detail full time.

    Now we're both in full time employment, and wouldn't want to jump straight in and quit our jobs and hope for the best, but I've heard of places like enterprise ireland that fund start up businesses and supply a premises, is this correct? Also is it possible to do weekends only for a while until we make a decision. Any info appreciated. Thanks.


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  • #2
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    It's not only possible to do weekends only, it's very recommended.. Your best bet is to work from home or a borrowed space if possible until such time that you're busy enough, and hopefully financially stable enough, to leave your job. I wouldn't leave for the potential of a new business, but rather get started at weekends like you suggest, build up a few clients and grow the business through word of mouth and maybe light marketing (leaflets, etc). Once you're turning people away due to being too busy or having no time with your job, then you'll know whether it's worth leaving secure employment.

    Might be better off in Entrepreneurial & Business Management forum where you can get tips on starting and growing.

    Best of luck!


  • #3
    Theboinkmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    maybe PM Curran on here and other people who have done this as my understanding is it's quite difficult to make money out of professional detailing in Ireland.


  • #4
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,299 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Theboinkmaster wrote: »
    maybe PM Curran on here and other people who have done this as my understanding is it's quite difficult to make money out of professional detailing in Ireland.

    I would say this too.
    I have plenty of mates into cars.
    They rarely even bring them to a detailer, they'd rather fire them through a garage automatic wash!


    I would say that it's a tough business, average joe in this country dont even bother to wash their cars, let alone detail them.


  • #5
    kdevitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭kdevitt


    If you're only doing it weekends, it might be an idea to purely do good quality valeting. Its a time consuming job to do right as you probably know. Anyone with a decent car will want you to be insured too - you'll need a good premises on top of that, and with that in mind you need to be charging reasonably big money to be able to make a profit.


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