FUN Business Ideas For Kids - The Mobile Car Wash
Whether your child or teen may be wanting to make some extra pocket money or are inspired to start their own business, one great business idea for them is to start their own Mobile Car Wash.
Why Choose A Mobile Car Wash?
Here are 4 reasons why a A Mobile Car wash is a great business idea for your child or teen.
- It is a straightforward, simple business idea. So if your child or teen has not had a business before this is the perfect place to start.
- It is very easy to set up so your child or teen could have it up and running by the weekend and be making money straight away.
- It can be very helpful for your neighbours or indeed anybody that is walking distance from your house, as most people don’t want to go to the car wash and wait in line.
- It is a great way to offer a personalised service to your neighbours, right at their home.
Preparing For Your Mobile Car Wash Business
At first it could seem overwhelming to organise your first car wash, but if you help your child or teen with the steps below, soon they will be able start their first business and see that they can do it with a step by step approach.
A Business Near Home
The beauty of this business is your child or teen does not need any office or work space of their own to operate. All of the business will be conducted on the customer's driveways.
How Much To Charge
Car wash prices vary so depending on where you live. Your child or teen will need to do a little bit of research to find out how much to charge.
They should consider things like:
How much does the automatic car wash charge?
What will they charge for different sized cars?
What would people in your neighbourhood be willing to pay?
Your child or teen can afford to be competitive on your basic car wash pricing, because it will be possible to make a lot more money by offering extras, like waxing or interior cleaning.
What’s Needed To Get Started
Having a Mobile Car Wash Business is a great way to start a simple business with virtually no costs. All your child or teen will need is a few buckets, some sponges and clothes. You may not even have to buy these, you may be able to find these around your home already.
Marketing & Getting Customers
If your child or teen runs their Car Wash business correctly, they will not need that many new customers, as they will discover a lot of their customers will become repeat customers. This is called ‘Lifetime Value of the Customer’.
In most Businesses, the Lifetime Value of a Customer is the most important number (or metric to give it the proper term) that business owners need to know. This is because more business can come from repeat customers than new customers.
If your child or teen do a good job, they will have repeat customers.
Quick Tips to Getting The First 5 Customers
Before your child or teen visits any potential new customers (your neighbours), they should write out and learn a couple of selling points about their business. For example, they may offer greater attention to detail than an automatic car wash does.
This helps when they go to visit your neighbours to try to explain what it is they are offering.
For example, instead of just saying,
‘Hello, I am starting a car wash, would you like a car wash?’
They can say,
‘Hello, I am starting a car wash especially for this neighbourhood so you can save time by not going to the automatic car wash. Would you be interested in having your car washed this weekend in your own driveway?’
Sitting down with your child or teen to help them get started with this is what we recommend.
The Secret to Growing The Business
Smart business owners know that the real way to grow a business quickly is to look after their existing customers and allow them to do the marketing for you.
When your child or teen does a good job the customer will often make a referral to someone else in the neighbourhood and soon they will have a full roster every weekend.
The Importance of a Test Run!
Before your child or teen go and visit their customers, it’s important to have a test run. From this they will discover many things that they would not have thought about.
For example, they may need way more rags than they realised or they may discover they want to wear gloves or that waxing a car takes longer than they thought. They will want to learn things like this while in test mode rather than on the actual job with a real paying customer.
Summing Up
All successful businesses have one thing in common and that is that they are based on a very simple idea. Many millionaires and successful business owners have all started their entrepreneurial journey by having their own car wash. If your child or teen has never had a business before, this is the perfect place to start.
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