How To Start Your Own Profiting Self Service Car Wash

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This Self Service Car Wash business is a very lucrative business because people must wash their respective cars, Trucks etc. A self service car wash is place where people come to wash their cars. As the name implies, car owners do the washing themselves. They can pay with their credit cards or by inserting coins into the cash washing machine before they can use it for car wash. The car wash industry is competitive as you get to see a car wash bar at almost every turn in the city. You can still start the business and make good money out of it. This article will discuss importance of investing in a self service car wash business and steps on how you can set up your own self service car wash bay. Why You Should Invest In Self Service Car Wash You Need Passive Income-: The self service car wash business runs itself. You set up the
bay and car wash machines; while car owners pay to use the machine. It is a good source of passive incomes; that is a means of income where you can be away and still make money from it. Not Labour Intensive-: You don’t need to get employees that you will pay weekly wages or monthly salary. The self service car wash works on it’s own without extra hands to monitor it. All you need do is to make sure that you service the machines regularly. You Need Part Time Business-: If you have the capital to invest in a part time business that will fetch you money while you concentrate on other jobs, then a self service car wash business is the best option for you. What you will focus on as the owner is on creative ways to advertise your car bay and get more people to patronize it, and bookkeeping. Starting Your Own Self Service Car Wash 1. Raise Capital for Your Business-: Self service car wash machines can be very expensive; some cost as much as $5,000 to $10,000. The bulk of your capital will probably be spent on acquiring these machines. You can get some people to partner in your business start up as investors if the cash you have won’t be enough to get the business started. Where there are more than one partners; you must decide the percentage each partner gets from ROI depending on how much the partner contributed to the business, to avoid future misunderstanding on profit sharing in the future. Here is a sample car wash business plan template to help you raise the needed fund.
2. You Need To Register Your Business-: You need to register a business name in order to run this type of business. A company lawyer can help you get the business registration done for a small service fee. Though insurance may not be necessary for a self service business; you can still buy basic insurance just to be on the safe side of the law. 3. You Need To Lease a Space-: The next step is to get a space that you will use as the car wash bay. If you can get an area in the busy part of the town, it will serve you better though such places don’t come cheap. The lease agreement should be a long term agreement to should give terms for continual renewal as long as the rent is being paid as at when due. Current news we got has it that the state commissioner for Agriculture, Ronke Sokefun raised alarm yesterday, while addressing stakeholders and ‘Ponmo’ sellers in her office in Abeokuta, over the discovery of poisonous cattle hide and skin otherwise known as ‘Ponmo’ in some markets in the state, warning the people against its consumption. She said some unscrupulous businessmen were taking advantage of the gap in demand and supply of the soup ingredient popularly called ‘Ponmo’ to sell industrial ‘Ponmo’ laden with tanning chemicals to the unsuspecting public. She explained how the toxic ‘Ponmo’ otherwise known as ‘imported ‘Ponmo’ can easily be identified in the market; it is often brownish black, foul smelling, abnormally thick with layers and ridiculously cheap compared to the certified ‘Ponmo’, she said..4. You Need To Order for Your Machines-: After you lease your space, you can reconstruct the place into single stall bays; and each stall should have enough space for car owners to comfortable pack and wash their cars without issues. After setting up the bay, order for the CONTINUE READING HERE...