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Re: To all you young detailers
Just because your 17 doesn't mean anything. I'm 17 too.
I mostly do work by myself but on bigger jobs I call in some employees. I've only been doing this for about 6 months and average about $25-30 an hour. I have a website, busines cards, and T-shirts. 99% of advertising for me is word of mouth. The customer gets my card, looks at my website to see my work, and then gives me a call. If I want, I can do about 4 cars a week and make roughly $700 of close to pure profit. But lately I've been doing about 1 every week and focusing on a Lamborghini that I have to sell as well.
The key to success IMO: "QUALITY CREATES ITS OWN DEMAND" Always give the customer more than they expect. Little touches like polishing the key to the car, cleaning the gas hatch, placing a paper floor mat into the driver side all help. You want the customer to be floored with the result. The more excited they are about their car, the more likely they will be to tell their friends.
A lot of success pertains to pure luck. To be successful, you need to network like there's no damn tomorrow. Find some exotic car mechanics or car dealerships in your area and do ANYTHING to detail one of their cars even if it means doing it for free. You want to make friends with the people with nice cars or friends with nice cars. This is how I get most of my exotics. I detailed a car for a nationally famous mechanic in Baltimore and now I have a Lamborghini and an Alfa Romeo under my belt just because of one guy. Always carry cards on you to hand out to people you might meet. The more cards you handout WISELY the better you will do.
Just because your 17 doesn't mean anything. I'm 17 too.
I mostly do work by myself but on bigger jobs I call in some employees. I've only been doing this for about 6 months and average about $25-30 an hour. I have a website, busines cards, and T-shirts. 99% of advertising for me is word of mouth. The customer gets my card, looks at my website to see my work, and then gives me a call. If I want, I can do about 4 cars a week and make roughly $700 of close to pure profit. But lately I've been doing about 1 every week and focusing on a Lamborghini that I have to sell as well.
The key to success IMO: "QUALITY CREATES ITS OWN DEMAND" Always give the customer more than they expect. Little touches like polishing the key to the car, cleaning the gas hatch, placing a paper floor mat into the driver side all help. You want the customer to be floored with the result. The more excited they are about their car, the more likely they will be to tell their friends.
A lot of success pertains to pure luck. To be successful, you need to network like there's no damn tomorrow. Find some exotic car mechanics or car dealerships in your area and do ANYTHING to detail one of their cars even if it means doing it for free. You want to make friends with the people with nice cars or friends with nice cars. This is how I get most of my exotics. I detailed a car for a nationally famous mechanic in Baltimore and now I have a Lamborghini and an Alfa Romeo under my belt just because of one guy. Always carry cards on you to hand out to people you might meet. The more cards you handout WISELY the better you will do.
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