Are you 100 % sure that working in 3 ´s is the best way to go ? From my experience of working in pairs... You can earn much more when working alone in most or many cases than if you can in pairs let alone triples.. But you can only do that if you have extra vans on the road. 3 single drivers could earn much more than 1 driver but again it depends on the amount of traveling....In a city it would be much wiser to go alone if making money is your goal ! I would contemplate this or give it ago at least for a few days..... 3 drivers as an example would mean you would be expanding less energy , earning more money and working less hours on the job itself
@CrystalCleanWindows
21 күн бұрын
Good point and i would agree with you, but my daughter will be moving away soon and she doesn't like driving. Matthew i think would one day drive but he isn't ken to drive the van about yet. I was looking at getting my wife to drive one van and i drive the other one. Thinking two teams of two in both vans, we didn't get a loan for another van and system because of the cost of living crisis. Wanted to see how it all went before committing to another loan. Need a loan at the moment to get a new soakaway, so a second van will have to wait for know!
@CrystalCleanWindows
21 күн бұрын
Do you work bank holidays when you need to earn more money?
@RobertColinRawlinson
5 күн бұрын
Does stripe cost money to use?
@CrystalCleanWindows
5 күн бұрын
Hi 👋 1.5% + 20p not sure if it is capped but here is a link to find out more stripe.com/gb/pricing
@RobertColinRawlinson
4 күн бұрын
@@CrystalCleanWindows could you not get your customers to do a simple bank transfer and save the cost?, if you are using gocardless, then you already have incurred a cost, which is similar to stripe
@ched999uk
15 күн бұрын
You guys work so hard, it's disappointing that your round is so spread out. I assume you have tried targeting the bigger towns and villages to try and compact your customers? I know it's difficult and you feel guilty about dropping good loyal customers but it's your living and you want to be comfortable not scraping a living.
@CrystalCleanWindows
14 күн бұрын
Hi Ched thank you 🙏 some days are brilliant and some days are harder to do. I try and get my work as compact as I can. I am looking at pricing better but without being to high. Also looking at a minimum charge too.
@ched999uk
14 күн бұрын
@@CrystalCleanWindows Finding the pricing balance is hard. It does depend a bit on how full you are. If you are getting to a full round then new enquiries could be priced higher. I aim to get about 80% of my window cleaning quotes. Minimum charge is a good idea especially as you have 3 in the van, but set it at a decent rate, I have a set amount that covers setup and pack up time, then a per window price (well a window and a large window price) with a minimum of £15.
@adamangler
21 күн бұрын
No offence intended but theres something really wrong if you are living this hand to mouth with an established business. Either way too many outgoings or underpriced. That said working 3 in a van is terribly inefficent. Ive never needed to work a bank holiday in the 10 yrs ive been window cleaning. I work 4 days a week 6 hours a day and dont spend everything i earn therefore slowly build up a savings pot over time. I never stress about having a holiday or the weather as i work in all weathers all year round.
@CrystalCleanWindows
19 күн бұрын
No offence taken mate, it is certainly something we keep asking ourselves. Probably a lot of underpriced work. Looking at changing a few things to start the new tax year, just getting them all in place at the moment. I Agree with 3 man team but I only have one van. Sophie will be moving away at some point but that is all on hold at the moment, so I am in limbo.
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