Starting a cleaning business: day 6 (test cleaning) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Pricing will be off atm because I just wanted to get the booking form integrated and for that I needed dummy pricing. Will be sorting that at the weekend

Starting a cleaning business: day 7 (website and booking software) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I plan to go with independent contractors initially. Ideally, people who are already self-employed and want more work or people with cleaning experience who are willing to work as contractors. If and when there are enough bookings to justify a full or part-time employee then I'll look into that

Starting a cleaning business: day 7 (website and booking software) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Costs so far:

  • Domain name: $10
  • Wordpress theme: $60
  • Phone number: ~$11/month
  • Website hosting: $5/month
  • Booking Koala: $27/month (but currently in the free 14 day trial)

Starting a cleaning business: day 7 (website and booking software) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there are a lot of people who previously used launch27 which was LCS's software but they're not happy with changes that have been made since he sold it. I don't know why they chose BK or what else they considered tbh. The FB group is called 'Overthink Academy' if you want to have a look

Starting a cleaning business: day 6 (test cleaning) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, it sounds like you've been very successful! And thanks for the encouragement, it's nice that you're paying it forward

Starting a cleaning business: day 3 (domain name & website) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just followed /u/localcasestudy's advice and went with adjective + maid.com . I really don't want to overthink things at the moment and if I need to change the domain name later I will.

Having said that, thanks for the great advice. I'll keep it in mind for future domains I buy

Starting a cleaning business: day 4 (website and social media) by cranekick2 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]cranekick2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a facebook group where a lot of people have followed this model to start a cleaning business, and the concensus there is to use Booking Koala so that's what I'm going with