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Wife Is Considering Starting A Side Hustle (Laundry Service)
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:24 pm
Anybody out there boujee enough that they pay to have someone wash their clothes? Just curious as to what you pay for the service and what’s offered. Looking for the ins and outs of the business to see if it’s even worth it. What’s offered? From early research we see it’s normally done by the weight and price goes up with the more services you want (ironing, fabric softeners, pick up and delivery, etc)
Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
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Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:44 pm to GAFF
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Anybody out there boujee enough that they pay to have someone wash their clothes? Just curious as to what you pay for the service and what’s offered. Looking for the ins and outs of the business to see if it’s even worth it. What’s offered? From early research we see it’s normally done by the weight and price goes up with the more services you want (ironing, fabric softeners, pick up and delivery, etc) Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
I typically pay for everything to get done at my house but not sure I’d just pay for laundry service. I have had maid service do it in the past but now my wife and I just knock it out.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:46 pm to GAFF
What state are you in? This is subject to sales tax in certain states
Posted on 12/26/24 at 5:19 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
My girlfriend does this.
It’s insanely cheap, it gets done in <24 hours or even same day. Laundry is folded neatly.
I can ask for exact pricing, but it’s like $10-15 bucks.
I can’t imagine this is a good business..Very low pricing, immediate turnaround, dealing with people’s property. Feels like there would need to be an additional value prop to make this worthwhile
It’s insanely cheap, it gets done in <24 hours or even same day. Laundry is folded neatly.
I can ask for exact pricing, but it’s like $10-15 bucks.
I can’t imagine this is a good business..Very low pricing, immediate turnaround, dealing with people’s property. Feels like there would need to be an additional value prop to make this worthwhile
Posted on 12/26/24 at 5:30 pm to Lawyers_Guns_Money
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What state are you in? This is subject to sales tax in certain states
I’m in Georgia
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I can’t imagine this is a good business
I think it’s definitely a quantity game. There is a person who does it somewhat local to where I am. Her basic wash and fold is $1.50 per pound. Price goes up with the more services you add.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 10:25 pm to GAFF
Definitely a quantity game. I've got access to a huge work force for this and it doesn't math out in houma
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:14 am to GAFF
That’s too much. Mexicans will do it for less than $1 a lb
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:26 am to GAFF
Something to consider is the liability of someone’s clothing item getting damaged when in her possession. It will happen.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:45 am to GAFF
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Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
Pics?
Posted on 12/27/24 at 8:22 am to GAFF
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Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
That may be true, but things might change once it becomes a job. Dropoff and pickup only? If she provides that service, delivery takes time/fuel/wear on vehicle. She'd be dealing with other people's dirt, not her family's. Liability for damage to clothing? Wear on washer and dryer. Seems like a lot of negatives not erased by the profits.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 9:46 am to GAFF
I think it would be good for the experience with running a business but that's about it. its not a high margin biz and not really room to scale unless she has access to very cheap labor.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:14 am to GAFF
Client that is a full service laundry in Athens. They have a pick up/drop off service and tons of kids use it. $2.5-3/lb for wash & fold. Prepaid CC or cash. No sales tax on the service just TPP due annually.
They do shockingly well.
ETA: wash and fold.
They do shockingly well.
ETA: wash and fold.
This post was edited on 12/27/24 at 10:17 am
Posted on 12/27/24 at 11:32 am to GAFF
The only way I can see this possibly having enough potential clientele to make it worthwhile and profitable is if you were close to a major college and could market the service to students that lived on campus. Probably a decent market for students that would gladly spend their parents' money on a laundry service to avoid them having to spend 2 hours of their spare time at a laundromat.
This post was edited on 12/27/24 at 11:33 am
Posted on 12/27/24 at 1:02 pm to Rendevoustavern
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cash. No sales tax on the service just TPP due annually.
I don’t even know what this means
Posted on 12/27/24 at 2:48 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 12/27/24 at 2:53 pm to Rendevoustavern
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Aren’t you a CPA? TPP is tangible personal property.
I’m aware, what you said makes no sense
Posted on 12/28/24 at 1:03 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I’m aware, what you said makes no sense
Probably means filing an annual rendition and paying prop tax.
Posted on 12/28/24 at 2:18 pm to GAFF
I'd pay to have someone wash, iron, and hang my non-iron (lolz) dress shirts. And when I say, "no starch," I effing mean it. Laundry by the pound is probably not effective as a side hustle, but dress shirts and whatever the ladyboys call pants these days could be. Dress shirts scream price insensitive consumer, because every dry cleaner I've fired I've done is not because of price, it's because they don't f@&*ng listen to "press and hang, no starch."
She would need to build in guardrails around fabrics like linen, because one of those shirts will make her lose her mind in the time she could have pressed 5 regular shirts.
She would need to build in guardrails around fabrics like linen, because one of those shirts will make her lose her mind in the time she could have pressed 5 regular shirts.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 11:54 am to GAFF
quote:she loves doing laundry.. families laundry. The bodily fluids from other people’s laundry…. Idk man something to think about. Just open a laundry mat near some trailer parks with security cameras. I know someone who done that and it’s profitable
Wife loves doing laundry (says it’s relaxing to her) so she thought why not.
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