3-2-1 Blast Off
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
We have almost posted this idea three or four times.
Something about it just does not sound fun, and we questioned if anyone would even do it.
But for all you young and hungry hustlers out there this could be your way to get in the game and start cranking out that cash flow.
Every time you take out the trash and open that lid the world’s worst smell greets you. Years and years of nasty things are sitting at the bottom of the can collecting mold and bacteria that have created a petri dish of disgusting smells.
But that’s okay, you are a fearless entrepreneur that is willing to brave that sea of disgustingness in order to build an insanely profitable business.
We’re talking about pressure washing trash cans.
You’ve probably seen this idea before, Bin Blasters has popularized it on TIkTok by showcasing their fancy equipment.
Yes, they do have cool trucks that will pick up the trash can and spray them out without anyone needing to get near the nasty trash can. Unfortunately you probably don’t have the resources to get a custom set up like this one.
So unless you want to open a Bin Blasters franchise, we’re going to show you how to do this on a budget.
There are tons of resources out there showing you what type of equipment to buy to start a pressure washing business. Our recommendation would be to check out this guide from Julius Marchi.
Amazon has tons of pressure washers available, but we’re trying to do this on a budget, so we can’t afford to buy cheap equipment.
The Home Depot is our go to here at The Steel Road, so your gonna go over there and pick yourself up a Ryobi pressure washer.
You may say that you need something more industrial and for commercial use, but guess what? You aren’t doing full on pressure washing or even soft washing. Your bread and butter is washing out nasty trash cans, so you’ll only be running your pressure washer for 2-3 minutes at a time.
While you’re at The Home Depot, it’s probably a good idea to pick yourself up some gloves and a few face masks too.
Assuming you have a mode of transportation, here are your up front costs:
$400 pressure washer and chemicals
$50 protective gear
$75 business insurance
$25 marketing materials
That’s right, you’re going to skip the website right now and just get cranking with a phone number, google my business profile, and some printed flyers.
The next time your neighborhood has a trash day head out with your flyers and tape one to every single trash can advertising your wash for $25.
If you leave 500 flyers and expect a 2.5% conversion rate, then you can expect to receive 12 phone calls.
If you get 10 washes out of that with 500 flyers, that’s $250 in revenue. After you do a GREAT job washing your 10 trash cans, go for the hard sell and sign up your new customers to a recurring monthly wash.
At the very least, get reviews from every single one of them.
And you are off to the races. Go to a different neighborhood to rinse and repeat. Haha see what I did there?
Look for recurring revenue and scale your operations.
If something works, do it again
Automate tedious processes like review collections
Get your financials in order
Buy a sweet cargo van
Focus on the customer, do things to make it easy for them to be in business with you
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
-Walt Disney
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