Many a young man might consider a mobile detailing business and if they like to work on cars and are mechanically inclined perhaps a mobile oil change business too? This way they could detail customers cars every month, change the oil every three months and wash the cars each week. But does oil and water really mix all that well? Well sounds good enough doesnt it? However, personally even if you are a Car Guy well, I do not recommend cleaning cars and oil changes out of the same unit and further would say if you are cleaning cars you need five to six units worth of customers to support one oil change unit of those same customer, due to frequency and time on each job. Oil and water do not always mix, so I am not advising that really. Might be better to find another company to market with and share customer lists and allow them to pitch it to their customers as a "bundling discount deal" and then give a price break for fast ramp up of customer base? What if the oil change business is an add-on with a much higher price? What about mark ups? Depends on market and regional pricing, but generally mobile oil change companies are higher than fixed sites due to convenience or near those prices considering fleet sizes and economies of scale. My advise to you if you are considering such a combo business is do not do it. I think you will be sorry if you do. There are much better businesses to start. So, many things that people want to have done really, so many businesses to do? Consider this in 2006. |
