How Do You Start a Window Cleaning Business

If you don’t mind a little manual labor, you enjoy working outdoors and you like working with a pressure washer, a window washing business could be right up your alley. You also don’t want to be afraid of heights.

Costs to Get Started

This business is one that you can easily run from your home, which means you can keep your start-up costs low. You main cost will be a truck or van, if you don’t already have one. You will also need a decent pressure washer and window washing supplies.

Licensing and Insurance

You will need a general business license, which you can get from your city. It’s also a good idea to carry liability insurance and get bonded, especially if you have other people working for you.

Finding Customers


However, the most important part of running a window cleaning business is finding customers. These days, it’s important for all service people to have a website where prospects can learn more about them.

Setting Up an Inexpensive Website

With access to more information, consumers now want to have more information about the people they are doing business with, in addition to the products and services they are buying. Having a simple website that gives them this information and answers their questions (while they are comparing different service providers) can make the difference between making the sale – or not.

You can get basic website hosting programs (ie. Weebly.com or Yola.com) that include professional templates that make websites easy to set up and cheap to own. Figure on $50-$100 a year.

Educating Customers

Part of winning new customers is educating them on the benefits of keeping their windows clean. The obvious benefit is being able to see through them.

However, many consumers do not know that cleaning on a regular basis will help keep them looking cleaner longer. Many people think that rain makes windows dirty, when in actually it’s the dirt that’s been sitting on the glass for months (or years…).

Generating Leads

Once you have your website up, it’s time to generate leads. An easy and inexpensive way to to this is through an online merchant network. Here, you can get your name in front of prospects at the exact moment when they are looking to get their windows cleaned. Participating in a network also establishes a certain level of trust as well.

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