From pizza delivery to personal shoppers, people constantly seek ways to save time. Between the demands of the office, longer commute times, family commitments and running a household, finding time to keep up with the never ending laundry pile is limited. The solution: wash, dry, fold services. Adding this service to your facility can certainly add value for your existing customers and bring in new ones. As with anything, there are factors to consider before offering a new service. Do your homework. Before deciding to add the wash, dry, fold service consider the market in which you are located. Your ideal client is short on time but has the budget to pay for drop-off laundry service and has a need to use laundry equipment for their larger items like comforters. Scope out the competition. Are there other coin-op laundries near you that already offer wash, dry, fold service? Do you have the advertising budget to compete? Check out their services and the quality of the product that they are offering. Find a way to put your own spin on your services. How will it work? Traditionally, most wash, dry, fold services are fairly straightforward. Customers bring in their dirty laundry and the attendant does the rest. However, in some larger markets, laundromats are offering pick up and delivery for their wash, dry, fold customers - for a fee of course. It's estimated by American Coin-Op that up to 80% of coin laundries in the nation offer some form of wash, dry, fold service. Other things to consider. Do you have the staff to dedicate to wash, dry, fold services? Having skilled attendants and protocols in place for tracking customer requests, accepting garments, organizing them and keeping track of orders that are ready to be picked up is critical for the success of this arm of your business. Does your current setup allow you to offer wash, dry, fold service? Existing washers and dryers can be used, but if your facility is consistently busy throughout the day, you may need to have customers drop off before closing and pick up in the morning so that wash, dry, fold service can be done overnight while the laundromat is closed. Will you offer pickup and delivery service? In urban markets this could be extremely lucrative. Hiring a driver or delivery person, obtaining a vehicle and insurance are all things to consider before deciding to offer this to your customers. Typically a delivery fee is applied in these cases and could help offset the additional costs of the service. While this certainly has the potential to attract even more customers, American Coin-Op estimates that only 2% of laundromats with wash, dry, fold services offer delivery at this time. Consider opening the service to commercial accounts. Many small businesses could benefit from having a wash, dry, fold service. Catering companies who own their own linens, churches, and cleaning services are just a few of the commercial clients you may want to consider when you are thinking of adding wash, dry, fold to your service menu. Once you have carefully weighed all the factors in adding the wash, dry, fold service to your location, ensure that you have a good advertising plan in place to announce your new service. Offering discounts for new customers or having a special event to launch the service will bring people to your location and get them familiar with not only the new wash, fold dry service but your larger capacity equipment and other available amenities - like televisions, vending machines and Wi-Fi - that make your laundromat unique.
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