FRESH GRADUATE PRESPECTIVE
Continued…….
As an NYSC corp member dry cleaning business or laundry
service can be very lucrative, so you have to stop thinking of looking down on
the business. If you live in an apartment that has water and light, then you can
try this dry cleaning business. All you need is make up your mind that you want
to start.
You can be visiting houses to get jobs at first by the time you are known. you would have a lot
of orders, then you must have gathered sufficient cash you may consider renting
a shop or space at an affordable rate. You can start from where you live first, that’s
the idea” start small and grow big”.
You can visit the dry cleaners in are to see the way thing
are being run and the kind of equipments they use there.
You can begin with few equipments ,affordable equipments for a
good start includes;
LAUNDRY DETERGENT: Don’t just buy any detergent buy the type of detergents used by dry cleaners. you can know the ones particular to them when you make enquiries
from the laundry services in your area.
WASHING BASINS: This can be used to soak clothes before you
finally wash them. you might not have enough money to buy washing machine yet
but don’t panick most persons prefers their clothes hand washed. If you have
enough money you can get one just know that not having a washing machine isn't
an excuse .
PRESSING IRON:A quality pressing iron that has good
customization features for different materials.
IRONING TABLE AND GARMENT CONVEYOR: Ironing table where you
can comfortably iron clothes and a garment conveyor that the clothes can be
arranged neatly. You can as well get a carpenter to make them for you as already
made might be too expensive.
STARCH: Some customers will definitely need to add beauty to
their cloth and I can bet you don’t want to disappoint them.
POWER GENERATOR: Electricity in the country we find
ourselves isn't very reliable, you will need to save up some money to get a good
generator that can carry the very capacity of the pressing iron, I'm sure disappointing
your customers is not part of the plan.
NYLONS AND TAGS: You need a particular kind of nylons to
nicely package the ironed clothes. Then tag the various customers’ clothes with
either numbers or names for easy identification.
MARKET YOURSELF: You can start by meeting the people around you and telling them about your new laundry service and how a trial will convince
them in your place of primary assignment, church, place or sports etc, also having
a unique packaging that will attract customers with do you good.
