To ask if you would use this service?

[CollectionOnly]

I want to start a ironing business, but I don't have a car so can't do deliveries. It will only be a collection only service, only thing that's holding me back is that I think I won't get many clients because I can't do deliveries. Would you use this service if you had to collect the clothes from my house?

Yes, shirt ironing services are often stop off/collect as part of a dry cleaners or wherever. If your rates are good and the ironing good

Yeah I would use you.

Just make it clear in your ad that you cannot drive, and they need to drop it off and fetch it.

GOOD LUCK!

Look at getting a little car or a moped?

Yes, i would.

Sorry CollectionOnly personally I wouldn't. My ironing lady collects and delivers back. That's why I use it.

We collect our laundry & ironing, when we have it done, it's no problem - arguably more convenient than it being dropped off, as it can be hard to know when one of us will be home!

Yes, if I was to use an ironing service I wouldn’t expect it to be collected or dropped off.

It wouldn't put me off if I was looking for someone. I'd guess you'd just have to make sure your rates took into account no delivery fees

I'd prefer it to waiting in for
Pickups/drop offs (as we do with our current person)

The woman who does my ironing does collection and delivery (same day service). She’s extremely popular. She collects before I leave for work (7am) and drops off after 6pm.

I wouldn’t use a service where I had to drop off and pick up myself - I tried it before and it was such a faff. Plus I didn’t have enough hanging space in my car so things got a bit creased. My lady has a van with hanging racks installed so it’s always pristine.

Depends how far away the service was. If it was in a few minutes walk then yes, but I wouldn't drive to drop my stuff off.

I would happily use the service, would probably arrange it around my car journey home from work so I could drop off/pick up as part of the commute if possible.

I don't know if I'm being silly, but I just thought of doing deliveries by bus until I can get a car? I live in London btw, so have easy access to transport. If I have all the clothes on hangers, and use covers do you think I could do it? Would only deliver within 3 miles radius.

You might be able to do it, but I think it would be a struggle to carry any volume of stuff on London buses when they are busy. And you need to be delivering when people are in - so will that mean evening peak travel?

Are you somewhere convenient? If you're near a train station or town centre, maybe a shopping centre. You could also specify deliveries only to blah postcode.

Not everyone lives beside a bus stop... You could potentially walk miles over the course of the day carrying stuff on hangers, which is a complete waste of time. I don’t think it’s feasible.
Why not try it without the delivery option until it is an option?
Lots of people said it wouldn’t be an issue for them.

Presumably your rates would reflect collection only. I'd be happy to collect if it was a bit cheaper.

I use a drop off ironing service. It works just fine.

If you were a good reliable service and I could collect at a time that was convenient to me (ie on my way home from work which might be between 6 and 7.30 but I might not know until the day) then I would prefer it to having to wait for it, or having to specify after 8.30 when I probably want to be in the bath

My neighbour does ironing and doesn't collect or delivery. In fact, someone rather famous comes to collect his ironing from her!

Carrying around a lot of freshly pressed clothing on public transport will be hellish, and cost you too much time and fares to be worth your while.

Your start up costs would be really low for such a business so why not just try it without delivering? The more neighbours you can sign up, the better. Some good values initial promotions could help.

It would depend on the cost I think.
I know ironing businesses are touted as a good way of earning money but even though I hate ironing every time I look into having it done I am outraged at the cost, I do 20 shirts a week during term time (1 each per day) before all the other stuff so minimum 40 items a week. People seem to charge by the item round here £1.25 an item being cheapest I have found.
My hatred of ironing is not outweighed by £50 a week.
It takes me maybe an hour to do it myself, the only way I would ever pay to have my ironing done was if it was by the hour up to about £19 an hour (which by the way is twice my hourly rate as a TA).

How would you keep things dry etc if delivering by bus?

If it's something that you don't need to earn a lot from, straight away, you could give it a go.

I wouldn't do it without collection or a shop type open point, sorry (the amount of time you spend out and about delivering will cut into the time people could be collecting).

But how about you pair up with a local shop where people can drop in and collect items? I've seen this in lots of corner shops.

I presume they take a little cut, but they get more footfall as a result, and have the advantage of being able to take everything in for you, and be a single point where you can distribute from. Might help whilst you build your business.

I know of quite a few people who take/pick up their ironing.
I would use your service if needed.
They drop it off on the way to work,then pick it up on the way home.
I wish you the best of luck.