Starting an ironing business

Spidergirl76

Hi all!

I am thinking of starting an ironing business and was wondering if anyone on here has an ironing business and if so which insurers do you use? I have no idea where to even start to look for the best deals for insurance.

I was thinking of charging per item; that's what all the local ironing companies seem to do, so I'm going to have a look at their charges and price mine in a similar way.

And one more thing; one of my best friends does an ironing service as a second job to earn extra money and I worry that I might offend her by starting a service too. She has very loyal regular clients that she has had for years and years and of course I wouldn't dream of trying to pinch any customers from her. But I do worry I might upset her by starting up too...Still, I suppose I can't let something that might happen get in the way of me doing something I want to do can I?

Thanks for any advice

Spidergirl76

Whoops, sorry posted in the wrong section! I'll repost in the Up Your Income section

Savvy_Sue

But if you search this board you will find some older threads about this very thing.

Two questions you have to ask yourself are: is there room for another ironing business? and if there is, why should people choose you rather than your friend / any of the other existing businesses?