Selling Logistics

This assignment was not too difficult because the location and time periods I will sell my service are things I have thought about for quite some time now, ever since I visited Miami while I was doing an internship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.  I did however, have a slight issue when it came to the question of how I will sell my service.  I was not sure exactly what was being asked here, so I went about it by mentioning how my customers would here about my service and then describing the process that was involved with providing the service and then receiving payment.  Other than that, this assignment was not very difficult and pretty straight forward.  This project as a whole (the $100 Business project) has helped to reinforce my thoughts and keep me thinking about the Detail shop I wish to open some day relatively soon.

Service Discussion and Start-Up Costs

The Service Discussion was the easiest of these two tasks.  I have planned and thought about this aspect of my soon to be Detail Shop for many years now, trying to figure out ways that I can have a competitive advantage over my competitors.  There are many things I feel I will be doing that nobody else has done.  There are also a few ideas I have regarding a car wash that I have no included, because it wouldn't be strictly a car wash.  That idea is for another time however.  The start-up costs portion of this assignment was tough.  Trying to find actual prices on things, without begging the process of purchasing seems to be almost impossible.  In order to get a quote, you need to sign-up to the website.  That is something I am not completely comfortable with at this point in time.  I want to have some money saved up before I start getting too serious into it because I want to use as little outside resources as possible in starting this business.  Keeping my credit high, not borrowing from friends or family, and making sure I have things in order, before I jump into this endeavor.  Not being able to find out costs is a problem also, because I am not sure how much money I will need to have saved up in order to start this endeavor.  Once I start becoming more serious with pursuing this, I will be more willing to sign-up to these websites in order to get set numbers.