FAQ's
about Mobile Grooming:
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pet grooming is both a personally and financially
rewarding career. For a very small investment,
you can be in control of your own hours, your
own paycheck, and LOVE what you do every day!
It's time for you to join thousands of others
in the mobile pet grooming business, making
a good living spending time with pets all day!
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Here are just a few of the advantages of mobile
pet grooming as a career…
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Freedom to set your own schedule and be
your own boss!
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Flexibility to run your business the way
YOU want to - Now you can have a career
that allows you to balance your personal
life and business, too!
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Exciting and growing industry - Be a part
of the ever-growing pet industry and profit
from offering a quality professional service
with added convenience.
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Low overhead and expenses - With a groom
mobile, there is no rent or utilities to
pay, and product costs are low.
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High margin services - Mobile grooming is
a specialty service with added convenience
that customers are willing to pay a premium
for.
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Earning potential - Because the overhead
and ongoing expenses are low, and the profit
margins are high, the earning potential
for mobile groomers is great.
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Residual business - Pets need grooming on
a regular basis! Once you build a client
base you will profit from repeat business
with little or no additional advertising.
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Low start-up cost - There are no franchise
or territory fees to pay when you start
your grooming business with RightlookPets.com.
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Quick start-up time - RightlookPets.com
offers hands-on training courses to prepare
you to groom in as little as 2 weeks! Weekend
seminars are also available to introduce
you to the industry and the great earning
potential with mobile grooming.
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Financing available - RightlookPets.com
offers zero-down financing for career training
and equipment to get your business off the
ground.
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| Benefits
of mobile grooming vs. fixed location grooming shop: |
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The benefits of a mobile pet salon over a fixed
location grooming shop start with customer convenience.
Pet owners do not need to transport their animals
to a salon, or put dirty dogs in their cars
because the mobile groomer comes to them! Pet
owners are happy to pay for this added convenience.
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As a mobile groomer you can (and should) charge
a premium for your professional services, as
well as a convenience fee. Customers expect
to pay more for a service that comes to them,
and with proper pricing, mobile groomers can
often be more profitable than those with a fixed
location grooming shop. And because you can
charge a premium for the convenience of mobile
grooming, you can groom fewer pets and make
more money each day!
- Mobile
grooming allows the pet to remain calmer by
staying in their home environment and avoiding
the stress of being around other animals as
is typical in a grooming shop. Pet owners appreciate
this, and it makes your job easier, too.
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it’s your home or your business, everyone
agrees that owning is always better than renting.
By taking your grooming business on the road
in a groom mobile that you OWN, you make an
investment in your own business, rather than
throwing away money each month renting a fixed
location grooming shop.
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a mobile pet salon you have much more control
of your hours, the days you work, and your efforts.
Imagine having a career where you call all the
shots and no one looks over your shoulder! With
help from RightlookPets.com, YOU can become
a business owner!
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custom graphics or a full trailer wrap, your
mobile grooming trailer also serves as a traveling
billboard as you drive to and from jobs and
while you are working at a particular location.
This is FREE advertising to a variety of customers
all day long! And when you aren’t using
it for grooming, you can park your grooming
trailer at a busy intersection or shopping center
and generate more phone calls and interest!
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Grooming trailer vs. Grooming Van - When
you consider taking your pet grooming business on
the road, you have two choices for your mobile pet
salon: grooming trailer or grooming van. Here are
some things to think about when choosing your groom
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- Price
- The biggest difference between a grooming
trailer and a grooming van is the price. Grooming
vans are typically more expensive than grooming
trailers, have higher monthly payments and also
require more maintenance. Like any other vehicle
that has an engine, grooming vans often require
costly repairs, too.
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Down Time - When a grooming van needs engine
work or maintenance, your mobile grooming business
grinds to a halt. With no mobile salon, you
will miss out on the work (and profits!) you
had scheduled for days and possibly even weeks!
With a grooming trailer, you do not experience
this down time. If your towing vehicle needs
maintenance, you simply can hook your trailer
up to another vehicle and continue to service
your clients and keep your business running.
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Flexibility - Grooming trailers allow you to
unhook from your towing vehicle so you can use
your car, truck or SUV for other personal life
matters. No need to show up at the theatre or
fancy restaurant in your grooming salon! Although
we encourage groomers to use their mobile salon
as an effective advertising tool, there will
undoubtedly be times and places that it’s
not appropriate or convenient for you to arrive
in your mobile grooming trailer! Using a grooming
trailer for your mobile rig allows you to decide
when you take your mobile salon, and when you
leave it parked at home.
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Mileage - Grooming trailers don’t have
odometers, and therefore don’t accumulate
mileage like grooming vans. Thus, grooming trailers
do not depreciate as quickly over time like
grooming vans do.
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Insurance - Grooming trailers are typically
less expensive to insure than a grooming van.
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| Profitability
of a mobile groomer: |
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Mobile pet grooming is a very lucrative industry.
With the right price points, packaging and promotion,
a mobile pet groomer can easily make $300 or
more per day! Yes, PER DAY! For example, if
you worked 5 days per week and groomed on average
6 dogs per day at a minimum of $50 per dog ($40
groom fee + $10 travel fee), your gross annual
income is $78,000 minimum per year! This doesn’t
even include tips, additional services you can
offer, more dogs or cats, etc.! Imagine the
possibilities! This is one of the hottest business
opportunities in the pet industry. Let RightlookPets.com
help you take advantage of the possibilities
in this exciting industry.
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| Franchising
vs. Owning your own pet business -
If you are considering going mobile with your pet
grooming business, be sure to carefully research
the pros and cons of franchising. Choosing your
business model wisely is one of the most important
factors in your ability to operate a profitable
business. Consider these factors carefully… |
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Franchise Fees - Franchise owners must pay a
large upfront franchise fee in order to become
a part of the franchise network. Once you are
a franchisee, you then continue to pay monthly
or annual royalty fees, which often amount to
as much as 7% to 9% per year! This is one of
the major drawbacks to franchise ownership.
Why pay someone else when you are doing all
the work? Why not own your own company so you
can keep all your profits? Franchising just
doesn’t make financial sense.
- Territory
Fees - When you are a part of a franchise, you
pay money to own an exclusive territory. But
the only thing you truly own is the right to
keep another franchisee of the same company
out of your territory. Your territory is not
protected from other franchised pet groomers,
or independent mobile pet groomers who want
to start their own grooming business in your
territory. So what are you really paying for?
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Profitability - Many people incorrectly believe
that the more money you spend to buy a franchise,
the more money the franchise will produce. This
is easily perceived because our culture teaches
us that if we pay more, we can expect to get
more in return. However, when it comes to buying
and operating a franchised mobile pet business,
this is simply not true. If you own and operate
your own pet grooming business, you will not
have to share your profits with the franchise.
More profits for you and your business means
that you can do less work to make the same money
you would as a franchisee.
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you own a franchise, you are bound by a franchise
agreement and must operate your business the
way the franchise demands. Why not own your
own business so you can run it the way you see
fit? Shouldn’t a business owner be in
control of her own time and money? After all,
freedom and flexibility is what owning your
own business and being your own boss is all
about!
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