Holiday Biz: Christmas Light Installer
This is a great seasonal business that specializes in providing the labor for holiday decorations. Once a year an opportunity to make excellent extra money arrives–installing and then later removing decorative outdoor Christmas lights for people who just don’t have the time or the energy to do it for themselves.
Start looking for customers in mid-November, perhaps even placing fliers on the windshields of cars in the parking lots of stores advertising Thanksgiving Day special prices! Do ask for permission from the store or mall managers, lest you get started off on the wrong foot with an important ally. It’s best to strike while the holidays are fresh in your potential customers’ minds.
Targeting high-end neighborhoods is another way to go, as many of these homeowners feel the pressure to put up their decorations early to match their neighbors, yet don’t have the extra time to get out there and get it done.
In addition to offering a service putting up holiday lights, you could also provide removal service for the lights you installed. For an extra charge you could haul away the Christmas trees and take them to a mulcher!
How much should you charge for this once-a-year service? A college student charges $40 for a simple, one-story house job that takes a little over an hour, and up to $75 for larger houses. For these prices, you are using the lights that the homeowner already owns, not supplying the decorations yourself like the fancy design firms. Make sure your clients understand that before you agree to a job.
Photo by The Killer.
barry on November 27th, 2006 4:01 pm
looking for someone that would decorate our business w/ christmas lights and trees. please call us we are in the santa monica area. tel 310 829 5411
thanks
barry
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Christmas Light Installation Business on October 21st, 2008 8:12 pm
The christmas lighting business is an excellent add on service for those with seasonal businesses that slow down in the winter. This business is also good for those who would like to make enough income in the 60 days of christmas to relax and not work the rest of the year.
As great as this business is, it is not a business you want to rush into without some planning as well as a solid business plan and marketing strategy.
And while there are franchise opportunites available in this industry, you really can do this on your own, and besides, who wants to pay a huge franchise buy in fee, plus pay 6% to 8% of your income in royalties every year?
If you would like more information on starting your own christmas light installation business, check out the following website:
http://CashingInOnChristmas.com
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