{"product_id":"starting-a-mobile-valeting-business-ebook","title":"Starting a Mobile Valeting Business (Ebook)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 74-page guide to starting and running a mobile valeting business, written by Martin at MC Detailing from what actually happened since starting out in 2024. Real numbers, real mistakes, and the parts nobody puts on Instagram.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a business guide, and a valeting tutorial.\u003c\/strong\u003e It covers how to set the business up, what to charge, how to get customers and how to run a job properly, plus the exact wash workflow used on every job and which chemical to reach for when. It does not cover detailing work: paint correction, machine polishing or ceramic coatings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWherever you are, the job is the same.\u003c\/strong\u003e The customer who asks for a discount before you have quoted, the car that is far worse than described, the price that is too low to survive on, the quiet weeks in winter: none of that changes with the country. The pricing method, the wash workflow, the customer scripts and the checklists work anywhere. The money examples are in pounds and the admin chapters use UK rules as the worked example, so if you are elsewhere, put your own country's equivalents in their place and everything around them still applies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStarting:\u003c\/strong\u003e choosing how to register the business, the insurance question that catches people out, what the van and kit actually cost, which chemicals to buy and which to skip, and where your wash water is allowed to go.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGetting paid:\u003c\/strong\u003e every price charged from the first job to today and why each increase happened, a worked example of what a job leaves you after costs and all the time involved, deposits, quoting, and handling the difficult customer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGetting customers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Google, social, flyers, your website, and what to do to get the first ten bookings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRunning the job:\u003c\/strong\u003e the full wash workflow in the order it's done, wheels, sills and interiors, hot-day water spots, the photo routine that protects you, and what to do when the car is worse than described, the kit fails or the weather turns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilding the business:\u003c\/strong\u003e the numbers to track, maintenance customers, when to raise prices, the slow season, and when hiring makes sense.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe toolkit:\u003c\/strong\u003e checklists, pricing and quoting templates, deposit and cancellation policies, a 30-day launch plan, and ready-to-send customer message scripts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFormat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePDF download, delivered by email straight after checkout. Readable on a phone, tablet or computer, and printable. Written in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRefunds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital download. By buying, you ask for immediate access and accept that your right to cancel is lost once the download starts, so the purchase is non-refundable from that point. That does not affect your legal rights if the file is faulty or not as described: if it will not open or is not what this page says it is, contact us and we will fix it or refund you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MC Detailing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58173976871294,"sku":"MCD-EBOOK-01","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/4698\/7902\/files\/mc-detailing-starting-a-mobile-valeting-business-e-book.png?v=1791410448","url":"https:\/\/mcdetailing.shop\/products\/starting-a-mobile-valeting-business-ebook","provider":"MC Detailing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}