Laundry Business in the Philippines

For all members: the final date of the first meeting will be on September 20. For the NCR members: Venue will be in Max’s Restaurant in Gateway Cubao.
Time: 3pm.  I need confirmation of attendance for me to able to reserve a function room. However, if the attendees fall below 15, i don’t see any reason for us to be in a function room anymore. Agenda is posted here, I will have a static page for the members to see the agenda, and if you have comments and suggestions, you can either post it here in this forum or leave a comment here.

Hopefully a lot would show up.
In the other areas, please coordinate with Carlos111 and hopefully you will update us with your status.
Thank you! ( I’m already excited to finally meet all of you!)

Have a nice day everyone!

Monette

Ma’am Etten,
Yung client ko po ang nagpautang. Yung ex-laundry employee turned laundry owner nga! Yun nga lang, hindi nga siya nakapagbayad sa client ko ng monthly amortizations! Hindi po electrolux ang mga machines. Kumbaga, yung inutang po nila sa kliyente ko, sobra sobra sa pinang capital nila sa business. Ngayon po, pag titingnan mo yung business, hindi man talaga worth 700K. Maganda po talaga kasi yung location nung existing na business kaya malakas. At yung 100 kg na laundry nila ay wala mang institutional clients. Actually, average nga po yun.

Sa ngayon po kasi, hindi naman actually natututukan ng client ko yung business, mostly, ako po ang nagchecheck. In fact, nag hire pa kami ng parang kahera-all-around para lang may mag supervise sa mga dating employee, and we pay her P10,500.00 a month. Tapos may gastos pa ang laundry na P8000.00 para sa food ng mga workers which I think is dapat hindi naman na. Ang comp*tation ko ng net income niya for is P30K, considering na ang daming unnecessary expenses.

Help po!!! Ang hirap pong mag decide.
-labadami1324-

hindi pala maganda ang ginawa ng ex-laundry turned laundry owner na yan…

anyway, di ko pa rin ma gets. hired ka ng client mo to look after the shop?
kasama ka pala sa unnecessary expense?
pasensya na, mababaw yata ang pinagkukunan ko ngayon, hehehe!

yung income na 30k/month ay mababa kung i-coconsider mo ang tanggap in an average na 100kg a day. kung tumatanggap ka ng 100 kg a day, dapat ang income na nyan ay nasa 50-60k/month. pero depende pa magkano ba per kilo? kung 30/kilo yan:

100kg X 30 = 3000
3,000 per day gross income. X 30 = 90000

you can substitute computing…
at sinasabi ko pa rin na mahal ang laundry shop sa 700k.

mag tayo ka na lang ng sarili mong laundry shop..

monette

Ma’am Etten,

I’m not being paid to look after the business. Isa po iyan sa nadagdag kong trabaho as a Counsel for my client.

Yung P30K pong income niya a month is NET. Bale and kinikita niya in a month for GROSS is around P90,000 to P100,000 a month plus ang mga expenses na hindi naman dapat ay umaabot ng P70,000 roughly. Sayang nga ang potential nung laundry para kumita pa ng mas malaki.

By the way, ma’am etten, within next week po ako magwa wire ng money para sa Modules po.

Siguro nga po, magtatayo na lang po ako ng sarili. Yun nga lang po kasi yung pinakafeasible na nakita kong puwesto ay eh medyo malayo na talaga from the laundry itself. Magkano po ang starting capital ko kung sakali? At ang budget ko for the rent? Ang presyuhan po dito sa Angeles ng laundry is P35 and P30 per kilo. Yung sa client ko kaya marami din pong client is P30 kasi mostly po yung iba dito, P35.

Marami pong salamat sa tulong. Hope to hear from you!!!!
--labadami1324-

kahit na 30k NET, mapapataas pa yan ng 50K kung tatanggalin ang taga overlook na pinapa sweldo ng 10500 per month, at ang 8,500 na food. i add mo lang lahat ito sa 30k, would already amount to P49k…

maganda pala ang price sa angeles. kung makakapagtayo ka ng kahit na 300m radius within the area, ok na yan. i’m sure may magpapalaba sayo, kung makakakuha ka rin ng pwesto na mababa lang ang rent, say less than 10k mas mainam.

basta dapat meron kang workable system na very efficient, i’m sure papatok ang laundry shop mo.

-monette-

good day everybody. ask ko lang if okay lang ba na magtaas ng price? kasi sobrang tumaas ang water consumption namin.. and even the electricity.. my water ranges from 6500 to 7700 na. sobrang taas na.. kasi naging industrial meter na kami. anyways, im thinking na ill give palugit na 3 months magpopost lang ako sa shop na magtataas ako with in 3 months. anybody who had the same situation?
one reason din kasi why i decided to increase price kasi i discover na mas nalilinis ang damit kapag may pre wash. i mean babasain mo ang damit then papaikutin ng konte then spin… mas malinis pero mas madaming water ang kelangan kaya im planning to increase.
-kath-

hi kathy,
long time no post..
i’m not sure about the idea ha..ok lang magtaas ng price pero i don’t think you need to post warning pa.kasi pababaan na ang price ngayon tapos biglang ikaw naman magtataas. maybe you ought to try, but you have to be ready for the result..kung deadma ang customers, eh di masaya! ..IMHO ha.
regarding sa water, i suggest you ask from manila water why you’re being rated as industrial. commercial ka lang sana coz hindi ka building, at hindi ka rin factory or even construction site… puro walk in lang ang customers mo. may pupuntang inspector sa area mo from nawasa..napapakiusapan sila,
definitely mas malinis ang may pre-wash..i wonder, your washer is supposedly automatic that’s set for 40 mins cycle,meaning with pre-wash talaga yun,

etten

hi everyone!
im also a newbie in this thread,and so far i’ve learned a lot re: putting up & running a laundry business.
actually i’m one of the hundreds of hopefuls who’d want to put up a laundry business and like them there are queries that need to be tackled first b4 pushing thru w/ the plans. while reading all of your exchange of messages i feel so secured to put a foot forward this time, everyone’s so accommodating and warm.very supportive!
i’d want to start up with a small first, do you think starting as a drop off shop is a good idea for newbies like me? the reason for this is that the place im eying is small,(BTW i’d like to out this up in baguio), as most of us know places in baguio are quite high na rin. i was thinking of a 24 hrs service thing, sa bahay ang laba then for pick up/delivery the nxt day….what do you think? hope to hear from u guys,,, etten specially , seems like ure one of the masters of this trade. Sayang i’ve missed ur training i might avail of your module nlng if ever…
please please please ideas for start ups!! PLEASE…..
THANKS GUYS!!!!
-jyanni-

hi jyanni,
glad you found this thread very warm and accomodating…that’s basically the goal of this thread as everyone would agree..hindi ako ang thread starter, care taker lang ako dito.
anyway, in every business maganda laging calculated risk…yung sayo naman testing the market, and safe because you don’t have to put in large investment, kasi pick up station lang ang gagawin mo, and para ka lang tumatanggap ng labada. 24 hours naman ang normal turn around time so walang worries dun,
you can start na, mas maganda yung makapag umpisa ka na, kesa just thinking about it.
but of course, dapat sigurado ka na rin sa gagawin mo coz starting a business requires your dedication also. after all it’s your own.
Good luck and Have a nice day!

Monette

to everyone who are in this business for more than three years:
In your own experience, does a 10.5kg top load machine last for three years? This will help in my comp*tation of the equipment depreciation. Thank you.
-perpax-

I’m already 6 years in the business, and my toploads are still working, except for my other unit that bogged down because hindi ginagamit.

btw, my top loads are all maytag, i also have a 6.0 kg samsung automatic that’s been working for 4 years now..

Monette

etten,
how about whirlpool? all my machines are whirlpool, except for the front load which is speed queen. Meron kasi Abenson dito and nakuha ko yung ibang units at 0% for 6 months at saka walang maytag dito. Ung speed queen ko is from manila and I’m having problem with the after sales service although wala pa namang major problem.
Anyone who are experienced using whirlpool?

kb,
share mo naman quality ng mga units mo, and I’m very struck with your post: ” If you want something which you’ve never had, you must do something that you’ve never done”. I like that.

The laundry business is not new to me since sanay akong maglaba nung single pa ako. But I didn’t enjoy washing!!!!!. I just did it because of necessity, (huhuhu, walang pambayad ng labandera).

I just got the idea when I got married and I found it hard to look for a labandera so I figured that others might share the same problem with me. Indeed, when I made some surveys with my friends, they also have problems with looking for a labandera. So, I made up my mind to put up this business. Unfortunately, of all the friends I surveyed, only one became a customer!!! Ganyan talaga mga friends, sabihin nila maganda plano mu just to support you. So, if you want to start other business, don’t just ask comments from your friends who will always tell you the positive side. Anyway, I find the business okey, in fact, I’m looking forward to opening another branch soon. (personal sharing na ‘to ah).

Just last week, one of my customers was offered by other laundry (a new comer) less P5 sa price namin and free pick up and delivery pa. e observe ko lang kung babalik yun. will tell you later, but if you ask me if I get down with their price? - NO WAY! For me price is not the main consideration in marketing! Tingnan natin kung talagang effective yung ‘Law of Compensation” otherwise known as the “Law of Karma” which states that “anything you do will return to you”.
-perpax-

My machines are all whirlpool except for one pair of speed queen washer and dryer. Some of my machines are already more than three years old. There are already some parts that were already repaired and/or replaced but generally they all still in good working condition.

I know a laundry where her machines are all whirlpool brand and around 10 years old now, still doing well together with her laundry business.
denzon

So far, wala pa naman problema sa machines ko. We are using Electrolux, Speed Queen and Whirlpool.
-kb-