Nobody puts it on the list, and everybody notices once it is done.
Dirty windows are the household job people notice least and appreciate most once it is done.
That gap is the business. Almost nobody puts window cleaning on their weekend list, and almost everybody is quietly pleased when the light comes through properly again. It is also unusually cheap to start, because the entire kit is a squeegee, a bucket, and a cloth.
It pairs well with work a kid is already doing. If you are mowing a lawn every week, you are already standing in the yard of somebody whose windows need doing.
Do your own house first, and this one is genuinely worth doing before asking anyone, because the before and after is the sales pitch.
Take a photo of one dirty window and the same window after. Then knock on five doors with your phone in your hand. You are not describing a service, you are showing one.
Windows are a strange business because people stop seeing their own dirty glass. Pointing at the difference is most of the sale, and it is why the photo works better than any sentence you could say.
The ladder question decides what this business is.
Ground floor windows, inside and out, reached standing on the ground or on the bottom two steps of a stepladder with someone holding it, is reasonable work for a young teenager. Second story windows are not. That is adult work with real fall risk, and the honest answer to a customer who asks is that you do ground floor only.
Saying that out loud is better business than it sounds. It tells the customer you know your limits, which is exactly what makes people comfortable hiring a fifteen year old. Quote the ground floor confidently and let the upstairs go.
A squeegee and a bucket. This is one of the cheapest businesses to start.
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Andre works out that the easiest customer to sell is the one already paying you.
Windows are the clearest example of that on this whole list. Finding a brand new customer takes ten conversations. Asking a lawn customer whether they want their ground floor windows done while you are already there takes one sentence, and they already know you show up and do decent work.
That is not a trick. It is how nearly every small service business grows, and most people never think to try it.
The kit covers adding a second service to an existing customer, which is the cheapest growth there is.
See what is inside the kitA kid walking dogs in their own neighborhood usually starts between $10 and $18 for a thirty minute walk. Professional walkers average about $21 for the same walk.
Read the answerLess than almost anyone expects, and for a lot of these ideas the honest answer is nothing until somebody has already said yes to a price.
Read the answerTen people who already know them, one prepared sentence, and an easy way for each of them to say no.
Read the answerFind out whether this is not working or just not fun right now. Those look identical from outside and they need opposite responses.
Read the answerThey are not buying feeding. They are buying a holiday where nobody is quietly worried about the cat.
See the ideaSmall money that arrives every single week without anyone having to be asked again. The cleanest lesson in recurring revenue there is.
See the ideaNobody puts it on the list, and everybody notices once it is done. The before and after photo does the selling.
See the ideaForty minutes, a bucket, and a customer who can see the problem from their front door.
See the ideaA program from Founder's Best Friend. Built for kids 8 to 18 who want something of their own.