I'm brainstorming a new business idea and would love to hear any and all feedback. I'm thinking of starting an on-demand shoe cleaning and customization business where customers navigate an app to schedule pickup and delivery shoe cleaning and customization. Myself (and eventual employees if the business grows) would get requests for shoe cleaning from customers, go to their homes and pick up X amount of shoes, bring them back to my own home to clean/customize them, and drop them off by the end of the day/next day. This business would also offer customization services, as I see this is a growing trend to customize shoes, so I'm thinking painting, embroidery, and laces customization options.
I have a couple questions for you all as I brainstorm this business:
I have a couple questions for you all as I brainstorm this business:
- How much would you be willing pay per pair of shoes to get them cleaned? Obviously this also depends on how dirty/expensive the shoe is, but what is a reasonable base price to pay?
- Do you think this business could be subscription-ized? In other words, would you be willing to pay for a monthly cleaning package for X amount of shoes cleaned/customized per month?
- Do you think shoe painting, embroidery, and laces customization would be good customization options? What other customization options would you want? Love any other feedback on this.
- If you have had experience getting your shoes professionally cleaned, what was it like?
- Any other questions, comments, concerns?