A Barber Shop That Comes to You

Almost everyone in the world needs to get their haircut from time to time. It seems like there is never enough time in the day to get away from work or feel in the mood to stop and get your haircut on the way to or from work.

Some businesses offer mobile haircuts and from as little as a barber on a bike to a motor home with multiple chairs and air conditioned comfort.  See http://onsitehaircuts.com/ as an example of the more luxurious mobile solution.

It does not matter what the size of your mobile barber shop is, as long as you are able to offer a good service that people need and make it easy to get that service, you can charge a premium for each haircut.

To make this business even more profitable, you should make contact with local employers and offer to bring your service to the place of business, maybe even on a set time every other week. This will allow employees that need the essential haircut to get it taken care of quickly at work, it will help people to feel better about the place they work and it will reduce time lost from people running out to get their haircut.

You don’t have to offer a complicated list of services, stick to the basics and keep it simple.

  This idea was generously donated by Steve. As a thank you for the donation of the business idea this site and the Myvesta Foundation have helped to fund the business of entrepreneur María Del Carmen Estrada Valencia.

María Del Carmen Estrada Valencia

One Response to “A Barber Shop That Comes to You”

kennedy Says:
June 28th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

Sounds like a pretty cool idea.

 

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