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Ultrasonic blind cleaning equipment, training and licensing
Look at any window.That's your market.
- The look of a franchise, without the cost of one.
- Start in a garage, a trailer, or under our name.
- 37 years of marketing, done for you.
We built this business to look like a franchisewithout the cost of one.
It's the first question people ask us, and it's a fair one. Here's how we compare, side by side.
| What you're looking for | DirtyBlinds.com | Franchise |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | ||
| A proven system, worked out over decades | Yes | |
| A name customers remember | with license | Yes |
| Training, online and hands-on | Yes | |
| Marketing playbooks that already work | Yes | |
| An exclusive territory | with license | Yes |
| Someone to call when you're stuck | Yes | |
| What it costs you | ||
| Franchise fee | $0 | Yes |
| Royalties on your sales | None | Yes |
| Required storefront and lease | None | Usually |
| DirtyBlinds.com name license What it includes |
$1,000/yrOptional | Required |
| Your equipment and your business | Yours | On their terms |
The license is optional.Here's what it gets you.
Cleaning solutions and every future purchase from us.
An exclusive territory, guaranteed in your contract.
Recognition customers already trust, working for you from your first day.
You're known as an established cleaning company, not just someone with equipment.
How your territory works
Your territory is the whole town, not a few scattered zip codes. The first three digits of a zip code identify the town. If your town starts with 123, every zip from 12301 to 12399 is yours, and it's written into your contract.
We're selective about who carries the name. If you're approved, your town is yours.
Ask if your town is availableWhich one is you?
Three kinds of people build a blind cleaning operation with us.
Find yours.
Starting on the side
Keep your paycheck. Build something that's yours.
Start with one machine in your garage and keep your job while you build. Clean evenings and weekends, grow at your own pace, and decide later how big you want it to be. Run it on your own, with a partner, or with your family.
Wes Kachingwe landed a $6,000 account with Pearson Government Solutions while running his operation part-time.
See what an operation can bring in
Hands on, no ladder
No degree.
No storefront.
No boss.
A trailer, a machine, and a phone that rings because the name has been known for 37 years. Real, local, physical work that nobody can automate or send overseas. The before-and-after videos do your marketing for you.
Brandyn Mitchell cleaned over 700 blinds at Ingram Micro in his first week, and set up the drop-off depots that fed him after that.
See the equipment
Already in business
Your customers keep asking about blinds.
Blind retailers, janitorial companies, dry cleaners, carpet cleaners, window washers, maid services. The customer is already yours; blinds are the revenue line you're sending somewhere else, and they fill the slow season.
COIT Services, the largest carpet and upholstery cleaner in the country, subcontracted their Buffalo blind cleaning to us for close to thirty years.
Find your industryAre you one of these industries?
Every one of these already buys our equipment or adds blind cleaning to what they do.
Blind retailers
You sold the blinds. Cleaning keeps the customer and fills the slow season.
Janitorial companies
Dusting is break-even busywork. Same money, once a year, and your crew stays on profitable work.
Dry cleaners
You already clean their drapes. Take blinds over the same counter. No equipment to buy.
Carpet cleaners
You are already in the building with a truck. Blinds are the second invoice.
Window washers
You look at the blinds through every window you clean. Same customer, same visit.
Maid services
Your clients ask about blinds and you say no. Say yes, on accounts you already have.
Training the industry since 1992
A machine is a machine is a machine. The knowledge is what makes it a business.
Forty kilohertz is forty kilohertz. Any good machine cleans blinds. We teach the trade, the shop, the safety and the marketing.
Online training
Start the day you decide. Train one person or a hundred.
20+ hours of video and coursework, built over a decade. Not a weekend seminar.
- Cleaning, drying, shop setup and safe working practice
- Marketing: dry cleaner depots, janitorial accounts, commercial work
- Repair: one in six blinds needs it, and it's your second income line
Hands-on training
South Carolina. Our winters are Buffalo summers.
Three days on the machine with the people who built it. Not a screen.
- Run the tank, the dryer and the trailer
- Take down, clean, repair and rehang every common blind type
- Certification through NACUC, the North American Certified Ultrasonic Cleaners program
This is the whole job. It is not complicated.
The blinds go in dirty and come out looking new. The ultrasonics do the work, which means the person running the machine is mostly standing there watching it happen.
That is the part nobody believes until they see it. It is also why this is easy labor to hire for, and why one person can turn around a building full of blinds in an afternoon.
Slats, cords, ladders and the headrail. Cleaned and relubricated, not just wiped down.
Twenty-two owner letters on file
It works in other people's businesses.
Not projections. Owners, accounts and numbers from 37 years of doing this.
Accounts we and our owners have cleaned for:
- COIT Services, 30 years
- A city hospital, 350 blinds
- Ingram Micro
- Olive Garden
- Bob Evans
- Applebee's
- Friendly's
- Pearson Government Solutions
We just want to say thank you very much for the wonderful business opportunity you have provided us with!! When we began our search for the "perfect business" we searched hi and low, scouring the internet, doing our homework.
Andy & Heidi RobinsonLooked at a percentage-fee franchise first. Chose to own it.Read the full letter
Dear Marc and LouAnn,
We just want to say thank you very much for the wonderful business opportunity you have provided us with!! When we began our search for the "perfect business" we searched hi and low, scouring the internet, doing our homework, and gathering as much information as would could. After finding your website and looking at what your company had to offer, Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning seemed like the perfect fit for us. Blind cleaning, along with blind sales and repairs, is not seasonal like many other businesses and does not require a ton of overhead (i.e. storefront, inventory, etc..). We loved the concept, however, we wanted to see if there were any other ultrasonic blind cleaning companies offering a similar opportunity that we could compare yours to.
Well, we found a company in our area that offers a "franchise opportunity" which translates to weekly or monthly fees based on a percentage of gross sales. NO THANKS!! We then knew that Dirtyblinds.com was for us.
When we called Marc to see how we could get started, he couldn't have been nicer. He explained that, being in sunny So. California, we would probably want to get the warm climate trailer which doesn't quite have all the bells and whistles that the cold climate trailer has, but will do the job just as well. I found this fascinating because the cost of the warm climate trailer was substantially less the cold climate trailer, yet he tried selling us what he thought we needed rather than a trailer that would have made him more money.
Anyhow, as it turns out, he had a gently used cold climate trailer (which is the one we wanted anyway) that was a great deal less than a brand new one. We jumped on it and drove cross country to Buffalo to pick up our new gently used trailer!
The training was great and Marc and LouAnn were very gracious and hospitable. We were able to go out on a couple of jobs with Wayne (who was extremely nice and helpful) to see firsthand how things operate. Overall a great experience!
We have stayed extremely busy cleaning and repairing all types of blinds since we brought our trailer home. This is hands down one of the best decisions we have ever made! Seriously!
Great business model, training, and support.
Here is our trailer at Ingram Micro cleaning over 700 blinds in my FIRST week…wow what a start.
Brandyn MitchellAbout $10k of work in his first two weeksRead the full letter
Dear Marc & Louann
I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to dirtyblinds.com. Here is our trailer at Ingram Micro cleaning over 700 blinds in my FIRST week…wow what a start.
Marc, Wayne, and Lou Ann were very welcoming and in a short time able to help me understand and become a part of dirtyblinds.com.I picked up our Turn-Key trailer with the new 3D lettering in Febuary, 2012. I was the first client to get their new 3D trailer wrap…WOW it looked great. Upon arriving we received 3 days of Hands-On training. We actually went on several job sites with our trailer, this was great for the hands-on experience. We took advantage of all the hands-on training along with all the other training for cleaning, repairing & marketing which was then supported with their ON-Line training & support system. Can't say enough about their training and support. I could have done business with several companies here on the west coast but their training and support is no where the quality of Dirtyblinds.com…I shopped them all and compared. Trust me there is nobody with the knowledge of Dirtyblinds.com…that's why I went all the way to the East coast.Within the first week of possessing my dirtyblinds.com trailer I landed 3-residential jobs and a large commercial account totaling about 10k in work. This work took me less then two (2) weeks to complete. Since I purchased my trailer Marc has been there to help walk me through any questions I have. Marc is always just a phone call away and eager to help me anytime I call.
This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to work for themselves and be very profitable. There are not many if any competitors out there that are as established as dirtyblinds.com. Its a great business to get involved in and I would strongly recommend dirtyblinds.com to anyone considering a career opportunity.
We just purchased a brand new DirtyBlinds.com turn-key mobile blind cleaning trailer and are eager to begin operating on the west coast. To say we're a little excited would be an understatement!
John Cales & Mary KlineCame from the janitorial industry. Rogue Valley, Oregon.Read the full letter
We just purchased a brand new DirtyBlinds.com turn-key mobile blind cleaning trailer and are eager to begin operating on the west coast. To say we're a little excited would be an understatement!
We have been operating a cleaning business in the beautiful Rogue Valley area. After doing industrial cleaning with a small company, we began looking for business opportunities in the janitorial industry. After doing a lot of research, we decided to buy our blind cleaning equipment and trailer through DirtyBlinds.com. We are so glad we did. Every detail of the building of our trailer had been overseen by the owner of Dirtyblinds.com. Marc has the experience we needed to get this trailer done the right way. Because of his experience, over 30 years of evolution went into the building of our new trailer, and it shows! While in Buffalo, we attended the Dirtyblinds.com three(3)day training class, with Marc Miller and Wayne Breissinger. We had a great time and learned valuable information that only comes from experience. Where else can you go and get over 30 years of hands-on training/knowledge in ultrasonic blind cleaning and repair industry. Who do you know in any business where the company answers their phone(24/7), and returns calls immediately?! They really do!
Our trailer is now on its way to us, and we can't wait to get started!
Thank you Marc & the Dirtyblinds.com team.
In the past six(6)weeks, since we started, we have set up drop off depots at drycleaners and blind retailers, arranged our phonebook yellow page ad and a marketing plan. Plus we started making money right away.
Brian & Monique O'SheaDepots at dry cleaners and blind retailers in six weeksRead the full letter
We purchased our ultrasonic blind cleaning machine six(6)weeks ago and with Dirtyblinds.com excellent on-line training program and hotline support our business was an instant success. We were able to "hit the ground running" rather than trying to learn as we go. This training and assistance provided us with the confidence we needed so that we were an instant hit with our customers and referral sources.
In the past six(6)weeks, since we started, we have set up drop off depots at drycleaners and blind retailers, arranged our phonebook yellow page ad and a marketing plan. Plus we started making money right away, completing commercial and residential projects cleaning in excess of 100 blinds and completed numerous blind repairs.
Just buying a blind cleaner and thinking that you can instantly become a ultrasonic blind cleaner without the proper training and certification would be a huge mistake. We chose Dirtyblinds.com because Marc Miller and his extensive experience and knowledge of the ultrasonic blind cleaning industry. He is truly one of a kind.
The service provided by Dirtyblinds.com is exceptional and the support invaluable…plus the machine is amazing too!!
Thanks to Marc Miller and Dirtyblinds.com for providing such a great opportunity for both my wife and I. This is a great business and we look forward to continued success in the years to come.
From the day I discovered Dirtyblinds.com and connected with Marc Miller, Owner of Dirtyblinds.com, he has always made himself available to answer questions 24/7.
Ismail (Izzy) El IdrissiSerial entrepreneur. Hands-on trained with us.Read the full letter
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Izzy, From the day I discovered Dirtyblinds.com and connected with Marc Miller, Owner of Dirtyblinds.com, he has always made himself available to answer questions 24/7.
I went to Buffalo New York to obtain my equipment training and Marc is extremely knowledgeable, helpful, and wanted to make sure I had all the tools needed to be successful in my business.
I have been promoting my business based on the tools provided by Marc and have had business coming to me from multiple avenues creating a great start to my new business.
I am an entrepreneur, have had a number of successful businesses, but must say that Dirtyblinds.com has been an easy startup and has an extremely profitable future for me by following the recommendations from Marc at Dirtyblinds.com.
I recommend Dirtyblinds.com as a simple and yet wonderful business to be able to serve your community in an innovative way to clean blinds.
I just completed my first major commercial job, cleaning our city's hospital – 350 mini and vertical blinds. Everyone was amazed how nice they looked.
Steve PyleHospital account, 350 blindsRead the full letter
Dear Marc,
I just had to write and tell you how excited I am about my new business. Six months ago I was not aware that a service for blind cleaning existed until one day my wife showed me an advertisement.
After two months of extensive research, I learned that Dirtyblinds.com was the only company that did blind cleaning and repairs for a living, as well as sell everything I needed to start my own business.
From our first phone conversation, you were the only person who took the time to thoroughly answer every question and more. No gimmicks, no bells, no whistles – just honesty and true professionalism. The value of the training you provided was invaluable as I experienced hands on training for blind cleaning, repairs, sales, and marketing. I have never learned so much, so easily, in such a short period of time. What is so great is that it does not stop there. Just a mere phone call on your "toll free 24/7 after market support hotline" can solve any problem or answer any question we may have.
I just completed my first major commercial job, cleaning our city's hospital – 350 mini and vertical blinds. Everyone was amazed how nice they looked. They looked GREAT! This is the greatest investment I have ever made. Where has this business been all my life? I look forward to our ongoing work relationship.
I like to deal with people who deliver what they promise. Both you and your training deliver.
COIT ServicesDouglas Desserich. Subcontracted DirtyBlinds for close to 30 years.Read the full letter
Dear Marc,
I like to deal with people who deliver what they promise. Both you and your training deliver. You have taught us how to clean and repair every type of blind out there. How to market our services, and do it all with complete confidence. I am looking forward to a long relationship between our companies. Thanks for a job well done.
Sincerely,
COIT SERVICES
Ask us for any of the letters.
We are all about choices. Not debt.
Start where you are. Grow when the work is there. Every step is your call.
At home
In the garage
Keep the job. Set up in a one-car garage, which dries a hundred mini blinds. Pick-up and delivery, evenings and weekends, until the phone rings more than you can answer.
- Lowest cost of entry
- No lease, no storefront
- Online training before the equipment ships
On the road
Go mobile
The on-site trailer we designed first in this industry. Pull into an office park, a hotel, a hospital wing, and clean hundreds of blinds in their parking lot. The customer watches a half-cleaned blind come out of the tank and the sale is made.
- Commercial accounts, highest volume
- The wow-factor demo
- Add it when the work is there, not before
Your name or ours
Carry the DirtyBlinds.com name
An optional license puts 37 years of name recognition on your trailer, gives you your whole town as an exclusive territory, and takes 20% off your solutions and future purchases.
- The name customers already remember
- Your whole town, in your contract
- Or build your own brand with our equipment and training
Marc MillerPresident and founder. Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Every answer you'll needwas worked out here first.
Every playbook on this site started as a question Marc had to answer for himself.
- The question
Marc ran Hang & Shine, a window washing and blind installation company. Customers kept asking the same thing: "Who cleans these?" Nobody did.
- The first machine
It came with a single day of training, most of it spent at meals. Marc learned fast that the machine was the easy part. Knowing how to clean every kind of blind was the business.
- Three months of testing
He borrowed sample books from blind-retailer friends and test-cleaned every fabric, metal and finish they made. Lou Ann logged every result on a Tandy computer from Radio Shack.
- 1992: the training
Those notes became a manual, written to train his own staff. Word got out, and people across the industry came to learn it, three days at a time, booked six to eight months out.
- The equipment
Trainees kept asking why he didn't build the equipment too. So he did. Built in New York ever since.
- Now
Blind manufacturers send new textiles to Marc to work out how to clean them. Thirty-seven years, from a two-and-a-half-car garage to operations in five countries.
Don't do anything until you talk to me. This industry is confusing, and wrong information costs you money and time. I've spent thirty-seven years finding that out so you don't have to.
Or call 1-800-9-SONICS
Tell us where you want to be.
Subsidize your income, or build a million-dollar blind cleaning operation. Either answer is fine. Say which, and we'll tell you what it takes.
- You talk to people who have run this business for 37 years.
- We'll walk through your numbers, your market, and which option fits you.
- If it doesn't fit, we'll tell you that too.
1-800-976-6427 in the US and Canada. 1-716-685-9574 from anywhere else.
A real person answers. Early, late, weekends. If you get voicemail, we call back the same day.