Professional Baby Proofing: A Look at a Unique Business Opportunity
If you are a parent, you likely already know exactly what baby proofing is. Baby proofing involves making an establishment, most often a home, safe for a child. Examples of baby proofing include installing plastic outlet covers, installing baby gates, and removing dangerous, breakable items from the home. Many professional baby proofing experts offer suggestions on how to improve the home, but many do most of the work themselves.
To run a successful baby proofing business, you need to have customers. Who are these customers you maybe wondering, parents of course. When targeting parents, it is important that you target those who are first-time mothers or those who do not have the time to baby proof their own homes. In fact, you should target expectant mothers. Baby proofing a home before a baby arrives is ideal for preparation. In a way, it may even increase your chances of getting new clients; many expectant mothers are consumed with other duties and tasks.
Although parents will be your largest market, you are advised to target others. For example, target business owners that regularly have children on their property. This may include doctor's offices, dentist offices, or financial institutions. With the risk of being held liable for an onsite accident, many business owners could benefit from your service. Additional individuals who you should target include babysitters, daycare centers, grandparents, and other close relatives.
In addition to having clients, you will also need a solid pay structure to go on. When charging your clients, you can charge them just about anyway that you would like. It is advised that you offer a consultation appointment, either free of charge or for a small fee. Use this to examine the home in question, to determine its size or the amount of work that needs to be done. You may want to think about charging your clients by the hour or by the size of the project, which a consultation appointment can help you determine.
If you are a parent, you may have better success running a baby proofing business. This is because, as a parent, you have experience baby proofing your own home and it must have worked if you are interested in starting a business around it. This will make you and the services that you offer to your clients appear more attractive and appealing. If you are not a parent, but you would still like to start your own baby proofing business, you are advised to thoroughly research, examine, and train yourself on proper baby proofing techniques. This can be done online or with many printed resources.
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- Parents are the best candidates for becoming professional baby proofing experts.
- If not a parent, you can still educate yourself on proper baby proofing techniques.
- Your target market should include parents, grandparents, babysitters, and business owners.
4 Comments
Post a CommentSome good points but I don't think it's any way to make money. Those who already know how to baby proof, will do it themselves and many of those who could benefit, are the ones who will not care enough to pay for it.
Also, many new parents are already getting much support in this direction from service agencies which have employees meeting with new parents in their homes as often as needed the entire first year of baby's life, -- at no charge to the parents.
It's actually not very profitable, ane most people don't understand what it is or think it's useless. Also, in many states you have to pass a test and get a specific license to do it. And in some states, you actually need a contractor's license. Most insurance companies won't even insure this kind of business because the liability is so high. My best friend started one of these a couple of years ago and nearly went bankrupt in the process.
Good point. I forgot to include that in my article. Thanks!
this sounds really cool, but you would want to carry some insurance, incase you missed something and got sued.