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We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between Cleantie and Shipday, a leading provider of delivery logistics solutions. This collaboration represents a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to enhancing the Cleantie platform and delivering exceptional value to our customers.
As part of this partnership, Cleantie has integrated Shipday's innovative delivery management capabilities directly into our platform. This integration will empower our customers to streamline their pickup and delivery operations, optimize routes, and provide enhanced delivery experiences to their clients.
Key benefits of the Cleantie and Shipday partnership include:
Seamless Integration: Enjoy seamless integration of Shipday's delivery management features directly within the Cleantie platform, eliminating the need for separate systems and manual data entry.
Real-Time Tracking: Track deliveries in real-time and provide customers with accurate ETA notifications, enhancing transparency and customer satisfaction.
Multi-Channel Delivery Options: Offer customers flexible delivery options, including on-demand, scheduled, and contactless delivery, to accommodate their preferences and busy schedules.
Reliable Delivery Partners: Access Shipday's extensive network of reliable delivery partners, including Uber and Doordash, to ensure timely and secure delivery of orders to customers' doorsteps.
We believe that this partnership with Shipday will further strengthen Cleantie's position as a leading provider of laundry and dry-cleaning management solutions, empowering our customers to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and deliver exceptional service to their clients.
For additional information, visit Shipday https://www.shipday.com/integrations.

Al Anjavi is the Excecutive Director of Cleantie

Starting a mobile laundry business from home can be a rewarding venture with relatively low overhead costs. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started. By following these steps and leveraging Cleantie POS technology, you can start and grow a successful laundry business from home while providing exceptional service and convenience to your customers.

Market Research: Begin by conducting market research to understand the demand for laundry services in your area. Identify your target market, competition, pricing trends, and potential challenges.

Use proper technology: Consider how Cleantie POS technology can enhance your business operations and differentiate you from competitors.

Legal Requirements: Research the legal requirements for starting a home-based laundry business in your area, including obtaining necessary licenses, permits, and insurance coverage. Ensure compliance with local regulations and zoning laws governing home-based businesses.

Set Up Your Space: Create a dedicated workspace in your home for your laundry business, equipped with adequate lighting, ventilation, and electrical outlets. Allocate space for laundry equipment, storage, and administrative tasks.

Invest in Equipment: Purchase or lease laundry equipment, such as washers, dryers, and folding tables. Consider investing in energy-efficient appliances to reduce operating costs and environmental impact.

Install Cleantie POS: Purchase Cleantie Platform software to Start your laundry pickup and delivery business overnight. Cleantie offers limited exclusive territory, zero investment, free Cleantie apps, free digital marketing, and sponsored Google ads. To see if Cleantie can offer you Exclusive Territory, visit http://app.cleantie.com website, then click on Search Delivery Area.

Uber, DoorDash Option: Cleantie has a partnership with Shipday. The easiest way to manage local deliveries. All-in-1 delivery software helps you easily offer and manage deliveries automatically commission-free! Set up in minutes. Use your own driver or 3rd party driver through DoorDash, Uber. Visit http://shipday.com website to learn about the Shipday option and fees.

Customer Service: Focus on providing exceptional customer service to build loyalty and drive business growth.Utilize Cleantie POS tools to manage customer inquiries, resolve issues promptly, and gather feedback for continuous improvement. Leverage Cleantie POS technology to enhance the customer experience through personalized communication, convenience features, and value-added services.

Monitor and Adapt: Monitor your business performance using Cleantie POS analytics and reporting tools to track sales, inventory, and customer engagement metrics.Continuously evaluate customer feedback, market trends, and competitor activity to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation. Stay updated on Cleantie POS software updates and new features to optimize your business operations and stay ahead of the competition.

Over the past decade, our world has had an explosive development in technology. This evolution has caused a dramatic shift in the way businesses and consumers operate. We’ve seen a massive transition from traditional brick-and-mortar business to online business models. Companies like Uber to Airbnb, Amazon to Alibaba, Netflix to Disney Plus and more have completely dominated the market.
These major industry takeovers, however, don't mark the completion of this phase of change; they mark the beginning, with the next installment being the small business landscape. And one major industry in the domain of small enterprise, of course, is the dry cleaning and laundry industries.
To stay competitive in any market, cleaners have to be able to provide their services to the consumer in the most accessible and convenient way possible. Unsurprisingly the online business model has taken commercialism by storm — not to mention the pressure of digital business transformation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
According to KPMG, 55% of people will search online for reviews and recommendations before making a purchase, 47% will visit the company website, and only 26% will visit the physical store.
So, what do these statistics really mean?
It’s safe to say that consumers enjoy the ease and comfort of purchasing from home, which of course comes with the new norm of delivery of goods and services. This brings us to the democratization of the next big flourishing industry, transportation.
Where to start?
Cutting-edge POS software packages can marry the dry cleaning, laundry and alteration industries with intuitive and convenient brick-and-mortar, mobile, and delivery systems to help you create and manage your new business.
What should the implementation of this technology look like?
A Modern POS – Payment processing and in-store POS solutions have historically made you fit their mold, rather than them fitting your mold. In a modern POS, a merchant is looking for the best technology but also a simple solution. It does no one any good if the POS can calculate a merchant’s profit to the 1000th decimal if no one can read it or know how to do it. A merchant is looking to have a POS be easy to use, help their employees in everyday life and, most importantly, help them improve their business.
A Driving App — Modern solutions encompass route management software to make it easy to fulfill deliveries by providing step-by-step delivery instructions. They allow the owner to onboard new drivers quickly with a simple and intuitive native app with interactive navigation. Delivery drivers can save time and fuel with up-to-date information on traffic conditions, distances between points, and estimated travel times.
A cleaner’s driving app should also have an integrated communication tool that allows drivers to make a call or send a direct message to the customer with a single tap. The customer can receive updates via automatic SMS or push notifications about when a delivery has started, when it should be expected and when it’s arriving. With this technology, you can select your delivery route manifest, scan delivery invoices from a built-in camera feature, and optimize your delivery route quickly and accurately.
Putting Your Solution Together
Reach out to your technology partners to understand what possibilities exist for you today. These partners are eyeing trends within the marketplace today to understand how they can help you save money, evolve your business, and ensure you have the right solution for your store or mobile service. It's time to put 2022 on a spin cycle and freshen up how our industry is doing business.

Andrea Einlo is the marketing director of Cleantie