[pianotech] Client List

[wimblees at aol.com]

Noah



Not to blow my own horn, but I have a chapter in my book on how to figure out the value of a tuning business. 



Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, Aug 20, 2009 10:45 am
Subject: [pianotech] Client List


Hello all. I don't know what the rules are about talking about money in the PTG, but I have noticed conversations of the kind before, so I figured it was okay to ask for some advice.

I am probably moving from NYC in February and have considered selling my client list. Now being in the business for only 3 years, it is not huge. However, I have worked very hard for it and have accumulated over 200 names, many of which are reliable repeats. I feel it is worth money. 

Other than just throwing out a random number to a potential buyer, is there some sort of precedent for a reasonable price, or method of dealing with, this? 

Most of you will probably be wondering right off the bat "how many repeat clients?" so that you can give an informed answer. Well, most of the names in my address book are home pianos, and I have not kept up with the records as I should have (I did in the beginning though!) so I will guess for our purposes here that 75 are repeats (tuned at least twice) and 10 are frequents (tuned at least 4x/year). I think many of the others are potential repaeats, however I have not hounded them due to a 9-5 at a piano rental company.? 

Thanks in advance to all responses,

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