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IF YOU’RE LIVING a busy life and hate doing laundry with a passion there’s some good news with the launch of the ‘Uber for clothes cleaning’ today in Ireland.
Zipjet, a startup funded by Rocket Internet (which also supports the likes of discount specialists Groupon International), has gone live in Dublin today after successful launches in London in November last year and Berlin a couple of months later.
Online fashion company Zalando, another Rocket beneficiary, meanwhile announced 200 tech jobs for Dublin in April.
The concept of Zipjet is simple – laundrettes and other cleaning services (like clothes-pressing, dry cleaning etc.) sign up with Zipjet – then the customer books in either via their website or smartphone app (both Android and iOS) and hey presto – lovely clean clothes without the wait.
The service will serve the central areas of Dublin first as they try to ascertain takeup and demand before projected expansion. Sample prices include €19 for a bag of laundry (washed and folded) and €16.50 for a suit.
Founders Florian Faerber and Lorenzo Franzi claim to have washed 30,000 shirts in London and Berlin each month since the company’s launch.
“We’re now live in Dublin and customers can start ordering either through the website or the app,” a spokesman for the company told TheJournal.ie.
The company currently has a staff of five in the Dublin office with four full-time drivers.
“We’re in the process of hiring more – it depends on demand,” the spokesman said.
Why Dublin?
Dublin is a very tech-friendly city – lots of urban professionals with busy schedules, working until 7,8,9 o’clock at night with little or no time to be doing laundry.
These people will see that it can be better to outsource and that’s where we come in.
“We expect very much that our plans will come true,” founder Faerber told TheJournal.ie from Berlin.
Then for sure we will be hiring more people.
Dublin is such a fantastic city and such an amazing place to visit – it was always on our radar as a prime expansion point.
We’re more than excited to be launching there – it’s an amazing place.
You can feel the enthusiasm. This is a service we can see really taking off.
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Cheaper in O’Connor’s dry cleaners in rathcoole 19:50 for two suits and does other specials all year round collected and delivered. Bag laundry delievered and collected if needed in laundry basket same owner and prices for bag wash start at ten euro.Avoid that rip off and look local.
Nice plug, Mr O’Connor
Is there a limit on the size of the bag.
They provide the bag themselves. It’s about the size of 2 supermarket carrier bags.
FFS
Is it strange that I actually really enjoy doing the laundry?
It’s lunacy Bevin.
You married by any chance?
No, I’m not.
I’ve a friend just like you Bevin, when I know she’ll be popping around I just happen to leave up the iron and ironing board with a deliciously tempting basket of laundry at the ready, she can never resist it :)
See I hate ironing though. I just hang stuff up and hope for the best. If I really need something I’ll ask the bf to do it.
I don’t mind the washing, it’s the bloody ironing I hate! A simple fold won’t suffice so it’s a no from me.
Laundr.ie covers more of Dublin and is cheaper!!
But it’s mot available on Android or Windows Phone!
Thanks for pointing me into the right direction….
Hmmm, what to do with the free time? My disposable income money just went on laundry costs! Do some market research guys, I could name a half dozen laundrettes near me that are cheaper.
I’ve charged women less than that for sex!
It’s such hard working putting the washing in the machine turning the nob and pressing the start button….
Great service… I use it on business in London. Zipjet will wash a week’s worth of clothes for what in-house hotel laundry will charge for a single short and pair of underwear.
It won’t work very well here as rental properties have to provide washing machines. Don’t think the same applies to uk or Germany so they probably are used to laundrettes
I think it will work because who has the time to iron shits or get that duvet set crinkle free?
The challenge as with all of these is retention rate.
I for one will use a service like this because me ironing shits is way more expensive than outsourcing it.
I suppose when you you think about it a plumber would only have to work for 10 minutes to earn 19.50 euro. Good deal !
How often do you need a plumbers vs wash clothes though
They’re going to clean up…sorry.
Like doing the ironing while listening to the radio.
Find it kind of relaxing, course i dont tell anyone :)
Penneys. Full kit every week for a tenner. They just need their tech sorted out and the delivery. #uuugh.
€16 for a bag = free time ???
Oops €19 even!
An On Demand Grocery Delivery App launching soon too. Called Buymie.eu Consumers will be able to order groceries from a selection of stores and get their groceries delivered in 1, 2 or 3 hours.
And again only for those in the city…..
What is the one complaining about in that photo? They seemed to be already ironed?
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