Considerations Before Starting An Inflatable Attractions Business
You've no doubt seen giant inflatable attractions as you run errands on weekends
. They're quite common at businesses that are having special sales, anniversary events, or other events designed to draw crowds. Bouncy houses can often tip the balance with parents out with their children as far as stopping in: the grown-ups can see what's on sale while the children have a lot of fun bouncing around and burning pent-up energy in the inflatable attraction.If you've ever wondered about having a business renting inflatable bounce houses to people, rest assured it is a lucrative business. But it also involves hard work, including a fair amount of hard physical labor, so you have to be prepared for it. A small sized inflatable jumper business would have around three different inflatable jumpers, while the largest may have dozens of inflatable bouncers, plus the staff necessary to keep up with the work.
People just starting out in the business with, say, three inflatable bouncers, should choose their designs carefully. If this is you, start out by researching who your customers are, and what they want. Think about whether you want to choose inflatable bounce houses that are geared toward girls, boys, or everyone. It may be a good idea to cover the bases by choosing a "princess" castle for girls, a different type of castle for boys, and a third unit that is not aimed at either gender, such as an inflatable slide or inflatable obstacle course.
You will also need to buy sandbags, stakes, a large hammer, and cones, just as a minimum. The sandbags are used where the ground is too hard for a stake to penetrate, and are always required for indoor rentals, because inflatable attractions must always be secured. The stakes that come with some inflatables aren't always adequate for securing them. Stakes of 30 to 42 inches are considered good for securing large inflatable bouncers, and some states have specific requirements about how big stakes have to be. Cones are necessary to put over the tops of stakes that cannot be driven flush into the ground, to prevent tripping and impalement.
For transportation and physically setting up inflatable bouncers, you'll need either a large enough truck or else a trailer. And you'll need a heavy-duty dolly for moving it off the truck and into place.
But don't forget there are other aspects of running a business, such as advertising, setting up a website, incorporating (should you choose to), and buying liability insurance. You'll have to have a business license and a computer and printer to print out liability contracts and safety waivers. Also, each inflatable attraction needs to be cleaned between uses, ideally with a cleaner that has antibacterial properties. To keep it looking like new, you should do a monthly treatment with Armor-All or a similar product.
Owning inflatable attractions for rental is a business that does require physical work, but many people like it that way, and when such a business is run in an organized and professional manner, it can be a very lucrative business. From birthday parties to grand opening celebrations to church carnivals to school functions, the demand for inflatable attractions is healthy and should continue to grow.
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