Employee & Freelancer Expenses

$151

$252

Website Costs

$223

$7,015

Business Formation Fees

$600

$4,700

Vehicle Expenses

$0

$10,000

Retail Business Expenses

$1,250

$6,650

Advertising & Marketing Costs

$75

$3,986

Software Expenses

$162

$2,720

Office Space Expenses

$0

$100

Specific Industry Expenses

$0

$500

Total Startup Costs

$2,461

$35,923

Ever Loved

everloved.com

82,640

Funeral Home Web Site Design, Funeral Tribute Video Software, Funeral Home Consulting

funeralone.com

223,248

Funeralwise

funeralwise.com

249,320

Sympathy Card Messages

sympathymessageideas.com

261,526

Remarkable Memorial Diamonds by Eterneva

eterneva.com

342,348

Dignity Memorial

sci-corp.com

485,467

Compare Life, Funeral, Pet, Car & more Insurance

choosi.com.au

613,142

Homesteaders Life Company

homesteaderslife.com

625,177

Bios Urn

urnabios.com

636,956

Security National Life

securitynationallife.com

755,176

Thank You Note Wording

morethankyounotes.com

826,222

Little startup costs required

The cost to start a pet funeral business costs significantly less money than most businesses, ranging anywhere from 62 to 35,923.

Rewarding work

Starting a pet funeral business can be really rewarding work. After all, you are solving an immediate issue for your customer and you're working on something you truly care about.

High customer retention rates

Once a customer invests in your product, they've invested their time and energy to utilize your product/service which is highly valuable to them. Typically, your product or service becomes indispensable to your customer.

Pick & choose the clients you work with

Pet Funeral Businesses have the ability to choose the clients they work with. You have the freedom to work with only a few loyal clients or with hundreds of clients!

Control of workload

With starting a pet funeral business, you have the unique ability to choose how little or how much you want to work. You also have the freedom to decide which projects you want to work on, and can turn down the ones that do not interest you.

Gain exposure and experience

This career allows you to gain experience working for multiple different businesses - which will benefit your resume and also keep things interesting for you!

Motivation of employees

If you plan to have a sales/content team on board, finding creative ways to motivate them can be a challenge. It's important that you're able to offer great incentives and a good work environment for your employees.

Longer Sales Process

A pet funeral business can be a big time and money investment for your customer, so it's important you plan and predict a longer conversion funnel and stay in communication with potential customers.

Work can be inconsistent

As a pet funeral business, the amount of work assigned to you and schedule tends to be more inconsistent, which may make your income less stable. It's important to set boundaries and budget accordingly based on the amount of work you plan to have.

Lack of benefits

With a pet funeral business, you are typically self-employed and responsible for finding your own insurance, which can be quite costly and time-consuming.

Taxes

As a pet funeral business, you typically pay self-employment taxes which can be quite high. It's important to understand what you will be paying in taxes each year so you can determine if the work you're taking on is worth it.

No safety net

Typically, as a pet funeral business, you do not receive a consistent pay-check and instead earn money based on your transactions each month. During the slow periods, you typically take away less since the job is based on commission. It's important to budget accordingly for the slow times.