Stop buying leads. Get booked directly — and keep 100%.
Lead sites charge detailers for every enquiry, won or lost. WashDash flips it: founding detailers get a free public booking page with a live calendar, direct bookings from customers nearby, and no commission — free forever.
Your packages, your prices
Interior, exterior, full details, pet-hair removal — list what you offer at the prices you set.
Your area, your schedule
Choose your travel radius and hours. Driveways, condos, office lots — you decide where you work.
Instant bookings
Customers pick a real open slot and book. No quote-chasing, no shared leads, no fees taken out.
Detailing jobs in Toronto vs. working for yourself
WashDash doesn't post car wash or detailing vacancies — we aren't an employer. But if you're searching for detailer jobs around the GTA, the two routes are genuinely different, and one of them you can start without waiting for anyone to hire you.
Working at a car wash or a detail shop, the shop supplies the bay, the equipment, the chemicals and a steady queue of cars, and pays you hourly or per car. What you give up is control: you don't set the prices, choose the products or pick which cars you take, and the customer belongs to the shop, so nothing you build follows you.
Independent, that flips. You set your packages and prices, your hours and your travel radius, and the customer relationship is yours to keep — along with the costs. Your own water and power setup, product, insurance, the vehicle, HST registration once your revenue crosses the CRA small-supplier threshold, and the slow weeks are all on you. It's a real trade-off, not a free upgrade.
Most people don't jump straight across; they take evening and weekend work first and widen their hours as the calendar fills. If you're weighing it up, our guide on starting a mobile detailing business in Ontario covers the licensing, insurance and wastewater questions in detail. The wastewater half of that now has its own answer: can you legally wash a car in a driveway in the GTA? reads five GTA sewer-use by-laws and quotes the clause every one of them shares.
The other question every new detailer runs into is whether to buy leads. What car detailing leads actually cost works through the arithmetic that decides it — your real cost is the lead price divided by how often you win the job, not the lead price — and it is straight about the cases where buying leads is the right call.
The question that decides whether any of it works is what you can charge, and there is no GTA rate card for a detail — a quote comes off vehicle size, how soiled the interior actually is, pet hair, and whether paint correction is in scope, not off a package name. What actually moves the price of a car detail is the customer-side version of that, and it is the one to send someone who wants a number before you've seen the car. Winter is the other half of the picture: road salt on carpets and mats is the GTA's most reliable interior job, and it lands in the months a fixed bay is quietest.
Detailer questions, answered.
Is this a job or my own business?
Your own business. WashDash isn't an employer — you're an independent detailer with your own prices, hours, and service area. Customers book you through your WashDash page and pay you directly.
What does it cost?
Nothing for founding pros — free forever. No commission, no monthly software fee, and no paying per lead. You keep 100% of every booking.
How is this different from buying leads?
Lead platforms sell the same enquiry to several detailers and charge you whether or not you win the job. On WashDash, a booking is yours: the customer picked your profile, your price, and a real open slot on your calendar.
What equipment do I need?
Your own detailing setup — most mobile detailers run self-contained water and power. Your profile tells customers exactly what you offer, from interior-only packages to full details.
I'm searching for car wash jobs — is this the same thing?
No, and the difference is worth knowing. A car wash job is employment at a fixed site: the site supplies the bay, the equipment and the queue of cars, and pays you hourly. WashDash posts no vacancies of any kind — we aren't an employer. What we do is give an independent detailer a free booking page so customers come to them. Plenty of GTA detailers started on a wash line and learned the work there before going out on their own, so the two aren't opposites, just different stages.
Can I detail in the GTA year-round, or is it seasonal?
Both, but the work changes shape. Exterior work outdoors gets hard once temperatures drop below freezing — water won't behave and your setup can freeze. Interior work doesn't have that problem, and Ontario road salt makes winter interior cleaning a real need rather than an upsell, so detailers who set themselves up for indoor or interior work tend to keep a steadier winter calendar. Access is the practical constraint: many GTA condo garages restrict what can be done on-site, so it's worth confirming before you book a job there.
How are detailers vetted?
You confirm your business details and insurance during onboarding, and keep your calendar current to stay listed. That's what earns the badges customers look for.
Do you post car wash or detailing jobs?
No. WashDash is not an employer and doesn't advertise vacancies at car washes or detail shops, so if you're looking for a wage job this isn't it. It's for detailers working for themselves — or about to — who want bookings without paying per lead.
Can I do this part-time while I still have a job?
Yes. You only ever get booked into times you've marked open, so you can start with evenings and weekends and widen your hours later. Plenty of people build a book alongside shop work rather than quitting first.
Do I need a licence to detail cars in Ontario?
There's no provincial detailing licence in Ontario, but that isn't the whole answer: municipal business licensing varies by city, and municipal sewer-use bylaws restrict what can enter a storm drain, which matters for where your wash water goes. Our Ontario detailing guide covers both.
The services GTA clients ask for by name
These are the customer-facing explainers for the work you would be booked for. Worth reading before you list — they set what a client arrives expecting, including the parts that depend on weather, parking and cure time rather than on how fast you work.
Thinking of going out on your own?
Your van, your brand, your bookings.
Founding spots are limited per area. Setup takes minutes, and every booking is 100% yours.
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