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Hate laundry day? There’s now an app to erase the struggle

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The dreaded laundry day is about to get an awful lot easier for some of us.

ZipJet, a laundry on-demand service, has launched in Dublin as of today. So now there’s a solution for anyone who is either too lazy to do their laundry (looking at your students) or who just hate that particular chore.

The app was previously launched in London and Berlin. They offer a pick-up and delivery service of laundry and dry-cleaning and aim to return your fresh clothes in 24 hours.

The start-up was funded by Rocket Internet, the same people responsible for Groupon. The idea behind the service is pretty simple. Dry cleaning and laundrettes around the city can sign up with ZipJet and you can book your laundry in either using their app or on their website.

Florian Faerber and Lorenzo Franzi, founders of the company claim that they have washed 30,000 shirts in London and Berlin since they initially launched the project.

Silicon Republic reports a spokesperson for ZipJet as saying:

“We’re confident the Dublin market will view ZipJet with the same enthusiasm as our customers in Berlin and London.”

They currently have a staff of five in their Dublin office with four full-time drivers, depending on the success of the project we imaging they may look into expanding.

Speaking to TheJournal.ie the company explained why they chose Dublin to be their next location:

“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.”

Sound familiar? We feel like this could be a winner.

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