Flat-rate price book
Write down the jobs you do again and again, with the hours and the parts each takes. Every one is priced the same way: your rate, each part marked up by its price, rounded up. One price to say at the door, what an hour of each job earns, and a price list for the customer.
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How it works
- 1 Put in what you charge an hour, what to round prices up to, and the least a visit costs.
- 2 Set the markup on parts by what they cost: more on top of a $4 fitting, less on a $900 water heater.
- 3 Write down the jobs you do again and again, or start from a list for heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical or handyman work, and give each its hours and its parts.
- 4 Every job gets one price, built up from your numbers. See what an hour of each one earns, raise every part or your rate at once, print the price list for the customer or copy it.
Free, with no account: it's worked out in your browser. Remember is off unless you turn it on, and then keeps it on this device. Signed in, it's kept in your account. The customer's price list never shows the hours, what the parts cost you or the markup.
Good to know
- Why a flat rate and not time and materials?
- The customer hears one price before you start, and it's the same whichever tech goes. A fast tech isn't paid less for being fast, and a slow job doesn't turn into an argument at the door. It only works if each price comes from your real hours and your real part costs, which is what the book is for.
- Why mark parts up by what they cost?
- One markup on everything is too little on the small parts and too much on the big ones. Doubling a $4 fitting is $4; doubling a $900 water heater sends the customer to the store. So cheap parts carry a bigger share on top, and the share falls as the cost climbs. The bands it starts with are a place to start, not advice.
- What's the difference between markup and margin?
- Markup is what you put on top of the cost. Margin is the share of the price you keep. A part that costs $100 and sells for $150 is a 50% markup but a third of the price, a 33% margin. The book shows both next to each band.
- Where do the starter lists' numbers come from?
- They're made up, to show how a book is laid out, and every task from a list is marked until you change its hours or parts or mark it checked. Time a few of your own jobs, put in what you pay your supplier, and the prices are yours. Guidance only: what to charge is your call.
Where it fits in a trade
Pricing the job Know the rate that pays you, price the jobs you do again and again from one book, measure it up or price a home's cleaning by the room, hand the customer a written estimate with the rebates they may get, and have them sign the contract.
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