Posts tagged “Pricing”
Practical guides for home-service owners: answering every call, booking more jobs, following up on quotes, getting paid faster and earning more reviews.
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How to Estimate a Roofing Job (With a Worked Example)
Measure the roof in squares with the right pitch factor, add waste, work out bundles and underlayment, price labor, overhead and margin, …
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How to Price Electrical Work: Hourly, Flat Rate and Markup
Work out what an hour really costs, set flat rates for repeatable electrical work with worked examples, keep troubleshooting hourly, and price …
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How to Build a Plumbing Price Book (Flat Rate, Step by Step)
Work out what a billable hour really costs, price each task with the margin formula, start with the 30 jobs you do …
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How Much to Charge for a Service Call: Trip Charges and Diagnostic Fees for HVAC and Plumbing
Typical trip charge and diagnostic fee ranges, a five-minute way to set your own, whether to credit it toward the repair, and …
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How to Price HVAC Maintenance Plans: Build the Price From the Visit Up
Typical plan prices, a step-by-step way to build your own from the cost of one tune-up, how to set tiers and perks …
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Flat Rate vs Time and Materials Pricing for Contractors: Which to Use and How to Build a Flat Rate
How flat-rate and time-and-materials pricing differ, a step-by-step way to build a flat-rate price with a worked example, and the jobs where …
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Good Better Best Pricing for HVAC and Plumbing Quotes: How to Build and Present Three Options
Why three options outsell one, how to build each tier so all three make money, sample option sets for AC, water heater …
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How Much Deposit Should a Contractor Ask For? Typical Percentages and State Limits
Typical deposit percentages for service and install work, the state laws that cap them (California, Maryland, Massachusetts and more), and wording to …
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Job Costing for Contractors: How to Find Your Profit per Job (With a Worked Example)
How to work out what each job really cost you, from a loaded labor rate to overhead per hour, why margin and …
Comparisons
Field Service Software Pricing in 2026: What Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan and Others Really Cost
Every published field service price we could find, which vendors only quote, and what AI call answering and other add-ons really add …