[Simon Gerrard]

Mark,
The other thing is it is never a good idea to publish the prices you charge as now any competitors of yours that log on to the forum now know how much you charge. Also, there are hundreds of members of this forum who just log on to read the posts and get information but never participate and because of the disguised nature of many of them you never know who's looking in, the tax man, for instance!!
Simon

[M.Acorn]

Nothing to fear from the tax man,I run everything through my books  :
But yeah,taken what people have said on board.
I don't really sell on price though,I sell on the quality of results,I do still get small jobs,ranging from £65 to £100 ish,not saying that every job is £300+ wish it was...

[Simon Gerrard]

As far as pricing in general, some of the most successful people I know in this business all operate in the middle price band and are doing five and six jobs a day and practically printing money, mind you they all have tm's so can can get an awful lot of work done very quickly.
There is a perfectly logical case to say, 'I'll hang on for the £300 job rather than do three £100 jobs,' but in this economic climate that seems to me to be dancing with the devil and just hope sufficient jobs come your way.

Simon

[M.Acorn]

Well it's not been easy.When the wife sold on her domestic cleaning business,I thought that would be the end of it,as most of my work to start off with,was referrals from them,did have a couple of letting agents,but let's say they were aimed more at the student market,so some were like polishing turds.
Over the following years i was approached by the others letting agents,who are aimed more at the professional end of the market.
Until March this year,the rental side of things was more or less dead,but luckily it's picking up.
I take pride in what I do,almost in an ocd type way sometimes

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

What a fickle industry this is - 6 pages on this thread about charging too much and 8 pages on the Groupon thread about charging too little !

[cozy]

What a fickle industry this is - 6 pages on this thread about charging too much and 8 pages on the Groupon thread about charging too little !

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Birds of a feather flock together, if you get 1 customer paying £300 for work done you can bet your bottom dollar that their friends and family will have work done at that price.

Shaun

[D Ingram]

Nice thought Shaun but not always the case

[Doug Holloway]

Hi guys

I don't see any reason why you cannot have different pricing structures for different occaisions.

For example this week I have done a treatment job at 200 plus per hour, an old customer pensioner at 50 an hour and most inbetween depending on distance, desire and desperation

If I am busy the price increases, much as Easy Jet etc, if quieter then I will negotiate more.

Old customers are always looked after as I value their return.

The only thing that stops many CC's getting good prices is themselves, if you don't ask for it you won't get it.

No one is going to say , oh have another £100

Cheers

Doug

[dave123]

£300 for 80 sq metres at .28p/sq ft actually only works out to £224 or is it me even with VAT it still doesn't come to £300 in fact you are giving yourself a £30 tip    Not meaning to be picky but bit confused with the maths .I get the impression people just pick a figure out of the air and if the custie goes with it all well and good .


Dave

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Look at the Fast Track boys specially Colin Bright or Chris Bailey these guys don't go out for less than £100 then there was Martin Reilly who did some really big job tickets, you just have to find the slipstream.

Shaun

[clinton]

We wouldnt get out of bed for that shaun

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Heard you don't get out of bed anyway well not until you've had enough of your latest conquest

Shaun

[Billy Russell]

We wouldnt get out of bed for that shaun

I didn't know you and shaun were in bed together clinton!!

 

[PaulKing]

slilpstream is that a kind of lubricant?

or a new kind of glide?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

No I wouldn't get in bed with anyone again last one nicked my money and stuck and asbo tag on my finger!

Slip stream is like WD40 for marketers

Shaun

[derek west]

slilpstream is that a kind of lubricant?

or a new kind of glide?

both go hand in hand paul.

[M.Acorn]

It was + 2 1/2 sets of stairs,and they were big stairs

[clinton]

Wd 40 a bit slipery shaun

[Simon Gerrard]

I know a few fastback boys who charge really high prices but all too often there vans are sitting on their drives. I suppose they would say they only have to do a few jobs per week, but I know one of them has had to re-think his prices because more people are looking for a good deal. I think flexible pricing is the way to go, especially with money so tight.
Simon