Still waiting to get thru soap to figure out costs on soaps. And those prices will eventually go down once I am more efficient.ReignOnU wrote:Have you had time to sit down and figure out your total time investment (included travel/required business time to get materials/prep) and get the net after all expenses?
Monthly pricing will start higher, all pricing is based off of my biweekly prices. Industry standard is $125-$200 an hour. I know it takes me roughly 18 minutes to brush a large moving truck that I charge $45 to clean (just over $135 an hour to finish 3). So with Airgas I offered once a month cleaning at $70 for their large straight trucks (bigger than a moving truck), 30% discount for biweekly for $49 and weekly price gets a 50% discount to be done at $35. If I clean weekly I can go every other week without brushing which increases my efficiency those weeks. If it's just biweekly cleanings I get my hourly requirement to stay above red. Month charges are higher due to added chemical coat and time it may take to clean.I feel like your 20% discount to Airgas was really steep. Having worked with quite a few independent contractors for washing, cleaning, and landscaping, the only time I ever saw a discount that steep was when the base price was very high.
Kind of curious about your thought process on your base rate and the discount.
I am trying to figure out terms for exit clauses, for both the customer and myself. The one thing I have identified from talking to all these businesses is that they have hired a guy and he just ups and leaves with zero correspondence. This poses a problem for me because a lot of companies are hesitant on hiring a local small business to do something that they could get done across the river in Council Bluffs, IA for roughly the same price (if ylthey don't include gas price to get there and driver coats)Also... what are your exit terms on your deals? Are you setup for a period or with an open ended exit just based on notice? Doing work cheap early may be good, but you should consider how you will progress with the business. In theory, you create your base of work, but then look to replace accounts/increase rates.
So once I can figure out. What kind of terms that would be acceptable for both parties I am going to go to a lawyer and have a contract written up that holds either one of us liable if we terminate without cause and proper notice.