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The Trades Pricing Bundle
Twelve tools in one folder, for the price of five. Almost nobody needs twelve trades, and that is not the point: the...
Mobile Car Detailing Quote Calculator
Detailing quotes are given from photographs and delivered on real cars, and the gap between those two is where a day’s profit...
Lawn Care Quote Calculator
Lawn care is priced per visit and sold per month, and the gap between those two is where the money goes missing....
Landscaping Job Calculator
Landscaping has two costs that almost never make it into a quote, and both of them are heavy. What you dig out...
Flooring Estimate Calculator
Two things decide whether a flooring job pays, and you can see neither of them when you quote. What is under the...
Painting Contractor Calculator
Preparation is most of a good paint job and almost none of a bad quote. Filling, sanding, stripping, washing down, masking, moving...
Roofing Estimate Calculator
A roof is the trade where the quote and the job diverge most, and almost always in the same direction. You price...
Markup vs Margin Fixer
Add 30% to a cost of $1,000 and you get $1,300. Take 30% as your margin and the price is $1,428.57. Same...
Labour Burden Calculator
A wage is not a cost. What lands in someone’s pocket is the smallest part of what they cost you, and pricing...
HVAC Estimate Calculator
HVAC has a cost that arrives after the invoice: the callback. The system that needs balancing again, the control nobody explained, the...
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