Learn how to price emergency and after-hours service calls with the right multipliers, so nights, weekends, and holidays stay profitable, not costly.
Learn how to calculate overhead for your trades business, turn it into a markup rate, and stop underpricing jobs. Formula, benchmarks, and examples.
How to price a service agreement so it builds recurring revenue, not losses. 2026 membership plan benchmarks and a margin-based pricing method.
Learn how to set your hourly rate as a contractor using labor burden, overhead, billable hours, and profit — with a simple formula and real numbers.
Seasonal pricing for contractors: when to raise rates in peak season, how to handle the slow season, and how to keep margins steady year-round.
Good-better-best pricing gives customers three quote tiers so most pick the profitable middle. Learn how to build, price, and present option-based quotes.
Your labor burden rate is the true hourly cost of an employee. Here's how to calculate it for your trade business in 2026 — with a worked example.
Should you charge a diagnostic fee? See what HVAC, plumbing, and electrical shops charge in 2026, when to waive it, and how to set one that protects margin.
How to build a price book for your trade business in 7 steps: cost out services, set margins, sync with Jobber, and stay ahead of 2026 material costs.
How to raise prices without losing customers: a contractor's playbook for protecting margin, timing increases, and updating your whole price book at once.
Flat rate vs time and materials pricing for contractors: when each model wins, how to build a flat-rate price book, and a hybrid that protects your margin.
Markup vs margin explained for contractors: formulas, a conversion table, and how to set price book markups that actually hit your target margin.
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