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Pricing strategy, markup & margin guides, and field-service catalog management for the trades.

How to Price Emergency & After-Hours Service Calls

Learn how to price emergency and after-hours service calls with the right multipliers, so nights, weekends, and holidays stay profitable, not costly.

July 16, 2026 pricingemergency serviceafter-hoursfield service

How to Calculate Overhead for Contractors (2026)

Learn how to calculate overhead for your trades business, turn it into a markup rate, and stop underpricing jobs. Formula, benchmarks, and examples.

July 13, 2026 overheadpricingmarkupfield service

How to Price a Service Agreement (2026 Guide)

How to price a service agreement so it builds recurring revenue, not losses. 2026 membership plan benchmarks and a margin-based pricing method.

July 9, 2026 service agreementmembership plansrecurring revenuepricing

How to Set Your Hourly Rate as a Contractor

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.

July 6, 2026 pricinghourly ratelaborprofit

Seasonal Pricing for Contractors: A Practical Guide

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.

July 2, 2026 seasonal pricingpricing strategyprice bookmaintenance plans

Good-Better-Best Pricing for Contractors

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.

July 1, 2026 pricing strategyquotingprice bookfield service

How to Calculate Your Labor Burden Rate (2026)

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.

June 25, 2026 labor burdenjob costingpricingcontractors

Should You Charge a Diagnostic Fee? (2026 Guide)

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.

June 22, 2026 diagnostic feepricingservice calltrades

How to Build a Price Book for Your Trade Business

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.

June 18, 2026 price bookpricingfield servicecontractors

How to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers

How to raise prices without losing customers: a contractor's playbook for protecting margin, timing increases, and updating your whole price book at once.

June 11, 2026 price increasespricing strategycustomer retentionprice book

Flat Rate vs Time and Materials: A Pricing Guide

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.

June 8, 2026 flat rate pricingtime and materialspricing strategyprice book

Markup vs Margin: The Mistake Costing Contractors Money

Markup vs margin explained for contractors: formulas, a conversion table, and how to set price book markups that actually hit your target margin.

June 5, 2026 markup vs marginpricing strategyprice bookprofitability

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