The Pricebookr Blog
Hide Unit Prices on Jobber Quotes: Settings and $0 Lines
How to hide unit prices on Jobber quotes: which client view boxes to uncheck, how to show $0 lines, and why margins still need costs.
Jobber Pricing Permissions: Who Can Change Prices?
Jobber pricing permissions explained: who can edit the Products & Services list, who can change quote line-item prices, and how to catch price drift.
QuickBooks Online Price Book: Where It Is, How to Update It
QuickBooks Online has no price book feature. Find your Products and Services list, set prices by customer, and update prices in bulk.
Jobber Flat Rate Pricing: Build and Maintain Task Prices
Jobber flat rate pricing: build each task price from labor and materials, enter it in Products & Services, and reprice when copper or wages rise.
Price Book Audit: How Often to Update Your Prices
Price book audit checklist for contractors: how often to update prices, which costs drift fastest, and how to fix manual prices that lost margin.
Jobber Inactive Products and Services: Hide or Delete?
Jobber inactive products and services: decide when to hide or delete saved items, audit CSV changes, and check old documents and QuickBooks.
Jobber Core and Connect: Manage Margins in Pricebookr
Keep costs and margin rules in Pricebookr and sync selling prices to Jobber Core or Connect. Learn what transfers and when Grow still makes sense.
Jobber Price Book Categories: Product or Service?
Jobber price book categories mean Product or Service in CSV files. See HVAC examples, avoid misclassified items, and audit your catalog safely.
Jobber Price List Missing Costs: Audit and Fix
Jobber price list missing costs? Separate blanks from intentional zeros, audit the export, and correct costs without silently changing selling prices.
Jobber QuickBooks Price List Sync: New vs Legacy
Jobber QuickBooks price list sync works differently in new and legacy accounts. Find the item source of truth and audit prices before a bulk change.
How to Export Your Housecall Pro Price Book
Learn how to export your Housecall Pro price book, preserve service and material costs, audit row counts, and prepare a clean CSV for migration.
Jobber Price List Sync: CSV vs Two-Way Sync
Jobber price list sync can mean CSV re-imports or mapped updates. Compare both workflows, duplicate risk, and a safe supplier-cost update process for your shop.
How to Charge for Permit Fees as a Contractor
How to charge for permit fees: why marking them up is the wrong lever, what pulling a permit really costs in labor, and the price book items to build.
Customer-Supplied Materials: How to Price the Job
Customer-supplied materials strip the material profit out of a job. How to set a labor-only rate that recovers it, plus a warranty policy that holds.
Commercial vs Residential Pricing for Contractors
Commercial vs residential pricing: why the same job costs more commercially, how to size the premium, and how to run one price book with two tiers.
Subcontractor Markup: What to Charge in 2026
Subcontractor markup for field-service trades: how much to charge, why 10% loses money, the insurance risk to price in, and price book setup.
Shop Supplies Fee: How Contractors Should Charge It
A shop supplies fee recovers consumables you cannot itemize. What to charge, how to size it from real spend, disclosure rules, and price book setup.
How to Charge for Travel Time as a Contractor
How to charge for travel time: the formula for what a mile really costs, a zone-charge schedule, and 2026 mileage and windshield-time benchmarks.
Contractor Financing Fees: How to Price for Them
Contractor financing fees quietly eat margin. Calculate your blended dealer and card fee rate, then gross up prices correctly instead of guessing.
How to Price for Callbacks and Warranty Work
How to price for callbacks: measure your callback rate, cost one callback, and build the load into labor cost before markup. With benchmarks and tables.
Material Markup by Cost Band: A Contractor Guide
Material markup by cost band: why flat markup loses money, a starter cost-band schedule for HVAC, plumbing and electrical, and how to build your own.
How to Bulk Update Your Jobber Price List (CSV Guide)
How to bulk update your Jobber price list with a CSV import: the exact columns, the five formatting mistakes that break it, and a safer workflow.
The True Cost of Discounting for Contractors
The true cost of discounting for contractors: what 10% off does to your margin, the break-even volume math, and what to offer instead of a discount.
How to Price Change Orders Without Losing Money
How to price change orders so extra work keeps full margin: which method to use, what markup to apply, and how to get approval signed on site.
Contractor Profit Margins by Trade (2026 Benchmarks)
Contractor profit margin benchmarks for 2026: gross and net margin targets for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and roofing — and how to actually hit them.
Quote vs Estimate: What Contractors Need to Know
Quote vs estimate for contractors: which is legally binding, when to use each, and how a price book lets you quote firm prices faster and win more jobs.
Job Costing for Contractors: Turn Actuals Into Prices
Job costing for contractors, done right: how to compare estimated vs actual cost and turn the variance into price book edits that lift margin.
How to Adjust Pricing When Material Costs Rise (2026)
Review supplier cost changes, calculate their effect on selling prices, and apply approved catalog updates deliberately before pushing prices to Jobber.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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