Flat rate
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- Also called
- flat-rate pricing
- Taught in
- Flat rate or time and materials · Building the price book
- Lives in
- The trade, more than the product
- Related
- Stands on its own
Flat rate
One set price for a defined job, quoted before the work starts. The shop carries the risk of a hard day and keeps the reward of a clean one.
In the Manual
Where the lessons say it.
The money of a service shop
Flat rate or time and materialsFlat rate: one number, set before the work, for a defined outcome.
The money of a service shop
Building the price bookThat is the averaging flat rate depends on.
Read more
Where the word is used.
In the Trenches
Flat rate without the religionWhat flat rate is actually good at Flat rate shines on repeatable work: the water heater swap, the capacitor, the wax ring, the standard panel change.
Startup guide
How to start a plumbing businessDecide how you price: flat rate off a price book, time and materials, or both.
Startup guide
How to start an HVAC businessThe argument between the two models is mostly religion; flat rate without the religion is the honest version, and flat rate vs T&M is the short course.
Startup guide
How to start an electrical businessThe full argument between the models is in flat rate without the religion.
Startup guide
How to start a roofing businessFlat rate without the religion is the honest version of that argument.
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