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    Weekly maintenance prices

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    $25 dollars a week to wash and vacuum
    Extra for cleaning windows and tire and dash shine.

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    Re: Weekly maintenance prices

    I guess you are asking if those prices are good?

    In my case doing 25$ package would be a total waste of my time.

    Let's examine your package:

    Washing the car about an hour if done correctly
    Vacuum at least 15 minutes
    Setting up and putting gear away 15 to 20 minutes
    Driving to Customer and back 20 to 45 minutes

    Price of products depending what you use about 2-4$

    So. Let's take the best case and worst case scenarios:

    Best case: 2$ of product used and client close by:
    Profit 23$, time used 1h50, 12,57$ per hour not counting gas to get there and back

    Worst case: 4$ of products, client far away:
    Profit 21$, time used 2h20, 9.00$ per hour not counting gas

    For me, that's a total waste of time. You will have to decide if that is enough money for you to be Worth the effort.

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    So would you say $35 dollars is a better option? So would I have to charge $50 for trucks. Does $3 dollars a foot for a RV wash sound like a good price

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    Re: Weekly maintenance prices

    You're the only one who can answer those questions. Do the math and decided if it's Worth your time. For me, 5$ more an hour is not Worth it. For you it might be. I really can't tell you what your time is Worth.

    The way I see things, Detailing is a life style work. I don't want to do it for minimum wage, I want to do it for decent money. So for me, anything Under 30$ per hour is not Worth it. My regular job pays 23$ per hour, so it would make no sense to through all the trouble and make the same or less with detailing.

    For you, 20$ per hour might be twice what you are making normaly... I don't know. So you have to decide what is the minimum you are willing to detail for and make your price plans according to that.

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    Yeah you make a good point.

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    Re: Weekly maintenance prices

    If you can book a couple weekly maintenance jobs, and book em all on the same day each week, and book them in order on a route so you don't have to fly all over town, then it could work.

    $30 seems fair to me if you're doing quick work. I'd probably aim for $50 and still try to do good quick work. Imagine booking 10 in a day @ $50 per, and getting to each job efficiently and doing good quick work. That could be a solid $500 in a day if it all falls in line. But there's a lot of variables so proceed with a good plan and lots of energy

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    I was thinking of maybe slowly raising the price from $30 to $50

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    Re: Weekly maintenance prices

    Quote Originally Posted by raysanni View Post
    I was thinking of maybe slowly raising the price from $30 to $50

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    That business strategy has a long history of failure in competitive markets where supply of options is plentiful.

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    Re: Weekly maintenance prices

    Pricing is all based on your areas economics and your quality of work. I'm in Tampa, Fl. I charge 60+ for maintaining clients vehicles AFTER a full detail. Most people think this is a great deal. Don't sell yourself short!
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    That is the keyword AFTER. What do you include with the maintenance washings? I think one plan would be to offer a monthly rate of $100 dollars and I would wash it twice and vacuum once for that price. Some clients cars get too dirty after a couple weeks so should I only offer weekly washings for those clients or should I charge more for those dirty cars

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