get the price right?

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Pricing will always be a tough one - too low and you arw working for nothing - too high and you are ripping people off.

 

How does a established business work out quotes and how much they need to make per day?

 

how do you work out your prices and what do you take into consideration.?

 

I used to just charge for fuel, wages and profit..but i was just starting out and could work for cheap.

 

I have started dividing my insurances for , tools, vehicles, tree work into months and adding this to jobs, i have worked out my total road tax per year and adding this to jobs, i have started charging for use of chipper and truck and working out my average servcing charges for vehicles, tools and chipper and adding this to jobs.

 

after working out these calculations my expensies are high so my profit needs to be decent enough to cover the outgoings.

 

any advice on this?

 

Just sick of people thinking that tree surgeons onlky expense is a rope and chainsaw.

[likeitorlumpit]

Pricing will always be a tough one - too low and you arw working for nothing - too high and you are ripping people off.

 

How does a established business work out quotes and how much they need to make per day?

 

how do you work out your prices and what do you take into consideration.?

 

I used to just charge for fuel, wages and profit..but i was just starting out and could work for cheap.

 

I have started dividing my insurances for , tools, vehicles, tree work into months and adding this to jobs, i have worked out my total road tax per year and adding this to jobs, i have started charging for use of chipper and truck and working out my average servcing charges for vehicles, tools and chipper and adding this to jobs.

 

after working out these calculations my expensies are high so my profit needs to be decent enough to cover the outgoings.

 

any advice on this?

 

Just sick of people thinking that tree surgeons onlky expense is a rope and chainsaw.

you're now doing the right things

if you employ guys PAYE don't forget there are only 230 working days in a year so divide your annual expenses by 230 for costs per day

[grumpydavesmith]

I have all my fixed charges worked out into a daily rate. truck, kit everything, i even add an amount to cover breakages etc. then add whatever is needed for that particular job.

 

Ive always found pricing to be the hardest part, never got used to asking people for money!! You will be surprised how much you need to make to cover everything.

 

I had a rather long debate last week over a quote for a friend of a friend, he couldnt understand why my price was so high. ( £250 for 2 guys for a good days work ) massively discounted cos i liked the guy. When i explained he looked at me blankly and said he would do it himself!!

[swinny]

I have all my fixed charges worked out into a daily rate. truck, kit everything, i even add an amount to cover breakages etc. then add whatever is needed for that particular job.

 

Ive always found pricing to be the hardest part, never got used to asking people for money!! You will be surprised how much you need to make to cover everything.

 

I had a rather long debate last week over a quote for a friend of a friend, he couldnt understand why my price was so high. ( £250 for 2 guys for a good days work ) massively discounted cos i liked the guy. When i explained he looked at me blankly and said he would do it himself!!

 

250.00 for two guy's for a day is ok, thats similar to what i would charge job and equiptment dependant

[Mark Bolam]

250.00 for two guy's for a day is ok, thats similar to what i would charge job and equiptment dependant

 

You won't be doing it for long then.

[grumpydavesmith]

£250 is not my normal day rate, i usually aim it around £450 to £500 for 2 guys on a standard 8 till 4.30 days work

[swinny]

You won't be doing it for long then.

 

ahhh, but i only get a little 25pound b1tch in for when i do weekend jobs just purely for dragging work for someone else through the week, that just topps it up now and again

 

cheers for the advice

[skyhuck]

after working out these calculations my expensies are high so my profit needs to be decent enough to cover the outgoings.

 

any advice on this?

 

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"Profit" is whats leftover after you have paid your expenses, its not what pays them.

[Mark Bolam]

You little tinker!

 

Right ballpark for me here Dave.

[Mark Bolam]

My post was aimed at Swinny and Grumpy Dave.

 

I also price an 'enjoyment' or 'hatred' factor into each job!