Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jack Harris on December 14, 2012, 07:38:20 pm
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Is £1 per window fair? Nobodies ever complained before but had a new customer today say thats expensive :o
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it seems it's different all over the country . in some places windies price more than that and some places windies price less ... finding what the rest are charging in your area would be a good start . but to me a pound a window seemed about right
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greedy cow ;D ;D ;D , Depends were you live mate . Mike
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£1 a window was being quoted 7 years ago when I started!
Think about how much other things have gone up in 7 years!
Andy
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Stick with your price mate
If its to exspensive let her get somebody else ;)
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Work on the basis that if you get about half of the quotes you give then the price is about right. If you get all of them put your price up.
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£1 a window ..... we do loads of councill houses theres 11 windos in a 3 bed councill an 2 doors......... dont know anybody that would pay £11/£13...... if i asked that im pretty sure would be telt to go forth an multiply several times....
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Work on the basis that if you get about half of the quotes you give then the price is about right. If you get all of them put your price up.
I see the logic of your statement, but I get pretty much all of my quotes and my pricing is good. It could be that 50% turn you down because they don't like your accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos etc.
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£1 a window ..... we do loads of councill houses theres 11 windos in a 3 bed councill an 2 doors......... dont know anybody that would pay £11/£13...... if i asked that im pretty sure would be telt to go forth an multiply several times....
Not everybody targets council houses. ;)
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Is £1 per window fair? Nobodies ever complained before but had a new customer today say thats expensive :o
you could have quoted £1 for the whole house and i bet that would have been too expensive
sounds like a nightmare customer from the get go ( IMO )
Darran
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niether do i
some off my houses do would be £100 plus
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Work on the basis that if you get about half of the quotes you give then the price is about right. If you get all of them put your price up.
I see the logic of your statement, but I get pretty much all of my quotes and my pricing is good. It could be that 50% turn you down because they don't like your accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos etc.
If you get pretty much all of your quotes then there is room for higher prices.
I'm not sure where your comment about my accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos comes in, it seems a bit much to say to someone who is only endeavouring to help.
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Work on the basis that if you get about half of the quotes you give then the price is about right. If you get all of them put your price up.
I see the logic of your statement, but I get pretty much all of my quotes and my pricing is good. It could be that 50% turn you down because they don't like your accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos etc.
If you get pretty much all of your quotes then there is room for higher prices.
I'm not sure where your comment about my accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos comes in, it seems a bit much to say to someone who is only endeavouring to help.
It wasn't personal. I was just making the point that the 50% rule is dubious. I have no idea what you are like. Perhaps I should have said "one's" accent etc.
The other thing is that I see no point in deliberately losing 50% of my sales prospects just because a bloke on the internet said that is the correct ratio. It could add a year or two to the time it takes to reach my objectives for the sake of a quid or two!
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Work on the basis that if you get about half of the quotes you give then the price is about right. If you get all of them put your price up.
I see the logic of your statement, but I get pretty much all of my quotes and my pricing is good. It could be that 50% turn you down because they don't like your accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos etc.
If you get pretty much all of your quotes then there is room for higher prices.
I'm not sure where your comment about my accent/dress/skin colour/tattoos comes in, it seems a bit much to say to someone who is only endeavouring to help.
It wasn't personal. I was just making the point that the 50% rule is dubious. I have no idea what you are like. Perhaps I should have said "one's" accent etc.
The other thing is that I see no point in deliberately losing 50% of my sales prospects just because a bloke on the internet said that is the correct ratio. It could add a year or two to the time it takes to reach my objectives for the sake of a quid or two!
very true steve ;)
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In 25 years I've made lots of mistakes. One of them was for a long while not testing out the highest price I can get. If anyone is getting all their quotes they will soon be full of average work.
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If anyone is getting all their quotes they will soon be full of average work.
+1 on this
Darran
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If you are getting enough work charging £1 per window, then don't be discouraged by one person who says you are expensive. Sounds as if she would jump ship at the first sign of getting a cheaper quote if she did engage your services, so keep on following your instinct and charge what you feel comfortable with.
John.
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In 25 years I've made lots of mistakes. One of them was for a long while not testing out the highest price I can get. If anyone is getting all their quotes they will soon be full of average work.
I know what I earn an hour and it is at the top of the scale quoted often on here. Some people are just better sales people than others. Does it not strike you as perverse that you are boasting that you lose 50% of your opportunities?
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In 25 years I've made lots of mistakes. One of them was for a long while not testing out the highest price I can get. If anyone is getting all their quotes they will soon be full of average work.
I know what I earn an hour and it is at the top of the scale quoted often on here. Some people are just better sales people than others. Does it not strike you as perverse that you are boasting that you lose 50% of your opportunities?
Ok you win, I don't know what i'm on about.
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It may sound a bit proverbial, but I feel that contentment is the key. If you are content with what you charge, content with your clientele, content with your van and kit, content with your conversion rate and above all, content with your profit, you have cracked what running your business is about. If your business makes you happy and content with your lot in life, your business is a success for YOU.
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Depends on a number of different things.
What price do other windys charge in your area.
What kind of jobs do your custys do and what do they earn.
What do you intend to do for the money charged (glass frames sills doors or just glass)
Some custys would be more than happy with just the glass cleaned for a low price
others want the full package and are prepared to pay more.
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Depends on a number of different things.
What price do other windys charge in your area.
What kind of jobs do your custys do and what do they earn.
What do you intend to do for the money charged (glass frames sills doors or just glass)
Some custys would be more than happy with just the glass cleaned for a low price
others want the full package and are prepared to pay more.
Hi John. Was that in reply to my post or the general thread? :)
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Is £1 per window fair? Nobodies ever complained before but had a new customer today say thats expensive :o
If you have a price and they dont want to pay it, why would you want to clean her windows?
If you dont like the price of "The Sun" in the morning do they drop the price to get your business?
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Is £1 per window fair? Nobodies ever complained before but had a new customer today say thats expensive :o
If you have a price and they dont want to pay it, why would you want to clean her windows?
If you dont like the price of "The Sun" in the morning do they drop the price to get your business?
No, the Sun rises in the morning.
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Depends on a number of different things.
What price do other windys charge in your area.
What kind of jobs do your custys do and what do they earn.
What do you intend to do for the money charged (glass frames sills doors or just glass)
Some custys would be more than happy with just the glass cleaned for a low price
others want the full package and are prepared to pay more.
Hi John. Was that in reply to my post or the general thread? :)
Hi Steve. Just the general thread but totally agree about being content with your profit.
Makes all the difference. John
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Totally agree with you dave, Cheers everyone for reassuring me that i'm not quoting to expensive, The customer has definitely got money probably just trying to get me to charge less, but she agreed on the price after i explained window cleaners no longer charge £2/£3 for a house with 10 windows lol
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Totally agree with you dave, Cheers everyone for reassuring me that i'm not quoting to expensive, The customer has definitely got money probably just trying to get me to charge less, but she agreed on the price after i explained window cleaners no longer charge £2/£3 for a house with 10 windows lol
I was chatting to a windy the other night and his view was that if his previous windy was £4 and a fair price today is £15, he ain't ever going to pay that because he is conditioned to windowcleaning being cheap.
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Is £1 per window fair? Nobodies ever complained before but had a new customer today say thats expensive :o
read the first part of your post, and don't let people drag you down that don't want to pay your price
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Totally agree with you dave, Cheers everyone for reassuring me that i'm not quoting to expensive, The customer has definitely got money probably just trying to get me to charge less, but she agreed on the price after i explained window cleaners no longer charge £2/£3 for a house with 10 windows lol
I was chatting to a windy the other night and his view was that if his previous windy was £4 and a fair price today is £15, he ain't ever going to pay that because he is conditioned to windowcleaning being cheap.
There's something in that. Peoples' expectations of what they should pay can be a problem.
I've got loads of work like that; had them for years; cheap wc'er before. Nightmare but I'm too lazy to do anything about it ;D.
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I work mine out so that a min of £10 is gained each house by simply charging £10 for the front. If a semi i add £5 if with a conny/extension with lots of glass i add another £5, if a 4 5 6 detatched plus i charge over £30 extra.i Mainly target victorian terrace and town houses where can get many fronts to do in a day.