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Title: commercial pricing help
Post by: tom20001 on October 22, 2013, 02:26:50 pm
guys im about to embark on a mission to get a load of commercial work so lil bit of help re; pricing

say a shopfront 7 foot x 7 foot and 32" door beside ; outsides only and insides?

i just dont want to talk myself out of potential custies by being too expensive
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: Mike #1 on October 22, 2013, 02:35:13 pm
If you can do them for a fiver or less than you are in . A lot are not worth having one guy i know had every shop in the high street near me .

Then he got undercut £3-4 from bigger out of town firms they are lucky to mke a profit some spend more on diesel than they earn . Mike
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: Paul H on October 22, 2013, 03:36:19 pm
If you can do them for a fiver or less than you are in . A lot are not worth having one guy i know had every shop in the high street near me .

Then he got under £3-4 from bigger out of town firms they are lucky to mke a profit some spend more on diesel than they earn . Mike

+1

What you're describing isn't worth it IMO... unless you can get the one next to it and so on and so on....

I done a bit of a push lately ... got invited to quote on a property where they were currently paying £12 ... they clearly wanted it done for less... and as mike has described therefore making the profit very tight... so I just declined ...I try not to base business on cost alone .... there has to be a great deal placed on the quality of work.... you therefore have to find the right balance... and the right customer...

 
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on October 22, 2013, 04:18:10 pm
If you can do them for a fiver or less than you are in . A lot are not worth having one guy i know had every shop in the high street near me .

Then he got under £3-4 from bigger out of town firms they are lucky to mke a profit some spend more on diesel than they earn . Mike

here here , theres a guy in Colchester as most of the town ! works from 7am until 10pm at night and if he makes a 100 pounds aday hes buzzing !!  hes a bit simple and lives in a house that looks like a tip and stinks  hes doing well in his eyes
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: TheWindowManChris on October 22, 2013, 05:23:27 pm
If you can do them for a fiver or less than you are in . A lot are not worth having one guy i know had every shop in the high street near me .

Then he got undercut £3-4 from bigger out of town firms they are lucky to mke a profit some spend more on diesel than they earn . Mike

May sound sad however I have done that in the past just to build up my customer base.   I always make sure I make profit but I do as my lads might be passing thru the street and why not just pull up and clean the windows.
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: jarvy on October 22, 2013, 05:32:18 pm
Re op,charge what you think is a fair price.
Remember,commercial is quite cut throat so don't think you can charge big money for a small job like some of the millionaire shiners on here make out you can.  ::)roll ::)roll
Like said if you can get a few in an area at reasonable prices you can make not bad money
Title: Re: commercial pricing help
Post by: geoffreyspecht on October 22, 2013, 10:08:43 pm
If you can do them for a fiver or less than you are in . A lot are not worth having one guy i know had every shop in the high street near me .

Then he got undercut £3-4 from bigger out of town firms they are lucky to mke a profit some spend more on diesel than they earn . Mike
some of my shops are £30 plus