[Dougaldum]

i know i should put up prices but don't get round to do it bit of a chicken i do get my customers say still the same price or some put up the price for me  do you get the same or is it just me scared of losing customers your thoughts

   

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

bang em up

[Dougaldum]

bang em up

i know should

[steve rix]

We've put our prices up 10% every 2years for the past 6 years = 33.1%

[LWC]

You used to make me tell em the bins were 50p more andy 

[CLEANCARE WC]

£2 on all the ones you have had for 10 yrs. and a quid on the more recent ones at least

[richard jagger]

You just a business wimp.Without are backbone to run a business.Pass the milk.

[simonr]

i brought a round off a mate who i worked for 10 yrs ago & he hadn't put the prices up since i was with him £3.50 for a 3 bed  terrace with a bay at front & extended kitchens at back 18 of them, i put em up £1 right off & 3 cancelled lol . got em up to £5 now & i'm wfp them so they're not too bad now but 1 lass went 2mth cos of the price, they forget their wages have been going up yearly
you need to put em up now before a good run becomes a crap one & you'll hate doing it

[Jackal]

10 years surely you must have some underpriced jobs by now,

you got a full round?

think its a good idea imo to take more work than you can actually clean in a month so you have more confidence to put prices up as you aint to fussed if a few cancel,

iv been going just over 2 years now built alot of work myself so them prices arnt to bad (some i underpriced but still ok for now),i brought some at first and them are bit less than i now charge but will put them up this year or next,iv put 4 up this year as they were real grudge cleans and they were by a £1 still got them,theres some tight wods out there but im sure most will realise you have to put them up,sort it out mate

[Smudger]

i think you have made it hard for yourself - prices that are 10 years out of date will be difficault to bring upto a decent level in 1 or 2 goes and will more likely as not cause problems

i would say that you need to be brave and get on with the price rise however how does your prices compare with others in the area ?  (if your at the low end then raise the price to be at least mid way)

if you give good customer service and do a good job you wont lose hardly any customers and the rise would easily cover the losses. - work smarter not harder

our price review is in thirds - new customers ( less than a year ) - not increase - established customers who were increased last year ( no increase ) established customers where the rise was 2 years ago - now due for another - this way price increases are regular ( but not so much the customer gets pee'd off ) and are reasonable from 50p to £3 depending on the job.

it's easy to justify a rise when you say to the customer - it has been 2 years since the last rise... etc...

last year their was a % that were under priced from when i very first started and they just got a letter with the increase be it 2 or 3 quid or £10 - if they didn't like - too bad i wasn't prepared to work at those low rates anymore

if you work to cheaply they dont value you or your service

Darran

[Dougaldum]

You used to make me tell em the bins were 50p more andy  ;

i know like i said that was 10 years ago

[richard jagger]

This a factor when a round is sold. All and sundry say x 5  x10 the value but if this work was sold it would be nearly worthless due to the length of time that prices were static.

[Dougaldum]

We've put our prices up 10% every 2years for the past 6 years = 33.1%

thirs going tobe time where windows are going up and up  that they can't afford you because they don't get a pay rise like we do in window cleaning

[Dougaldum]

This a factor when a round is sold. All and sundry say x 5  x10 the value but if this work was sold it would be nearly worthless due to the length of time that prices were static.

my prices are still not bad just haven't
put them up in yearsi

[mgba_78]

Put um up!!!

Work smarter not harder!

Put 100 customers up £1 and you can afford to lose £100 worth of work and still earn the same £££££'s   

We've just put a load of ours up, and yeah we lost a couple but we're still way way better off even though we lost some!

[Window Washers]

i know i should put up prices but don't get round to do it bit of a chicken i do get my customers say still the same price or some put up the price for me  do you get the same or is it just me scared of losing customers your thoughts

   

I think your asking a question you already know the answer to.

if they have not gone up in 10 years I dread to think how much money you have left on the table to date, increse the prices over a couple of year period some this year some the next, for the low priced more now than later.

at the end of the day its your business, but things are nowhere near as cheap as they were 10 years ago, your losing money not doing this and working harder to pay your bills.

Increase them and do this soon (before the budget)

[Llaaww]

I never ever put the price up. It is not good for business.

My way around this is to offer to do more work for more money.

I can grow a £5 per month job into one that happily pays £15-20 by adding small jobs bit by bit.

Windows       £5
door mat       50p
door step      £1
Garage door £2
Lights           50p
gate             £2
Bin                £2
short length of gutter £5
etc etc etc

There are a hundred and one little jobs that need doing, I always have a drop of oil for squeak hinges (£2), and a pot of brasso for a plaque (£5), I pimped my ladder the other day for half an hour (£x).

There is no need to put the price up, just find another way to make them to produce a buck.

[CLEANCARE WC]

I never ever put the price up. It is not good for business.

My way around this is to offer to do more work for more money.

I can grow a £5 per month job into one that happily pays £15-20 by adding small jobs bit by bit.

Windows       £5
door mat       50p
door step      £1
Garage door £2
Lights           50p
gate             £2
Bin                £2
short length of gutter £5
etc etc etc

There are a hundred and one little jobs that need doing, I always have a drop of oil for squeak hinges (£2), and a pot of brasso for a plaque (£5), I pimped my ladder the other day for half an hour (£x).

There is no need to put the price up, just find another way to make them to produce a buck.

I HEAR WHAT YOUR SAYING BUT THE PRICE STILL HAS TO GO UP LLAWW

[simonr]

Put um up!!!

Work smarter not harder!

Put 100 customers up £1 and you can afford to lose £100 worth of work and still earn the same £££££'s   

We've just put a load of ours up, and yeah we lost a couple but we're still way way better off even though we lost some!

thats a brilliant way to think of it

[mgba_78]

I never ever put the price up. It is not good for business.

My way around this is to offer to do more work for more money.

I can grow a £5 per month job into one that happily pays £15-20 by adding small jobs bit by bit.

Windows       £5
door mat       50p
door step      £1
Garage door £2
Lights           50p
gate             £2
Bin                £2
short length of gutter £5
etc etc etc

There are a hundred and one little jobs that need doing, I always have a drop of oil for squeak hinges (£2), and a pot of brasso for a plaque (£5), I pimped my ladder the other day for half an hour (£x).

There is no need to put the price up, just find another way to make them to produce a buck.

Id rather clean 1 house for £18 than do all them jobs mate, sorry!
And im a window cleaner, that list of jobs is more odd job man.