[andy east sussex]

is anyone else finding prices on jobs are falling had a call for a wool rug to be cleaned and what i quoted was far to much it was 7ft x 4ft and she got q quote from another cleaner for £20 how the hell down this end just seems to be prices are falling so low i dont know how to compete against it

[Jim_77]

So stop competing on price, up your service and aim at the kind of customers who like to pay a good price for a good job

[Billy Russell]

So stop competing on price, up your service and aim at the kind of customers who like to pay a good price for a good job

Agree with that 100%

[Kinver_Clean]

Ignore other peoples prices, someone will always try to undercut you.
They will just go bust quicker than you if you try to compete.
As said above do a good job at your price to make a profit after expenses.
Aim for the better customers and leave the rubbish to the other bloke to sweat his nuts off making no money.
Its up to you ( and him!)
Don't forget YOU are the expert, no one knows any different- until you make a c==k up

[Craigp]

Andy, there is another way, call Robert at Alltec.

[AshWhite]

Andy, there is another way, call Robert at Alltec.

Have you been on fasttrack Craig?

[Craigp]

Yes well worth it too.

[Mike Halliday]

since I put my prices on my website i have not had any price shoppers as most of them came from google searches.

I have just done a joint leaflet with another company each of us on one side, we are putting out 45k a month because of the number i have had to accept that some will go into the less wealthy areas, this has lead to an increase of priceshopper who will not pay my prices. i just screen them over the phone and quickly give them a high price to and allow them to quickly go and call another company

[Simon Gerrard]

There are lots of ways of looking at pricing, but as Jim says, stop competing on price. The trouble is that only leaves you with quality to compete with and that in my experience is the main reason lots of cc's can't charge high prices because they can't deliver the quality that goes with high prices.
We re-cleaned this job the other day on a carpet cleaned by someone else just last week, how can that guy charge higher prices if that is the best he can do?

[SteveAllan]

Can I add something here as newbie to cc, I had a leaflet from a local cc he's been at it years, prices unreal like £10 lounge, £15 hsl, £49 three piece . To be fair to him he does a pretty good job but it turns out he has a full time job doing shift work so no wonder he can afford to do them at this price. It does p*ss you off though, I will have to fish in a different pond.

[feldon]

There are lots of ways of looking at pricing, but as Jim says, stop competing on price. The trouble is that only leaves you with quality to compete with and that in my experience is the main reason lots of cc's can't charge high prices because they can't deliver the quality that goes with high prices.
We re-cleaned this job the other day on a carpet cleaned by someone else just last week, how can that guy charge higher prices if that is the best he can do?

Wow that's quite an impressive difference, what did you use Simon, and did you find out what the other carpet cleaner used?

[bennymon]

i recon the other carpet cleaner  used an old style carpet sweeper 

[andy east sussex]

this is the thing every customer is very happy with my results but its like everyone we all do it if we see a deal for the same kind of product somewhere else we buy it at the cheaper price and i guess thats what all the customers are begining to do

[Tony Stewart]

Guy advertising in our local paper for 8p sq ft. I have no idea how good he is. Mind you it is a half price summer offer so his real price is normally 16p sq ft.
 

[wayne zabel]

I often hear this argument of offering your services to higher end clients who are willing to pay more.

Do you not find that these clients are hard to come by for various reasons.Here are 2.

There aren't as many of them to market to and higher end houses dont require CC as often as these people are much more likely to look after their carpets the houses are a lot bigger so dont get dirty very easily as soiling has more than likely been got rid of in the hallways,unlike in an average sized house where you are directly in the lounge.

There are many quite affluent areas in my vicinity but I very rarely get calls from these places.

[Craigp]

Middle of the road people will pay higher prices, it's not all about working for mrs buquet.

[Robert Watson]

 

[Mike Halliday]

I often hear this argument of offering your services to higher end clients who are willing to pay more.

Do you not find that these clients are hard to come by for various reasons.Here are 2.

There aren't as many of them to market to and higher end houses don't require CC as often as these people are much more likely to look after their carpets the houses are a lot bigger so don't get dirty very easily as soiling has more than likely been got rid of in the hallways,unlike in an average sized house where you are directly in the lounge.

There are many quite affluent areas in my vicinity but I very rarely get calls from these places.

most of my  customers live in semi-detached house or detached but not in the high end of the market,

 if I was to compare my customers to cars my customers are Audis or  Volvos..... not Rolls Royce's or Bentley they are middle of the road people , but they still pay £160 for a suite clean or £85 for a through lounge,

 i get lots of customers calling who are willing to higher prices because that's were all my leaflets get delivered

[AshWhite]

I'd say mine are Usually Hyundais, often Fords, and Occasionally Audi. Representative of the area as a whole, really.

[Billy Russell]

and i would say mine are often Horse and cart, Tractor and the occasional scooter!