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STAS 4 - Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits

May 20, 2024 Wade Carter Season 1 Episode 4
STAS 4 - Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits
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Sprinkler Tech All Stars
STAS 4 - Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits
May 20, 2024 Season 1 Episode 4
Wade Carter

Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits

If you want to learn the best way to charge a service fee, and make a year's income in 7 months or less, sign up for this free training: https://www.sprinklertechallstars.com/free

In this candid episode, Wade Carter, a sprinkler tech professional with years of experience running a thriving sprinkler tech business, makes a passionate case against charging hourly rates for residential irrigation services. Through stories and examples, he shows how hourly pricing damages your profits and client relationships.

In this episode Wade answers:

  • Why hourly rates create an adversarial dynamic where clients resent every minute you're on the job?
  • How implementing service fees, flat-rate pricing, and upfront cost authorization allowed Wade to increase invoices over 250%?
  •  What specific methods you can use to explain and justify your flat-rate pricing to help customers understand the value and accept higher repair fees? 

Wade provides a 3-step blueprint for elevating your income by ditching hourly rates and positioning your expertise as worthwhile investment, not a timeclock battle. If you're tired of unmet expectations and underearning, don't miss his hard-won insights.

To learn more about starting and running a successful Sprinkler Tech Business, head over to Sprinkler Tech All Stars and sign up for the free flat rate pricing training.

Show Notes

Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits

If you want to learn the best way to charge a service fee, and make a year's income in 7 months or less, sign up for this free training: https://www.sprinklertechallstars.com/free

In this candid episode, Wade Carter, a sprinkler tech professional with years of experience running a thriving sprinkler tech business, makes a passionate case against charging hourly rates for residential irrigation services. Through stories and examples, he shows how hourly pricing damages your profits and client relationships.

In this episode Wade answers:

  • Why hourly rates create an adversarial dynamic where clients resent every minute you're on the job?
  • How implementing service fees, flat-rate pricing, and upfront cost authorization allowed Wade to increase invoices over 250%?
  •  What specific methods you can use to explain and justify your flat-rate pricing to help customers understand the value and accept higher repair fees? 

Wade provides a 3-step blueprint for elevating your income by ditching hourly rates and positioning your expertise as worthwhile investment, not a timeclock battle. If you're tired of unmet expectations and underearning, don't miss his hard-won insights.

To learn more about starting and running a successful Sprinkler Tech Business, head over to Sprinkler Tech All Stars and sign up for the free flat rate pricing training.