Sprinkler Tech All Stars

STAS 4 - Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits

Wade Carter Season 1 Episode 4

Ditch Hourly Rates and Increase Your Profits

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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.

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