Your hour is worth more than you charge.
Service businesses bleed money on unpaid time, hidden fees, and forgotten overhead. Price your hour based on reality, not guesses.
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Up to 3 products or services. Compare side by side.
One client per job. Each job costs your time.
This is usually the biggest cost in a service. Think carefully.
Real cost of labor is usually 20-30% higher than the nominal wage in this country.
Small materials used during the service, software licenses consumed per job, tools that wear out.
Travel, specific software per job, subcontractors, anything you pay per job.
Rent, internet, software, accounting, bank fees, phone, equipment, licenses. Everything you pay every month even if you sell nothing. Add it up.
If you don't know, estimate. Underestimate rather than overestimate. A conservative number protects your margin.
Total tax rate on your revenue.
Do you charge VAT/GST separately?
% charged by the processor on the final price. E.g.: Stripe ~4%, Square ~2.9%, PayPal ~4%.
% retained by the marketplace on the final price. E.g.: Amazon 8-15%, Etsy 6.5%, eBay ~13%. Use 0% if direct.
% of the final price paid to salespeople or affiliates.
% of invoices you realistically expect to never get paid. (1-5%)
Profit after all costs. 20-30% is typical.
For comparison.
Before you trust the number:
Unchecked items may mean your price is too low.
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Minimum. Below this = loss.
With your desired margin.
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