Most people quote a number that feels right and find out a year later they were working for free. This works out what the job actually costs you first, and the drive counts.
Drive time is one way. The round trip is counted for you, because you have to get home too.
You only fill these in properly once. Every quote after this one starts here.
Gas, phone, insurance, repairs, and money set aside to replace gear when it dies. Everything the business costs in a month whether or not you get work.
Hours you are on the clock for a customer, including driving between them. Not hours spent on quotes, admin, or waiting.
No job goes out below this, however small it is.
80 minutes of your day, 20 of them driving. Anything under $33.33 means you are paying to do this job.
You have not entered any overhead, so this floor is too low. Gas, phone, repairs, insurance and the money you set aside to replace gear all come out of this job whether you count them or not.
This job is small enough that your minimum charge of $50 is the price. Small jobs burn a whole round trip for a fraction of the money, which is exactly what a minimum is for.
An account saves your quotes, remembers your overhead so you only enter it once, and tracks which ones you won. It is free, and so is everything up to your first paid job.
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