Build a pricing and quote template for my local service
Prices that cover travel, time, and supplies, plus a quote template customers can say yes to quickly.
The prompt
Help me price my local service and create a quote template.
Service and typical jobs: [e.g. "standard and deep cleans for 2-4 bedroom homes"]
Time per typical job: [HOURS, including setup and cleanup]
Supplies per job: [COST]
Travel: [average drive time and distance; service area]
Overheads per month: [insurance, phone, software, vehicle, marketing]
What I want to earn per hour, after costs: [AMOUNT]
Local competitor prices (if known): [RANGE, or "not sure"]
Previous step (optional): [PASTE my licensing and insurance checklist, so those costs are counted]
Do this:
1. Calculate the real hourly cost, including unpaid travel and admin time, and the minimum job price I should accept.
2. Recommend a pricing structure that fits the service (flat rate by job size, hourly with a minimum, or tiered packages) and show prices for my typical jobs.
3. Add rules for travel fees or service zones, extras and add-ons, rush jobs, and recurring-client discounts.
4. Write a quote template: customer details, job description, what's included and excluded, price, deposit, validity date, cancellation and rescheduling terms, and how to accept.
5. Write a short script for giving a price over the phone and handling "that's more than I expected."
Show the math in a table. Mark any market price I didn't give you as [CHECK LOCALLY] instead of guessing.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- e.g. "standard and deep cleans for 2-4 bedroom homes"
- HOURS, including setup and cleanup
- COST
- average drive time and distance; service area
- insurance, phone, software, vehicle, marketing
- AMOUNT
- RANGE, or "not sure"
- CHECK LOCALLY
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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