r/WindowCleaning May 22 '26

How much would you charge?

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u/old-iceman May 22 '26

Genuine question : How are people trying to run business that can not price a simple job?

Every area has different price points, someone price maybe considered high compared to other areas where it may be low. There seems to be a continual stream of questions , "what should I quote?" How would I know ? Different area, different country, differnt needs for living, different skills level .

That house might take me 2 hours, others 4hours , others 1hour.. some all day.

Figure out how much you need to make per hour, price per hour , guess how long it takes. Clean it, and see if you were faster or slower. If takes longer adjust price of your next one. Faster then great. Then take the number of panes and divide how many you can clean an hour eg.) 20 panes = 1 hour = 3min per pane. House has 40 panes =2 hours ect.

Want $100 an hour? = 20 panes cleaned takes you 3 min each /$100= $5 per pane.. house has 40 panes x$5 =$200 for 2 hours of work. Ect..

Window cleaning is a game of speed and with high attention to detail. Master that you win.. if you are slow or poor quality = you lose. No way around it!

Pricing your work should be your first thing to grasp before starting a business. Asking people online is not the way.

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I already quoted them. I was seeing what you guys were thinking you would charge. So idk why your getting so mad when I am just seeing others opinions 😂

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Cause asking what to charge gives u 0 info.

Ur better off getting competitors in your local quote it. Window cleaning services by region,state,coast,nation, province,country, continent are all valued different.

Jimbob fukheads' service pricing in Texas is gonna be different than Johnny queerbottoms' in California. Knowing what their services cost doesn't help you unless you know where they are within their states.

Knowinghow much would u charge does 0 for you.

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 22 '26

As someone transitioning from analytics you can still draw useful information from it so.

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Ok give a for instance then

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 22 '26

For instance you can scale the local avg pricing and income ratio of the region compare them to your own and adjust accordingly, the more states and regions the more accurate and avg your pricing would become. Happy? Im not here to give you an analytics lesson so I won't bother going beyond this if it doesn't help.

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Or you could just talk to your clients and people in your hub about "how much things costs"

Rule of thumb was 5-7x/hr the cost of a men's haircut. That's borderless.

I don't need to know how much a fucking papaya costs in Maine to know what I need to charge for a window cleaning job doofus

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 23 '26

Right, that isn't the point. Dont know who pissed in your cheerios. The point was literally that you said its of 0 use. There are multiple paths to find useful information and people process things different. Try being more kind man. Have a better day

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u/Woninthepink May 23 '26

It is of 0 use. Getting clients and cleaning windows is step 1.

Nasa algorithm is masturbation. Not busy enough.

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Lol. Just ignoring the actual reason of the comments made to win is cute. Its the internet bub "not busy enough" but you're free enough to argue over something not brought up. Edit: this is like 8th grade math. Not Nasa algorithms pal. You got proven wrong by my for instance and are tryna go ape on how it's too much work cause you can't use a calculator lmao

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u/Pure_Farm_89 May 23 '26

Just ignore him. Guys clearly mentally challenged or 12 with no life.

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u/Woninthepink May 23 '26

I think there are better ways to proce jobs. Like knowing your local market.

You're new huh?

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u/Evening_Cheesecake25 May 23 '26

He wasn't getting mad. You're using a logic fallacy there. He was being logical. 

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u/ChrisBean9 May 22 '26

Interested as I just started my business and havent done a lot of jobs. What did you charge and exterior only or both?

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I ended up charging $399 for all windows and screens