Price per pane or per window?

Residential
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Having trouble locking down my pricing for residential windows. Was wondering if I should go with per pane of glass or just full window.

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Jump over to flat rate pricing. A lot easier to deal with and no need for customers to count windows or for you to do any math.

Clean windows are not cheap,
And cheap windows are not clean…

Tommy
C-Clear Window Cleaning
© 903.261.3806

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[COLOR=#0000ff]I only charge per pane for French panes or commercial. Residential windows are based on a single window, double (twice single), picture with side lights, or sliders. Some difficult to reach get pricing that makes me comfortable to do them.[/COLOR]

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Per pane will be easier to explain to people who have not had their windows cleaned recently, imo

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Easier is telling them that 20 windows will cost $199. Takes the guesswork out of it and they pre-qualify themselves. It’s been used and proven a better system by many on here.

Clean windows are not cheap,
And cheap windows are not clean…

Tommy
C-Clear Window Cleaning
(C) 903.261.3806

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[FONT=tahoma][SIZE=3]Or you could try this!!:rolleyes::confused::slight_smile:
[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=4]Window Cleaning - How much to charge?
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We have used the 20 window special in different variations in marketing, but never as an estimate tool

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Lol! Rubbish just became my word of the month for April.

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[FONT=tahoma][SIZE=3]Well just another way of doing it.:rolleyes:

Or do think he needs a HIGH FIVE IN THE FACE with your chair MADE OF STEEL!!!;):)[/SIZE][/FONT]

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Personally i charge per pane of glass.

Different sizes have different prices, and then it’s down to how dirty and the landscaping factors to the final price.

So for me, thats the best way to price a clean.

However for customers to price a clean it’s too difficult and you cant really expect them to count sizes of windows etc accurately.

So for customer estimation purposes, it’s best perhaps to go with a flat rate based on 20 panes/windows, but the actual price is determined by factors as suggested above.

Although if you can work a flat rate based on size of house and be competitive with pricing and also get the $$$ you require then do that route.

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I quote per window on both residential and commercial. The only time we charge per pane is on french windows. We based our pricing off of the average of what the competition was charging in our area.

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You could use responsibid. Makes things much easier for customers and you can save the site to your phone or ipad so you can give bids right there in person. You can get a wcr membership and that will pay for the basic package of responsibid. Then you have your membership to wcra and you can take advantage of TONS of perks!

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What is responsibid?

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Check it out at responsibid.com.

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I live in Norway each house is completely different to the next so we charge per window, based on size ease of access etc etc… on large commercial jobs we price per SQM of glass.

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I do a per pane price. This price includes glass, sills, tracks, and screens. Pricing this way brings me about $60/per man hour. If we are talking French panes: for a 15 pane door I charge it as a 2 pane, if its bigger 3 and so on. When I get a call for an estimate I ask them if they have storms, French panes, and screens. If they don’t have French , pellas, or storms, I tell them we have a special right now. The special is they get 40 panes cleaned, including sill, tracks, and screens (if they have them )for only $189, and after 40 is at our regular price. Mrs. Smith, are week days or weekends better for you? Great, are mornings or afternoon better for you? Great, I have Wednesday at 3pm available. I just need your address.

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Ive seen this used elsewhere - so because of “factors” a small property pricing is then pushed into medium property pricing.

Again, the customer cant grasp “factors” when it comes to pricing their own home - so that may be difficult when it comes to them trying to estimate their own home.

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Are any of you charging a flat rate for a residence and then adding for things like obstructions, ladder use, french windows, etc? I thought about trying that rather than counting panes and screens. Just curious.

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I have a very simple question regarding this price per windowpane topic.
I swear I have not been able to figure this out yet. If someone can answer this question with a straightforward answer I will be very grateful. Here is the question:
If you say the price is $5.00 per windowpane, does that mean it is $5.00 to do the inside of that window and another $5.00 to do the outside of the same window? Or does it mean $5 total to do both sides?

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@sam2u

That is such a confusing topic to new window cleaners and customers alike.

The simplest way i can put it is this…

If a residential customer is calling you wanting to know your window cleaning price per pane give them a price to clean the exterior of the pane and then give them a price to clean the inside and out.

for example:

  • Basic exterior window cleaning price will $5.00

  • here is our price for cleaning the inside and out of the pane of glass which will be $10.00

The above pricing is just an example price that you mentioned.

I hope this helped.