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I got an email from Aptora about their flat rate pricing books.Has anyone used them and are they worth the cost? How easy are they?
You create the prices in a flat rate book.i would love to get a flat rate price book. the plumbers all do it and i think i could make more money by giving flat rate prices vs time and material.
can you post some examples of prices out of the book?\
what does a 100 amp service change cost?
The idea behind a flat rate book is so that other's can estimate very well and not just you.I can usually estimate very well.
The idea behind a flat rate book is so that other's can estimate very well and not just you.
You want all your technicians to be able to estimate from the book so you don't have to.
This way when your on vacation sitting at the beach jobs are still getting estimated and completed without you having to be involved.
You create the prices in a flat rate book.
A 100 amp service change out costs whatever price you put into the book.
Most flat rate books aren't really books but software that allows you to create and print the books. You determine the prices that go into the book. The advantage to buying the flat rate software is that there are tasks already set up in them but you'll still spend a lot of time modifying the task times and task materials to meet your needs. It's still quicker and easier than starting from scratch.
You determine the hourly rates and material prices for the tasks in the book.
You can buy pre-printed flat rate books but the prices in these books are based on what you tell the people your buying the book from. If you want to make changes later you have to give them the new information and have the new books printed again. You're better off buying flat rate software, creating and printing your own books.
You can change your hourly rates and material price in the software and all the tasks will automatically be adjusted. Then you can print out new books.
Lately I've been using Wintac Pro to create my flat rate books. It also handles my accounting, dispatching and job scheduling.
The drawback to Wintac Pro is that it didn't come pre loaded with tasks so I've had to create them from scratch but you can create an invoice and simply turn it into a task for future use. This allows you to create tasks as you go if you don't want to sit down and create them all in advance.
Here's the link to their website. http://www.intacinternational.com/
that sounds pretty good ill check into that stuff