Guides
Updated September 4, 2026
Written for the one-van operator, not for a company with a fleet. Every price links to where it came from.
What software costs when you hireReal 2026 numbers from Jobber, Housecall Pro and ZenMaid's own pricing pages.What to charge for auto detailingPublished ranges by service and vehicle — and why two big sources disagree.Why you lose money on big vehiclesBuild a size multiplier instead of guessing on the phone.What to charge for house cleaningHourly, per square foot, per job type, from three sources.Should you take a deposit?What a no-show really costs, and wording that doesn't read as distrust.
Everything in this section
- Getting your first clients without paid ads — What actually produces bookings for a one-van business in the first six months, ranked by cost and by how fast it works. Nothing here requires an ad b
- How to price a ceramic coating — Ceramic coating jobs are long, size-sensitive and prep-dominated, which makes them the easiest job in detailing to underprice. The block maths, the pr
- Pricing a move-out clean — Move-out cleans are the job most likely to run double the estimated time. The three variables that decide it, why a walkthrough beats a phone quote, a
- Quoting fast without underpricing — Slow quotes lose jobs and rushed quotes lose money. The structure that lets you answer in minutes without guessing, and the four questions that make a
- Planning recurring cleaning routes — Recurring work is the whole economics of residential cleaning, and route density is where the margin is. How to build a week that holds, and what brea
- Texting customers legally — Unregistered business texting on a local number is now blocked rather than throttled. What 10DLC registration involves, why transactional and marketin
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