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Price a bid with the bid calculator

Square feet and how fast your partners clean give the hours. Your labor cost and your margin or markup give a flat price for each visit or each phase. Your client only ever sees the price. Every plan.

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Not sure what to charge for a big office or a post-construction job? The bid calculator works it out from the square feet. It's only a helper: round the price or change it any way you like. Your client only ever sees your flat price.

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    Set your numbers once

    In the menu, tap Marketing, then Bids, then Bid calculator. Check how many square feet get cleaned in each hour of work for each kind of space. Add your Labor cost, pick how you add profit (Margin or Markup) and your percent, and tap Save.

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    Turn it on for a bid

    Start a bid and add your lines under What's in it. Then tick Use the calculator on this bid. It starts with your margin or markup, and you can switch it for this bid.

  3. 3

    Add the areas

    Pick the Kind of space and type its Square feet, like offices and restrooms. Tap Add an area for more. Each phase of a post-construction bid gets its own areas.

  4. 4

    See the hours and the price

    Busy Book shows the hours of work, your labor and a suggested price, rounded up. For recurring work, add Visits a month to see the monthly price too.

  5. 5

    Put it on the bid

    Tap Put $160 on the bid (with your own price), then round it or change it on the line if you like. Tap Save bid.

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