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Custom Auto Detail
Ultimate Hand Wash
• Cars $25.00
• Truck,SUV,Vans $35.00
Includes: 3 Bucket hand wash, hand dry,
door jams cleaned, interior vacuum/wipe down,
and quick detail spray to top it off.

Ultimate Hand Wax
• Cars $55.00
• Truck,SUV,Van $65.00
Includes: 3 Bucket hand wash, hand dry,
hand wax, Interior vacuum/wipe down,
and quick detail spray to top it off.

Ultimate Interior
• Cars $40.00
• Truck,SUV,Van $50.00
Includes: Shampoo floor mats/carpet/head liner,
clean seat belts, condition leather seats or shampoo if cloth,
clean door panels, cup holders, steering wheel, radio knobs,
And apply dressing to entire interior.

Executive Detail
• Cars $130.00
• Truck,SUV,Van $150.00
Includes: 3 Bucket hand wash, hand dry,
clay bar, hand wax, tire/wheel dressing, engine bay degreasing/dressing, polish chrome,full interior detail, and we check all fluids and tire pressure to top it off.

Long time lurker first time poster. I am having the grand opening of my new shop here in texas in a few weeks and im trying to get everything tied up. I am going to have a pricing sheet made and i wanted you guys to check out my price sheet and see if it makes sence and is a fare price for the services i offer. All prices are for basic DD details. I will be posting my price sheet for Show car work, but im still crunching thoes numbers. Here are some pictures of the work i do on DD Details. Enjoy!!!
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Flash Gordon said:
Good luck in your new endeavor!

Why do you use 3 buckets?
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So i always have clean water and wash mitts. In Texas there is a lot of dust and dirt floating around and it just saturates my wash mitts fast. A 3 bucket solution was a way to keep everything clean from start to finish.
 
Pricing and services look excellent...That truck looked trashed....Great job and great before and after pics as well...Good luck....
 
Mustang_09 said:
So i always have clean water and wash mitts. In Texas there is a lot of dust and dirt floating around and it just saturates my wash mitts fast. A 3 bucket solution was a way to keep everything clean from start to finish.
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Well, it sure can't hurt anything. Congrats on trying to do things the right way :props:
 
I'm located in College Station, I based my prices off of all the other detail shops in town. I wanted to beat there prices in hopes of bringing in more clients. Any ideas on how to go about bringing in more clients?
 
Mustang_09 said:
I'm located in College Station, I based my prices off of all the other detail shops in town. I wanted to beat there prices in hopes of bringing in more clients.
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You just broke rule #1 of having a successful business. DO NOT compete on price, and especially don't just base your prices off what others charge. Figure out your costs, figure out how much you want/need to be making to cover your overhead and make enough profit, and set your prices off that calculation.

Second of all, you mention checking/topping off fluids in your highest level package. Is your shop/business a registered repair facility? Does your insurance cover you doing any mechanical work on a vehicle? You're asking for trouble here:

1) You'll have to stock the proper fluids for any of the various vehicles you may come across. That can be a very costly proposition considering many different makes and models don't all use the same fluids.

2) If you put the wrong fluid in the wrong vehicle, or you accidentally overfill something, etc. you could cause major problems and if you're not covered under insurance, that might result in major bucks coming out of your pocket to repair customer vehicles.

I would suggest going back and re-evaluating what you're doing, make sure you've put together a complete and proper business plan, marketing plan, etc. and if you don't know how to do any of that, go take some business classes before you jump in with both feet.

Keep in mind that 50% of businesses fail within a year, 80% fail within 5 years. If you don't want to be a statistic, you've got to do your homework and approach this the right way. :dblthumb2:
 
so how is the work at the other detail shops? if its poor quality work why would you charge less for higher quality work then poor quality work? i would keep prices the way they are and put something on the pricelist saying "introductory pricing for our new shop, prices are to change without warning" or something to that effect so people know your prices are lower to get business up and then the people will see how well your work is and should be thinking " wow i paid xxx ammount for poor quality work and i was thinking i was going to be charged more then the other shops for this quality of work" then you have the type that want a whole detail for the price of a hand wash. if anything raise prices and give discounts certain days of the week for certain industries like for instance mondays active duty military get 10% off all services, tuesday doctors/nurses 10%off, wendsday service industry 10% off stuff like that will bring in customers because there getting a deal. also put some adds in paper and have something stating "bring in this add recieve 10% off all services" maybe print up some referral cards customers can hand out and the person who referred another person to you gets a discount and the person who was referred to you gets a discount also....one thing i can suggest to save your behind is certain cars don't hose down the engine bay, certain cars like jaguars don't like water in the engine bay. just use some damp towels and cleaner. if they request water to be introduced into engine bay make them sign a waiver stating it was their choice to get the engine hosed down and if any electronical problems result its on them....but thats just me i dont hose down engines, if i do introduce a spray of water under the hood its only on the painted areas to rinse stuff off like firewall and strut towers, rest of it i wipe by hand to be cautious. but thats just my method. i have a huge fear of messing up a car/trucks electrical system due to water, if it is requested i will bag up/tape up as many electrical connectors and parts as possible. good luck with your new shop!
 
I took other things in to consideration when I decided my prices, like products, my payout, my partners cute, etc. I run my detail business out of a shop on a car dealer’s lot. We have a contract and in that im covered through them to pick up, drop off, and do basic maintenance on customer’s vehicles. The dealership wanted me to do those services so they can bring more people through there lot. I get insured and they get a full service detail shop on site. I have done months of paperwork and meetings with lawyers to get to this point to make sure I’m covers in case of an accident. Thanks for the information and knowledge. I really appreciate it.
 
opie_7afe said:
so how is the work at the other detail shops? if its poor quality work why would you charge less for higher quality work then poor quality work? i would keep prices the way they are and put something on the pricelist saying "introductory pricing for our new shop, prices are to change without warning" or something to that effect so people know your prices are lower to get business up and then the people will see how well your work is and should be thinking " wow i paid xxx ammount for poor quality work and i was thinking i was going to be charged more then the other shops for this quality of work" then you have the type that want a whole detail for the price of a hand wash. if anything raise prices and give discounts certain days of the week for certain industries like for instance mondays active duty military get 10% off all services, tuesday doctors/nurses 10%off, wendsday service industry 10% off stuff like that will bring in customers because there getting a deal. also put some adds in paper and have something stating "bring in this add recieve 10% off all services" maybe print up some referral cards customers can hand out and the person who referred another person to you gets a discount and the person who was referred to you gets a discount also....one thing i can suggest to save your behind is certain cars don't hose down the engine bay, certain cars like jaguars don't like water in the engine bay. just use some damp towels and cleaner. if they request water to be introduced into engine bay make them sign a waiver stating it was their choice to get the engine hosed down and if any electronical problems result its on them....but thats just me i dont hose down engines, if i do introduce a spray of water under the hood its only on the painted areas to rinse stuff off like firewall and strut towers, rest of it i wipe by hand to be cautious. but thats just my method. i have a huge fear of messing up a car/trucks electrical system due to water, if it is requested i will bag up/tape up as many electrical connectors and parts as possible. good luck with your new shop!
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I do weekly deals, and i offer 20% off first full detail. I am looking into putting some adds in the paper her in the next few weeks. I am the same way when it comes to engine bay cleaning. I will not use any water under the hood. I use a degreaser and some towels and brushes. I have heard to many stories about how someone messed up a car by spraying it down with water.
 
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