Your price should not be held together by vibes and fear.
Use this calculator to find a starting price that covers your time, costs, monthly goal, and actual business math.
No spreadsheet trauma. No “I guess this sounds fair.” Just a clearer number and a coaching result that tells you what your price is really saying.
If your price is too low, your business becomes an expensive hobby.
Beginner pricing gets weird fast. You want people to say yes, you do not want to look greedy, and suddenly your “business” is paying for gas, supplies, and emotional damage while you call it exposure.
This tool helps you check the math before your confidence starts negotiating against you.
Find the number
See your minimum price and suggested starting price based on your time, costs, and monthly goal.
Meet the gap
Find out if your issue is underpricing, cost leaks, capacity, confidence, or plain old pricing confusion.
Get the blueprint
Get pointed to the toolkit or bundle that helps you turn the number into a price menu, plan, and next move.
Answer the money questions your Notes app has been avoiding.
Use real numbers. If you are not sure, use your best guess. The goal is not perfection. The goal is to stop pricing from pure panic.
Checking if your price is brave, fair, or just people-pleasing with a dollar sign…
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What Should I Charge? Beginner Pricing Toolkit
This is the next step for turning your suggested price into a simple price menu and confident quote.
Example: house cleaning business
If you want to make $5,000 per month and work 24 hours per week, your time needs to earn about $52 per hour. If one cleaning takes 2 hours and costs about $16.50 in gas, tolls, supplies, and monthly business costs, your minimum price is about $121. A clean starting price may be $125 or $130.
Start with the goal
Your price has to connect to the money you actually want to make.
Add real costs
Gas, tolls, supplies, tools, fees, and monthly business costs all count.
Round with confidence
The suggested price is your starting point. Then you adjust based on value, demand, and experience.
Undercharging is not humility. Sometimes it is just unclear math.
Being beginner-friendly does not mean being underpaid. A strong price helps you serve better, stay consistent, buy supplies, protect your time, and keep the business alive long enough to grow.
Questions about the What Should I Charge Calculator
Who is this calculator for?
This calculator is for beginners who want to know what to charge for a service, job, appointment, session, package, or project.
Is this only for cleaning businesses?
No. It can help cleaning businesses, lawn care, tutoring, coaching, beauty services, mobile services, photography, freelance work, baking, and many other small businesses.
Should I charge the exact suggested price?
Use the result as a starting point. You may choose to round up, add a cushion, or adjust based on your experience, market, quality, and demand.
Why does the calculator include gas, tolls, supplies, and monthly costs?
Because your price should cover more than the time spent doing the job. It should also account for the real costs that make the job possible.
Your price should support the business you are trying to build.
Run the numbers, read the result, and choose the blueprint that helps you price with more confidence.
Educational use only. This calculator is for planning and clarity. It is not legal, financial, tax, accounting, or professional business advice.