How much should I charge per repair? Well certainly that's a loaded question, every
market is different, whether you're in the US or whether you're in another
country. So the first piece of advice is just to do your research, make some phone
calls, find out what your competition is charging, understand the local insurance
market. Do the local insurance companies provide complete glass coverage? Is there a
glass deductible involved? Understanding those factors will help you to set your
pricing locally. However, let's focus in for a moment on the US and
Canadian market and just talk about kind of how to set your pricing in those
markets. Now we kind of would break this into say three categories when it comes
to pricing. One would be retail work, another would be wholesale work, and the
final would be insurance work. Retail work would generally be cash jobs
directly for a customer. Kind of in a one-off scenario and generally speaking,
the going rate in the u.s. is $65 or more. When it comes to retail work,
especially if it's mobile repairs, that may even go up to $75 to $100 depending
on your area. Again, you want to do your research in your local area. Now
when it comes to wholesale work, we would be talking about say fleet accounts,
dealership accounts, body shops, or car washes. Places that you may do work for and that
provide you consistent volume work, certainly you would offer them a
discount off of those rates. So maybe forty five dollars or even less
depending on the volume of work that they give you. Again, do your local
research, find out what the local fleet accounts are currently paying for repair
and base yourself around that accordingly. Now the next category is
insurance work. Insurance companies set their rates specifically
for windshield repair. So you don't have a whole lot of control over what they
pay for the windshield repair, but generally speaking most insurance
companies will pay between forty five dollars up to about seventy dollars on
the high end for the first repair and then generally they will
pay an additional fifteen to maybe twenty on the high end for a second
repair on the same vehicle. So that's a good rule of thumb to be aware of when
you're doing insurance work and that same rule would
apply. As far as doing second repairs on retail and wholesale work, generally you
would have a second, slightly lower rate, for a second or third repair on the same
windshield. Now again, in regards international markets,
it's important that you research your local area. Do some research,
determine what the the factors are in the area. Is the glass readily available?
Do insurance companies cover the glass?
Are there other windshield repair technicians in the area? If so, what level
of work are they doing? What quality of work are they doing? What are
they charging? And then set your rates accordingly.
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