Just realized I've been misquoting my cleaning rates for 6 months

I overheard a guy at the coffee shop talking about how he charges per hour for his handyman work and it hit me that I've been charging per room for house cleaning without tracking my actual time. Started keeping a log this week and found out I'm making barely $18 an hour on big jobs when I thought I was at $35. Has anyone else had to change their pricing structure halfway through and deal with telling existing clients?

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david7013mo ago

Raise your rates on new clients first, then ease the old ones into it over a month or two.

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the_dylan3mo ago

It reminds me of when we switched internet providers a few years back (total nightmare, don't get me started). They had this whole tiered pricing thing where new customers got this amazing deal but us old timers were stuck paying double. I actually called them up and said listen, I know you're doing the new client thing but can you just bump me up to the next speed for the same price I'm paying now? They actually did it, which was surprising. Point being, sometimes you gotta poke around the edges of whatever system they've got, you know?

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