Posts tagged “Pricing”
Practical guides for auto repair shop owners: answering every call, filling your bays, getting estimates approved, getting paid faster and earning more reviews.
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Auto Repair Shop Storage Fees: Rules and Rates
How much a mechanic can charge for storage, when it can start, where to disclose it, and what California, Florida and Rhode …
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How to Price a Brake Job: A Guide for Repair Shops
A method for pricing brake jobs: labor, parts at your matrix, resurface or replace by spec, honest add-ons, three-option estimates and what …
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How Much Should a Shop Charge for an Oil Change?
Oil change pricing for independent shops: a cost build-up, loss leader vs profit center, a tiered price list, published reference prices and …
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Parts Markup Matrix for Auto Repair: Build and Check It
How a parts markup matrix works, the margin and markup math, an example matrix, how to check your real parts margin, and …
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Auto Repair Shop Profit Margin: What Shops Really Make
Gross vs net profit for an auto repair shop, what the average shop brings in, an example P&L built from 2026 benchmarks, …
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Oil Change Club and Auto Repair Membership Programs
Real oil change club prices, the math for pricing your own maintenance membership, prepaid vs monthly billing, and the auto-renewal rules to …
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Shop Supplies Fee in Auto Repair: Rules and Rates
How to set a shop supplies fee from your own consumables spend, which states restrict or require disclosure of it, and how …
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Auto Repair Diagnostic Fee: Should Your Shop Charge?
How to set an auto repair diagnostic fee from your labor rate, whether to credit it toward the repair, what state rules …
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How to Handle Price Shoppers at an Auto Repair Shop
Scripts for "how much for brakes?" calls that give an honest range, move the caller to an inspection, and know when a …
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How to Set Your Auto Repair Labor Rate (2026)
A cost-based way to set your shop's labor rate, a worked example with numbers, how it compares with 2026 state averages, and …