C-05Service
Costing and Pricing
Know what one unit costs you before you decide what to charge for it.
We work out what one unit really costs you, including transport, packaging, airtime and your own time, then your break-even and a price that covers it. For up to five products or services. You keep the spreadsheet.
What you get
- Direct cost per unit: materials or stock, transport and packaging
- Monthly fixed costs: rent, electricity, airtime and data, wages and loan repayments
- A wage for you. Your time is a cost
- Break-even: how many you must sell each month before you make anything
- Three prices side by side: what you charge now, break-even, and a target
- What competitors charge, where you know it
What to bring
- What you pay for stock or materials. Slips help
- Your monthly bills
- How many you sell in a normal week
If you do not have something on this list, tell us. We work with what there is.
How it runs
You see the price and the scope in writing before any work starts.
List
The five products or services that matter most.
Cost
Every cost that goes into one unit, then the costs you pay whether you sell or not.
Price
Break-even and price options, compared with what others charge.
Decide
You choose. The spreadsheet lets you test other prices yourself.
Questions this service answers
Each page has checks you can do yourself first, at no cost.
I am busy but not making money
Sales are coming in, and there is still nothing left at the end of the month.
Open the questionMoneyI do not know where the money goes
Money comes in and disappears, and you cannot say on what.
Open the questionStartingWill my business idea work?
How to find out cheaply, before you buy stock or sign a lease.
Open the questionHad a Business Check-up? If you book this service within 30 days of a check-up, the N$199 you paid comes off the price.
Questions about this service
What if the right price is higher than customers will pay?
Then you have four options: reduce the cost, change the size or the offer, sell more of it, or stop selling it. Each is better than selling at a loss without knowing.
I sell services, not products. Does this work?
Yes. The unit is an hour, a job or a visit. Your own time is the main cost, which is why it must have a price.
Can I do it myself?
Yes. The costing sheet and the guide How to cost a product and set a price are free.
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OpenTell us what you are trying to decide.
You do not need a business plan to talk to us. Say what the business is, what you want from it and what is in the way. A Business Check-up costs N$199 and comes off any other service you book within 30 days.