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Benjamin, great stuff. I've been watching your content for a while now. Thanks for putting out so much free knowledge. I own Paradise Pro Wash Window Cleaning & Pressure Washing, and I'd love to hear how you guys handle price drops and that conversation with customers. We intentionally price our jobs with enough margin that we have room to negotiate if needed. So when a customer says, "That's a little higher than we expected," "We're going with someone else," or "We're going to wait," how do you approach that conversation? Do you have a process or specific wording you or sales team uses when deciding whether to reduce the price without devaluing the service?
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Hi Mark! Personally, I try not to reduce the price unless I'm reducing the scope of the service in some way. For example, if a customer says, "I was thinking it would cost around $XXX," you can respond with something like, "We can absolutely do that if we..." and then adjust the scope (skip track cleaning, leave the screens, clean exterior only, leave the upstairs windows for next time, etc.). The danger of simply lowering your price is that it can make your pricing seem arbitrary and leave a bad taste in the customer's mouth. The customer may wonder, "If you could do it for that price, why wasn't that your price in the first place?" Tying the price reduction to a reduction in scope reduces that friction.
Hard water
Anyone using this to remove hard water marks?
Hard water
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@Matthew Keehn Great, let us know your thoughts when you use it.
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I haven't tried it personally but I met with the owner of the GlassRenu system which basically uses a variable speed Makita Rotary Polisher to remove hardwater stains. Just note that this gets into glass restoration, not so much cleaning, so it comes with it's own risks. GlassRenu WCR Kit: https://windowcleaner.com/products/glassrenu-hard-water-removal-system?sca_ref=9837962.SFRROl87dI Hanbook showing the polisher: https://glassrenu.com/learning-center/reference-handbook/before-you-begin/#Polisher
Passing on Credit Card Fees to Commercial Customers
Does anyone have a recurring commercial customer that pays by credit card? If so, I'm wondering how you handle the credit card processing fees (i.e. increase the invoice price, disclose that the price is plus processing fees, or just eat the fee yourself). For residential customers, I give them the 4-5 options for payment and let them know I take credit cards but there is an additional processing fee and there has been no issue. For commercial clients, I'm going to require credit cards on file so I can charge immediately. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to package it since I'm not offering another way for them to pay. Stripe charges nearly 3% and my CRM takes 1% so the 4% really adds up over time so I want to pass this along. Thanks!
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@T D Thanks, TD. Do you service any commercial clients? If so, have you received any push back from them about the fee?
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@T D Thanks, TD. That helps.
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Hello everyone, I'm excited to be starting my own window cleaning business after working 14years for my Dad's window cleaning and pressure washing business. I have the work ethic and customer service skills, but I know little about what it takes to run a business. I look forward to learning from people in the same trade and be as successful as can be on my new venture.
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Welcome, Daniel! You certainly have a lot of experience and should do really well on your own. It's your Dad still running his own company? At first, I thought you were going to say you took over the company from your Dad.
Thank you
Thank you for letting me be part of the group! I appreciate your content and I look forward to interact with everyone! Have a great and safe weekend!
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Welcome, Scott!
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Darius Irani
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Rinse Exterior Cleaning is a family-owned window & gutter cleaning business in the Greater Sacramento Area. www.RinseExteriorCleaning.com

Active 21m ago
Joined Jan 9, 2026
Fair Oaks, CA