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roselvaggio
Jobber Ambassador
13 days ago

Are you profiting more from one-time services or recurring contracts? How do you know?

Over the past year, our business has grown into a predominantly recurring-revenue model, with nearly 90% of our monthly income coming from weekly, biweekly, and monthly clients. 

While one-time cleans (like move-ins/outs and deep cleans) often bring in higher ticket prices upfront, we’ve intentionally prioritized recurring clients because they create long-term stability, stronger client relationships, and more predictable scheduling for our technicians.

That said, we’ve noticed that one-time cleans play a powerful role as an entry point into our ecosystem—they’re often the first experience that converts into a recurring client.

Now, as we scale toward $3M and expand into new markets, we’re looking more closely at:

  • Profit margins by service type
  • Customer lifetime value (LTV) from recurring vs one-time
  • Conversion rates from one-time → recurring

We want to better understand not just which service brings in more revenue, but which one truly drives profitability, retention, and sustainable growth—so we can refine our pricing, marketing, and sales strategy accordingly.

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  • HUGEHomePros's avatar
    HUGEHomePros
    Jobber Ambassador

    I want to figure out a way to bring in re-occuring revenue. We do pretty much all "one off" jobs even though we have lots of repeat customers. All our jobs are essentially custom. We do have good profit margins (as long as nothing goes sideways) but I'd love to have some things that we could depend on for revenue. THe fluctuations in work volume are definitely felt by my coworkers. We are a remodeling company so I'm having a hard time finding an offer that's compelling enough for someone to join. We had a membership for a period that was essentially just a percentage off jobs but the only people that use it are people about to book a big job so we end up taking a hit initially. That being said, our two remaining members have never cancelled so we still have that going for us. lol