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julie
Jobber Community Team
22 days ago

New Google Search Features: Online Estimates Filter and “Have AI Check Prices” — what does this mean for service pros?

Google has recently started rolling out new pricing-related features in local home service search, and they could impact how service businesses get discovered. Two early changes we’re seeing: “On...
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JJOUBR3
Contributor 2
5 days ago

I'm still trying to figure this out. As a HVAC owner how can i give a upfront price on a changeout without seeing the property? Prices are based off the difficulty of the job. 

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ThatHandymanVan
Contributor 3
1 day ago

Something that I have started doing is having a base fee, and then communicable markups as needed. These can be explained up front to the customer. Generally, as I like to under promise and over deliver, I will estimate high, and then bring the final invoice down. This makes people super excited. Unfortunately, Google is going to make us show Click Bait Pricing.