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What should you charge for a pool route?

Answer one question before any rate: are chemicals in your price or billed separately? Then see what the drive between stops is costing you, per stop and per month.

The pool

Pre-filled with a typical suburban round. Change what’s different.

ChemicalsThe decision that comes before any rate
Time at the poolTest, brush, skim, baskets
min
Crew
Visits a year, this customerWeekly all year is 52

Your route

This is where pool routes are won or lost.

Driving between stopsNot to and from home — between one pool and the next
min
Stops in a day
Pay per person, per hour
$
Fuel, brushes, test kit — per stop
$
Chemicals, per pool per monthChlorine, acid, shock, stabiliser
$
Margin you want
%
 

 

The seasonYour overheads do not stop when the pools close  
Everything you pay monthlyVan, insurance, phone, storage, admin
$
Months you actually serviceTwelve in the big pool markets, fewer up north
Cutting days a week

Winning the workMoney spent to get a pool on the route  
Spent a month getting customers
$
New customers a month
Years they stayA pool customer who likes you stays for years

Pool service — price per stop

What it costs
The round

A tight round beats a high price

A dozen pools on one street. Not a dozen across town.

You can put your prices up and lose customers, or you can cut the driving between them and keep every dollar of it. One of those is free.

  • Stops ordered into a sensible run, so the van goes the short way round
  • The whole route booked in one go — recurring, not re-booked every week
  • Skip a week for weather and the rest of the route shuffles itself
  • Card on file on a subscription, so the monthly money arrives without anybody asking
  • Filter cleans and repairs offered to the route you already have, not to strangers
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