Free tool · The Pricing Power Pack

Figure out what to charge, and how to say it out loud.

Five tools in one place: the math on whether your prices are sustainable, a profit ranking of every service you sell, the rate-raise email, the timing checklist, and a practice round for the pushback.

1 · The math 2 · Profit per service 3 · The raise email 4 · Timing 5 · Practice the pushback

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Is your current price sustainable?

This is the math most owners never sit down to do. Enter your numbers and see, in dollars, whether your current rate covers your bills and pays you what you want to take home.

Monthly fixed costs ($)

Rent, software, insurance, the bills that come no matter what

Monthly variable costs ($)

Materials, contractors, costs that scale with the work

Desired monthly take-home ($)

What you want to pay yourself, not what you settle for

Income-generating hours per month

Billable hours only. Admin does not count.

Current average price ($)

Priced per

Business type (for the prompt below)

Minimum viable hourly rate

Covers costs and pays you your full take-home

Break-even hourly rate

Covers costs only. Below this you pay to work.

Your current effective rate

Your price, per income-generating hour

Want the full consultant-style breakdown, including how to raise prices 15 to 25 percent without losing customers? Copy the prompt below, it fills in with your numbers as you type, and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude.

The Pricing Sustainability Prompt

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Which service is losing you money without you noticing?

Run every service or offer you sell through this one. The service you think is your bread and butter is sometimes the one making you the least per hour.

Your hourly rate target ($/hour)

Monthly overhead ($)

Rank	Service	Gross profit	Margin	Effective $/hr

Prefer the AI to do the ranking and suggest repricing? Copy the filled-in prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude.

The Profit-Per-Service Ranking Prompt

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The rate-raise email, ready to send

Five sentences, in order: appreciation, the number, a grandfather window, a market anchor, and a warm close. Lead with the relationship, state the number plainly, anchor it to the market instead of your own costs. That order is what makes the email land as confident instead of apologetic.

Client name

How long you've worked together

Old rate ($)

New rate ($)

Effective date

Current rate extended through

Professionals in your field

Market rate example 1 ($)

Market rate example 2 ($)

Next period

Your email

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The timing checklist

When and how to deliver the news, so the raise sticks.

1Give 30 to 60 days written notice before the new rate takes effect. Thirty is the floor. Sixty gives clients room to budget.

2Notify your longest-standing, highest-touch clients first, one at a time, before a mass email goes out. They deserve the personal version.

3Send the notice in writing, even if you also say it out loud on a call. A written record protects both sides.

4If a client pushes back: hold the number, don't discount on the spot. Point back to the market-comparable anchor from the script above. Offer the grandfather window again if they need more runway, not a lower rate.

5If a client leaves over the increase: that client was priced below what your time is worth. Replacing them at your new rate is the plan, not a reason to reverse the decision.

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Practice the pushback before it happens

Run this the night before a client call where you know the rate increase is coming up. It's cheaper to lose a practice round to a chatbot than to cave on a real client call. The prompt fills in with the rates you entered above.

The Pricing-Objection Roleplay Prompt

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This calculator is education, not financial advice for your specific situation. Confirm pricing and money decisions with your own accountant or financial advisor before you act on them.