Most small shred companies use a mix of pricing methods: one for scheduled service, another for purges, and special deals for a few big accounts. The goal is simple: prices your office can quote quickly and your invoices apply the same way every time.
The common pricing methods
- Per container: a set price each time a console or bin is serviced. Easy to explain and easy to check against the service record.
- Per pound: fair for large or uneven loads, but you need a reliable weight at the stop or the plant.
- Per box: common for purges, where clients count banker's boxes of old files.
- Flat rate: one price for a visit or a job, good for small, predictable accounts.
Protect your margin
- Minimum charges: a floor for small purges or short stops so a trip is always worth the truck.
- Fuel surcharges: a percentage on certain charges that you can adjust when fuel prices move.
- Effective dates: when prices change, set the date the new price starts so old work isn't re-priced by accident.
- Customer-specific prices: write down every special deal, so the office doesn't have to remember who gets what.
How Trakro handles it
Trakro's pricing engine supports per-container, per-pound, per-box and flat prices, minimums, fuel surcharge, sales tax, effective dates and customer- or site-specific prices. Quotes and invoices both use the same rules, so the price you quote is the price you bill.
Let Trakro handle the paperwork.
Certificates, chain of custody and invoices, built from every stop.