Raise prices without losing clients

I'm busy because I'm cheap, and I'm scared to raise my prices.

What you'll need

• Your business profile. Don't have one? Start here →
• Your accounting or invoicing tool (QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, etc.), connected, or spreadsheets of sales and costs
• Your current price list or rate card
• Contracts with recurring clients
• A client message you've written that sounds like you

What you'll get

• ✓Margin by client, job, or product, with the underpriced work flagged
• ✓A price plan: new prices for new work, a dated increase for existing clients, and a premium option for big gaps
• ✓The announcement, reminder, and pushback replies, in your voice, ready to approve
• ✓A log of who was told and how they replied

How it works

Run it every quarter. It reads your real numbers to find margin by client, job, or product, and flags work that now takes longer or costs more than it's priced for. It recommends new prices for new work now and a modest, predictable increase for existing clients, announced with notice that respects your contracts and a thank-you. It drafts every message in your voice, and nothing is sent or changed until you approve it.