Understand the math behind the number.
Build a price you can explain and deliver.
Test margins, understand discount tradeoffs, compare like-for-like offerings, and preserve the evidence behind each decision. Original worked examples for real pricing tasks. Educational models do not establish a fair and reasonable price or change a contract.
Free practical guides, worked examples, and a tool you can use without an account.
Your starting point
Know what sits behind the number.
Small business owners, pricing analysts, contract managers, finance leads, and MAS sales operations teams.
Build the economics
Define a unit, include the costs that belong in it, and distinguish markup from margin.
Test the assumptions
Vary discounts, productive hours, delivery costs, and other inputs before making a commitment.
Keep the evidence
Save comparable-price context, decision approvals, and the applicable contract terms with the model.
The first useful question
Margin, markup, and the fee: three numbers to keep separate
Work through a $100 sale and see why a discount reduces profit faster than revenue.
Start with this guide ↗The working library
Practical answers. A clear next step.
Choose the question you are trying to resolve. Each guide includes a worked example, a checklist, or a record to create.
Build a labor rate from productive hours
Separate annual compensation, delivery capacity, overhead, and the hours you can actually bill.
Compare prices without comparing the wrong things
Create a reproducible comparison sheet for scope, units, dates, qualifications, and terms.
Build a discount ladder that preserves a decision trail
Define who can approve a reduction and which assumptions must change to support it.
Plan price changes around your actual EPA method
Separate a cost forecast, a requested adjustment, an approved modification, and its effective date.
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