Mobile groomers: price each appointment so the van actually pays. Free, no signup.
The van limits your day to 5-8 stops. Fewer appointments means every one has to carry more profit.
Your mobile base price should beat salon prices. Presets are starting points; set your own market price.
Dematting is hard on your tools, your hands, and the dog. Charge for it, or owners learn to skip brushing.
Lease or loan, fuel for generator, water, maintenance, commercial insurance, all divided by your working days.
Set your bar: the minimum dollars per hour you will work for ($50 default) and the appointments per day the van can fit (6 default). The note says the van caps the day at 5 to 8 stops, so fewer stops mean each one has to carry more profit. Pick the dog preset, Small to Giant, which fills the base price and table-time minutes; the note says your mobile base should beat salon prices. Enter drive miles and drive plus setup minutes. The coat-condition card is where mobile margins leak: light or heavy dematting, shavedown, de-shed, difficult temperament, flea treatment. Each adds its fee and minutes, and the note is blunt: charge for dematting or owners learn to skip brushing. Enter mobile costs: cost per mile ($0.70), supplies, van plus generator plus insurance per day (split across appointments), and other costs. The results card shows the line-item breakdown, profit per appointment, effective dollars per hour across groom plus condition plus drive time, and a LOSING MONEY, PRICED RIGHT, CLOSE BUT LEAKING, or UNDERPRICED verdict with the exact price that hits your rate. The route-day check projects take-home and total hours for the full day.
Example only, not typical pricing. Load the Medium preset against a $50 bar: $95 base, 75 grooming minutes, 12 round-trip miles, 30 drive plus setup minutes. Costs are $85 van daily over 6 appointments ($14.17) plus $8.40 travel plus $6 supplies: $28.57. You keep $66.43 across 105 minutes, so the effective rate is $37.96 per hour: UNDERPRICED, and the tool says you would need $116 to hit your rate. Now check heavy dematting: price becomes $140, time becomes 140 minutes, profit is $111.43, and the effective rate is $47.76 per hour: CLOSE, BUT LEAKING, with $145 the raise number. A 6-stop day at the base numbers projects about $399 of take-home across 10.5 hours. Drive time is the silent killer, and the route-day check makes it visible.
**How does the tool split the daily van cost?**
It divides your daily van, generator, and insurance cost by the appointments per day you enter. More stops per day means each one carries a smaller share.
**Why do coat conditions add minutes as well as money?**
Dematting and shavedowns eat table time, and time is what the effective hourly rate is built on. The fee without the minutes would overstate your rate.
**What triggers the LOSING MONEY verdict?**
Profit at or below zero: the appointment does not cover the van share, travel, and supplies. The verdict tells you to raise the base or add condition fees.
**What does the route-day check show?**
Profit per appointment times your appointments per day, with total day hours. If the appointment loses money, it says to fix the price first instead of projecting a loss.
**Are the dog presets official prices?**
No. They are editable starting points, and the note says to set your own market price. The footer says estimates are for planning only.