04-01-2013, 11:12 AM
As an idea (and for discussion), what if we did it this way:
The first cleaning is always the most intensive, so there is an initial cleaning cost that is due at the time of service. Then, if the account is billed monthly, an invoice is immediately generated net 30. This way, you do (and get paid for) the initial clean and your next check is 30 days out - which, coincidentally, your next service is also 30 days out.
If billed/serviced quarterly, the same would be done except that terms would be changed to net 90.
Do you think that would be beneficial to your business and acceptable to your clients?
(It works great for my janitorial services, with no balking from clients - so I'm thinking the same principle, though modified, could work for carpet maintenance plans.)
The first cleaning is always the most intensive, so there is an initial cleaning cost that is due at the time of service. Then, if the account is billed monthly, an invoice is immediately generated net 30. This way, you do (and get paid for) the initial clean and your next check is 30 days out - which, coincidentally, your next service is also 30 days out.
If billed/serviced quarterly, the same would be done except that terms would be changed to net 90.
Do you think that would be beneficial to your business and acceptable to your clients?
(It works great for my janitorial services, with no balking from clients - so I'm thinking the same principle, though modified, could work for carpet maintenance plans.)