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Operating Costs

These rates drive the automatic pricing engine. Getting them close to your real costs means your quotes will be profitable from day one. Not sure of your numbers? Use the Help me calculate buttons next to each section.

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Shop Size

This sets starting defaults for your quoting calibration — how fast your equipment can prep and coat parts. You can fine-tune this later in Company Settings → Shop Equipment Profile.

This affects how the AI estimates sandblasting and prep time — a garage coater and a large shop blast the same wheel at very different speeds.
Labor Rates
$ /hr
Applied to every hour of hands-on work on a quote item — sandblasting, masking, coating, and general labor time all draw from this rate.
Facility Overhead

Enter your monthly shop rent and utilities so the system can recover those costs proportionally across every job. Leave at zero if you work from home or your facility costs are already factored into your markup.

$ /mo
Your monthly lease or rent payment for the shop space.
$ /mo
Combined electricity, gas, water, and internet.
hrs
Hours per month the shop is actively producing work. Default: 160 (4 wks × 40 hrs).
This amount is added to quotes per estimated labor hour.
Equipment Costs (per hour)
$ /hr
Added to quote items that include sandblasting prep, based on estimated time in the blasting cabinet.
$ /hr
Added to every quote item for time spent in the coating booth applying powder.
Materials & Pricing
$ /sq ft
Your powder material cost per square foot of coated surface. Multiplied by each item's surface area to calculate powder material cost on every quote.
%
Applied to the total cost of every quote to add your profit margin. A 30% markup on $100 in costs produces a $130 quote price.
%
Sales tax rate applied to the final quote total. Set to 0 if you don't charge sales tax. Tax-exempt customers are automatically excluded.
$
The lowest amount you'll charge for any job, regardless of size. If the calculated quote total falls below this, it's raised to this amount automatically.
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