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Gather the real extras
List the costs and requests that can change the time, expense, schedule, or risk of a normal job.
Made for Independent Contractors
Decide What to Charge Separately
Also useful for: people in Entrepreneurship
25 min
Intermediate
Business & Entrepreneurship
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Sort materials, travel, revisions, rush work, rentals, permits, and other costs into the base price or separate charges.
We'll use them to write your prompt.
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Make Your Play
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Protect your margin by separating routine job costs from extras caused by distance, urgency, scope changes, outside fees, or unusual client requests.
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What you'll do
This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.
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Sort each charge
Run the primary prompt to separate normal operating costs from client-driven or unusual extras.
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Set the fee triggers
Turn each separate charge into a rule that states when it applies and how it will be calculated.
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Add the terms to your quote
Use the final wording to show what the base price covers and when added charges require approval.
Make Your Play
Decide What to Charge Separately
Tell us what the prompt needs to know
Start with the questions below. Each answer personalizes the playbook and builds the prompt you’ll use at the end.
Your situation
Describe the service, the usual work involved, and what a normal job looks like.
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List the labor, materials, travel, revisions, and other costs already included in the base price.
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List every cost, request, or condition that might need a separate charge.
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Describe the time, cost, margin, schedule, and risk issues that matter for these extras.
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Enter any limits, approval rules, deposits, travel zones, revision policies, or markup rules already in use.
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What you'll do
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01
Gather the real extras
List the costs and requests that can change the time, expense, schedule, or risk of a normal job.
02
Sort each charge
Run the primary prompt to separate normal operating costs from client-driven or unusual extras.
03
Set the fee triggers
Turn each separate charge into a rule that states when it applies and how it will be calculated.
04
Add the terms to your quote
Use the final wording to show what the base price covers and when added charges require approval.
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Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
List every cost or request that has surprised you on past jobs. Rough notes are enough. The prompt will sort them and show where clearer limits are needed.
Advanced instructions
Include actual cost drivers, target margin, included quantities, travel zones, revision limits, approval rules, and markup methods. Compare the recommendations against your standard agreement before using them.
Use this when
You're building or updating a price before sending a quote, proposal, estimate, or service agreement.
You'll need
- Service and normal scope
- Current base-price coverage
- Possible extras
- Pricing concerns
- Current client terms
You'll get
- Every listed cost classified
- Every separate charge tied to a clear trigger
- Every charging method stated
- Base-price boundaries written
- Client-facing fee language ready for review
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Every listed cost classified
- Every separate charge tied to a clear trigger
- Every charging method stated
- Base-price boundaries written
- Client-facing fee language ready for review
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