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Painting and decorating is quoted on preparation, not paint. The visible part of the job — the finish coat — is the short part; the money is in filling, sanding, stripping, and making good, and that is precisely the part customers cannot see when they are comparing your quote against someone cheaper. Decorators who consistently win well-priced work tend to do one thing differently: their quotes itemise preparation as its own line, so the customer can see what they are actually buying and why the cheap quote is cheap. The second structural feature is scale — the same skills cover a single room and a whole house, and those need different pricing logic.
The billing structures this trade actually uses — and what each one means for getting paid. Every one of them can sit on a single rate card.
Domestic interiors, the most common enquiry you will get.
Easy for customers to understand and to add to mid-job.
Preparation-heavy work where the scope is genuinely unknown until you open it up.
Protects you on old properties where the filling is the job.
Full redecorations, new builds, rentals between tenancies.
Comparison-shopped, so itemised preparation is what wins it.
Any job where the customer has opinions about paint.
Stating it explicitly avoids the argument about whose trade discount applies.
The payment problems specific to this trade, and what actually fixes each one.
You are compared against quotes that skip preparation, and losing on price to someone who will do a worse job is the most demoralising way to lose work.
Itemise preparation as its own priced line so the difference between your quote and the cheap one is visible rather than assumed.
“While you’ve got the brushes out” — extra rooms get added verbally and forgotten at invoicing.
Each room is a rate card. Adding one to the job records the price at the moment it is agreed.
Long jobs mean long gaps before payment, and a two-week redecoration paid entirely at the end is a cash-flow problem.
Stage the payments across the job rather than waiting for the final wall.
RateCards gives you a professional booking page in minutes — so every quote, job, and invoice ends with money in your account.2
Share a professional estimate before the job starts. When the customer says yes, it converts to a payment request in one tap — no paperwork, no back-and-forth.
✓ Quote-to-Payment in One TapPrice small jobs by the hour, flat-rate the standard work, and scope bigger projects with deposits up front. Your pricing, structured the way painters actually work.
✓ Hourly · Flat · Project · DepositsInterior rooms, exteriors, cabinets, and trim — all listed with clear prices. Customers see exactly what you offer and book without the back-and-forth.
✓ Unlimited ServicesEvery rate card comes with a print-ready QR code. On the truck, on business cards, on Nextdoor — customers scan and book instantly.
✓ Instant Print-Ready QR CodeSell exterior touch-up plans as recurring services. Auto-billing keeps the money coming between the big jobs.3
✓ Automated Recurring BillingMessage customers straight from your dashboard. No more missed calls or scattered texts — every job stays on track from booking to done.
✓ Built-In Customer MessagingRateCards puts the power of artificial intelligence in the hands of painters — not just big corporations.
Describe what you do and AI builds your profiles and rate cards in seconds — your services, prices, and descriptions ready to share.
Stop guessing what to charge. Benchmark your rates against real market data so you win jobs — without leaving money on the table.
Never miss a client again. The AI Voice Receptionist answers your calls 24/7, quotes from your rate cards and books the job while you're on site.
Three steps. That’s it.
Add your services and pricing in minutes. No tech skills needed.
Text it, post it, or print it — customers open it on any device instantly.
They book and pay. You show up and do the work. Money in your account.
One link in every bio, every post, every text — wherever your clients already find you.
Free for 6 months. No credit card required.
Everything your customers need to pay you —
nothing they have to figure out.
Free for 6 months. No credit card required.
I stopped writing paper invoices completely. Customers scan the QR and it’s handled.
RateCards is a booking and payment link for House Painters: list your services and prices on one page, take bookings and deposits, and get paid by card through Stripe — no website, no app, no code. Free to start, and most providers are set up in minutes. See how RateCards works or explore every feature.
Both work as rate cards. Per-room pricing suits domestic interiors where the scope is visible; a day rate is safer on preparation-heavy older properties where you cannot see what is under the wallpaper until you strip it.
List preparation as its own line on the rate card rather than folding it into a single number. It gives customers something concrete to compare when a cheaper quote lands.
Yes. Add the additional room as another service against the job, and the price is recorded when it is agreed rather than negotiated at the end.
With RateCards.app, customers pay directly through your link — no invoices, no chasing. Payment is processed through Stripe and typically arrives in your account fast.1
It’s a simple page listing your services and prices where customers can book and pay quickly — like your own mini storefront.1
Yes. Request a deposit up front on bigger jobs, with the balance due on completion — so scheduled work actually happens.
No. They open your link in any browser on any device and pay in seconds — no download required.
Yes. Interior rooms, exteriors, cabinets, and trim — add every service you offer, all on one profile.
Yes. Tipping is built in and optional for every job — one tap at checkout.4
Text it, post it, or print the QR code on your truck, business cards, and job-site signage.
Starter is free for your first 6 months — no credit card required. After that it’s $5/mo billed annually ($60 a year) or $7/mo billed monthly. Solo is $24/mo billed annually ($288 a year) or $29/mo monthly, and Business is $119/mo billed annually ($1,428 a year) or $149/mo monthly. See the full breakdown on the RateCards pricing page.
Two, and both are flat percentages of the listed price. A 5.5% service fee is deducted from your payout — that rate is all-inclusive, so Stripe’s processing costs are absorbed within it rather than charged to you separately.7 A 5.5% client booking fee is added to your client’s total at checkout.7 Solo cuts your service fee by 20% and Business by 30%; the client booking fee stays 5.5%. Every rate is listed on the pricing page.
RateCards gives house painters one shareable link where clients see services and prices, book, and pay by card through Stripe. This page covers how the trade prices its work — priced per room, day rate, quoted whole-property price, and materials supplied or excluded — and the payment problems specific to it: competing against quotes that skip preparation, rooms added verbally, and long jobs paid only at the end. Deposits, recurring billing, tips, and a print-ready QR code are built in, and clients need no app or account. Free to start.
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Create Your Rate Cards →Starter is free for your first 6 months — no credit card required. $5/mo billed annually after that.7