The Locksmiths Fix Kit
Built for locksmiths and locksmith businesses.
A locksmith's price gets set at the door, under time pressure, for a customer who can't see the job either and is often locked out and anxious. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 6 leaks it covers
5 you can close it · 1 a pro decides
- High-security cylinder billed at hardware cost; key control and origination given awayWhere to look first: Look at your last few high-security jobs. Did the invoice show only the hardware price?Keep it from coming back: Never let a high-security job go out on a single hardware line — use the split quote template every time.You can close it
- Master-key design and keying schedule given away inside the per-cylinder rekey priceWhere to look first: On your last two or three master-key jobs, write down the hours you spent on design: walking the site, building the hierarchy, writing the keying schedule, revising it with the customer.Keep it from coming back: Log design hours separately on every master-key job so the next quote has a real number to price from.You can close it
- Labor rate set from a wage number instead of a billable shop rateWhere to look first: The federal wage figure for locksmiths (the Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage) is what an EMPLOYEE is paid before taxes. It is not what a shop should bill.Keep it from coming back: Recalculate your floor once a year from last year's real costs and billed hours before you print new prices.You can close it
- Price changed from phone quote to invoice without the customer's OK before the workWhere to look first: On every call, give a price range and say plainly what can change it once you see the lock or door.Keep it from coming back: Make 'revised price approved by / at' a required line on every work order — no approval, no start.You can close it
- Locksmith license missing or lapsed in a state or city that requires oneWhere to look first: Check whether your state requires a locksmith license, and also your city — some cities have their own. New York City requires a locksmith license from its Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (VERIFIED, nyc.gov).Keep it from coming back: Before taking a job in a new city or state, check its license rule first.You can close it
- Self-employment tax not budgeted through the year (locksmith)Where to look first: Nothing is owed back to you here — this is about not getting caught short in April. Pull last year's return or your year-to-date records and find your NET business income (what came in minus your business costs), not your gross.Keep it from coming back: Move your tax share into a separate account the day each payment lands, and set calendar reminders two weeks before each estimated-tax date.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
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High-security cylinder billed at hardware cost; key control and origination given away
You can close it- Look at your last few high-security jobs. Did the invoice show only the hardware price?
- Split it from now on: the cylinder hardware, the key-control part (restricted keys, the customer's authorization record, who may order more keys), and the labor to originate and cut those keys.
- Price each line from your own cost and time.
- Explain the value in one line: a restricted key can't be copied at a hardware store.
- Keep the customer's key-authorization record on file — that is part of what they are paying for.
Your part: Set your prices, send the quote, and manage who gets keys. Product: NEW: Rate & Price Builder.
Quote lines for my next high-security job: [COMPANY] — Quote # [QUOTE #] 1. High-security cylinder(s), [BRAND / MODEL], qty [QTY]: [AMOUNT] 2. Key control setup — restricted keyway, authorization record, and signature list for who may order keys: [AMOUNT] 3. Key origination and cutting — [QTY] keys: [AMOUNT] 4. Installation labor: [AMOUNT] What I tell the customer: 'These keys can't be copied at a hardware counter. Only people on your authorization list can get more, through me. That control is what the system is for, and it's why it's priced separately from the lock itself.'
Never let a high-security job go out on a single hardware line — use the split quote template every time.
What this kit can't decide for you: No price suggested; prices come from your own cost and time.
That's 1 of 6. The other 5 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When locksmiths go looking for answers, they search things like “locksmith license”, “locksmith business” and “locksmith rates”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 6 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
How should a locksmith price rekeys and master keying?
Master-key design and keying schedules get given away inside a per-cylinder price. The kit shows how to price them.
Can I change the price after the phone quote?
Not without the customer's OK before the work. The kit shows what to put in writing.
Do I need a locksmith license?
Some states and cities require one. The kit has you check.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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