Free guide · 7 chapters · 60 min read
Pricing a grooming menu
Your price list, matted coats, mobile travel fees, and the deposit, cancellation and late policies that protect your prices, with the wording to copy.
- Updated Oct 2026
- 2 free templates
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Contents
- 01 Build your price list Prices by size, coat and service, with a free template you can edit and print. Price by size and coat · Set the numbers by the hour · What goes in add-ons, and what goes in every groom · Show matting and handling so it doesn’t cause an argument 8 min
- 02 Matted dogs and add-ons What de-matting really costs you, how to charge for it, and the scripts that make it easy. The True Cost of Unpaid De-Matting · Why Groomers Don’t Charge (And Why Those Reasons Don’t Hold Up) · Building a Matted Dog System · Scripts That Make It Easy 7 min
- 03 Mobile pricing and travel fees Van prices, travel fees by zone and the minimums that keep a mobile day profitable. The $25 nail trim that cost $60 · Start from what the salons charge, then add the premium · Three ways to charge a travel fee · Set a minimum per stop 8 min
- 04 Deposits When to take a deposit, how much, and how to ask without losing the booking. “They’re going to be pissed” · Deposit, card on file, or prepay — pick the right tool · Who should pay a deposit (not everybody) · How much 11 min
- 05 Cancellation and no-show fees Notice window, fee tiers and the policy wording to copy, before your first no-show. “Nobody ever told me about a fee” · Five decisions, then the wording · The template · Where it has to appear 11 min
- 06 Late arrivals The 15-minute rule, and what to say when a client turns up too late to groom. 3:40, while she was mopping · Why fifteen minutes · The domino effect · "Can’t you just this once?” 8 min
- 07 Put it in the service agreement What a good service agreement includes, with a free template clients sign once. Why Every Pet Service Business Needs a Service Agreement · What Does a Good Service Agreement Include? · The Benefits Add Up · Download the Free Template 7 min
Himani Agarwal, Founder, Packyard Ran two pet shops with grooming salons. Sold them in 2026 and now builds Packyard full time.
