The Engagement

The Pricing Sprint

A 2-4 week diagnostic that tells you where your pricing is leaving money, how much, and what to change.

Most pricing problems are structural. The wrong price is a symptom. The real issue is a pricing architecture that was inherited, copied across locations, and never pressure-tested against how your customers actually behave. The sprint takes that architecture apart, finds the changes worth making, and helps you get them live.

01
Read Days 1-3

I read your pricing from the outside before I see a single data point.

Tier structure analysis, competitive positioning review, member distribution prediction. I tell you where I think your customers are concentrated and why before the data confirms it. Getting this right cold is the first signal the methodology works.

02
Pull Days 4-10

I get into your systems and pull the numbers that matter.

Membership and transaction data, tier distribution, churn rates by cohort, visit frequency, revenue per member, seasonal patterns. 2-3 conversations with the operator and front-line staff to validate what the data shows and catch what it does not.

03
Decode Days 8-14

I figure out why your customers buy the way they buy.

Compromise effect analysis, extreme value gaps, tier migration patterns, early churn signals, price sensitivity by segment. This is where the behavioral economics work happens and where margin leakage that was invisible in the spreadsheet becomes specific and measurable.

04
Prescribe Days 12-18

I deliver specific pricing moves with a dollar target on each one.

Tier restructuring, price point changes, new tier design, inclusion optimization, rollout sequencing, risk analysis. Every recommendation includes conservative, moderate, and aggressive projections so you know the range before you decide.

05
Deploy Days 14-28

I help you get the changes live. Not a handoff. Actual deployment support.

Draft member communications, front-desk scripts, system configuration guidance, rollout timing, objection handling for staff, and a 2-week post-launch check-in. The sprint does not end when the analysis is done. It ends when the pricing changes are running.

What You Get

Pricing Architecture Report

Complete teardown of your tier design, price points, fee structure, and competitive positioning. Where you are leaving money. Where you are overcharging. What to fix first.

Revenue Impact Model

3-scenario financial model (conservative, moderate, aggressive) for every recommended pricing change. You see the math behind each number, not a summary slide.

Implementation Playbook

Rollout sequence, ownership matrix, staff scripts, member communication drafts, and risk mitigation for each change. Built for your ops team to execute without adding headcount or outside support.

Investment

Sprint pricing depends on the number of locations, the complexity of the pricing architecture, and the data environment. Most engagements fall between $15,000 and $50,000. I will tell you during our first conversation whether the likely revenue upside justifies the investment for your business.

30 minutes. No pitch deck.

Tell me what you are working on. I will tell you if pricing is the right lever and what a sprint would probably find.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data do you need from us?
Tier-level pricing across locations, membership counts by plan, churn timing and cancellation data, visit frequency or usage data by member, and whatever competitive pricing you have. If some of this does not exist in clean form, that is normal. Part of the sprint is working with what you have and identifying what the gaps cost you.
How much of our team's time does this take?
Typically 3-5 hours total across the engagement. That includes a kickoff conversation, 1-2 data walkthrough calls, and a recommendation review session. The diagnostic work happens on my side. I am not asking your team to build spreadsheets or run reports for me.
What if we disagree with the recommendations?
Every recommendation comes with the data and logic behind it. If something does not fit your operations, we talk through it. Some recommendations get modified. Some get sequenced differently. The goal is a set of pricing changes your team will actually execute, not a document full of ideas you are not comfortable with.
What happens after the sprint?
You get a 2-week post-launch check-in included. After that, most operators are self-sufficient. If you want ongoing pricing support (seasonal adjustments, new location launches, additional play deployment), that is available as a separate engagement. There is no pressure to continue. The sprint is designed to stand on its own.
How do I know if this is right for my business?
The sprint works best for multi-location service businesses with recurring revenue and pricing that has not been formally reviewed in 12+ months. If you have 5 or more locations, a membership or subscription model, and a sense that your pricing could be doing more work than it currently is, the first conversation will tell you whether it makes sense.
Do you work with businesses outside the verticals listed on the site?
Yes. The methodology applies to any multi-location service business with recurring revenue. Car wash, fitness, med spa, dental, HVAC, pest control, and self-storage are the verticals I know deepest. If your business has a similar structure, we should talk.

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