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Your time

These minutes happen on every job whether it's 8 feet or 40. They get spread across the length of the job, which is why short jobs cost so much per foot.

Design and consult minutes per jobMockups, color matching, and the back-and-forth before a deposit clears. By hand this runs most decorators 20–45 minutes a job. Fanfaire sends the visual proposal for you — which is why this box starts at 5.Inquiries per monthHow many quote requests, DMs, and consultations you actually do each month — not just the ones that book. This is what drives unpaid design time.Install and secure minutesOn site: hanging, anchoring, sandbags, cleanup.Strike and teardown minutesOnly counted on jobs you actually return to — that's driven by the items you collect, set on Your items.Share of jobs you drive back to strike (%)Your honest answer. If the items you collect on Your items imply a higher share, that number is used instead.

You drive back to strike on 50% of jobs.

You told us 20%. The items you collect (Wooden chiara backdrop) push that to 50%, so we use the higher number. You average 3.0 legs of travel per job. Set which items you collect and how often they sell on Your items.

On a job that does need the trip, it costs $40 at 12 one-way miles — two legs of driving plus 20 minutes of teardown.

Fixed time on the average job right now: 45 minutes = $57 of labor cost (design at owner rate, install at full crew, strike at employee rate) before you build anything. Strike minutes are weighted by how often you actually go back.