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Making contractor pricing math explainable

A build note about transparent business calculators for markup, overhead, pricing, and profit planning in contractor workflows.

Product question

The job the product was shaped to handle.

How can a contractor-facing calculator make the relationship between costs, overhead, markup, and target profit easier to inspect?

BuildMetric groups practical planning calculators around visible inputs and results. The interface is designed to make assumptions inspectable instead of presenting a black-box recommendation.

Build highlights

Important product decisions.

  • Multiple related calculators under one consistent interaction model
  • Visible user inputs and immediate recalculation
  • Mobile-first controls for use away from a desktop
  • Educational framing that distinguishes planning estimates from professional advice

Guardrails

What the product does not claim.

  • Results depend on the accuracy and completeness of user inputs
  • Planning output is not accounting, tax, or financial advice
  • Formula and copy changes require regression testing across related tools

Capabilities demonstrated

Inspect the product, then judge the fit.

  • Calculator architecture
  • Responsive form design
  • Transparent assumptions
  • Multi-tool product organization

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What should work better?

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