Your service area is quietly setting your pay.
You drew your service area by feel, 'I'll go about this far', and every extra mile is time you can't bill. Two groomers can charge the exact same price and earn wildly different money, purely from how far they drive. Say yes to everyone and you'll be busy, exhausted, and strangely broke.
Maria's far clients earned her half the hourly rate of her close ones once she counted the drive, same price, half the money, and she never saw it until she ran the number. (Illustrative example.)
Who this is for
Mobile groomers deciding how far to drive who want the boundary set by math, not guilt.
By the end, you'll walk out knowing
You'll walk away with a finished plan
What you'll work through
6 short, plain-language lessons — most under five minutes. Read them or watch the slides, at your pace.
- 1
- 2The questions that define your boundary5 min
- 3Run the numbers: what a drive actually costs you5 min
- 4Map and communicate your boundary5 min
- 5Handling the client just outside your area5 min
- 6Your service area, decided on purpose4 min
The toolsyou'll use
Spreadsheets you copy and fill in as you go — yours to keep, unlocked when you enroll.
Your instructor
Ray runs a mobile route and learned the hard way that the money is in the map, not the dogs. He teaches the whole road: choosing and building a van, designing a profitable service area, and running routes that actually pay.
Not happy with the course for any reason? Email us within 14 days of purchase for a full refund.
Everything specific to running a van- or trailer-based grooming operation — the van, the route, and getting (and growing) mobile. Finish all 11 courses to earn the GC-MB credential — the full certification is $399.
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