Private breakdown
Prestige Wraps & Branding is losing $55K - $110K a year, and it is not where you think.
You answered. You quoted $2,300, top of the range, faster than three quarters of the state. Then the conversation ended. This page is about the part after the quote. Ten short pages.
A Tesla owner asked for a price. You gave him one.
- When
- Monday, Sep 7, 11:37 AM
- Where
- The contact form on prestigebranding.net
- The car
- Black 2022 Tesla Model S
- The job
- Full front PPF: hood, bumper, fenders, mirrors, headlights
- How to reach us
- A working email and a working phone number
It was a test, not a real car. The same request went to 242 California shops that day. Monterey County only had 2 of them, so your comparison set is the Central Coast and the Bay Area together: 60 shops. Then we watched email, phone and text.
4 h 36 m. Then nothing.
- Mon Sep 7 · 11:37 AMA customer fills in your formFull front PPF, 2022 Model S.
- Mon Sep 7 · 4:14 PMOmar texts back: $2,3004 h 36 m. Faster than 73% of the California shops that answered at all.
- Sep 8 - Sep 11Days 1 to 4: no follow-upThe customer did not reply. Nobody asked him why.
- Sep 12 - Sep 15Days 5 to 8: still nothingA $2,300 quote, sitting in a stranger's phone, going cold.
- Wed Sep 16 · 10:43 AMDay 9: Mike emails you directlyFrom an address you had never seen.
- Wed Sep 16 · 10:49 AMYou answer in 6 minutesYes, please.
- TodayThis pageWhat the silence after a quote costs, at your prices.
Omar texted a price the same afternoon. Good price, good speed. And that was the last we heard from Prestige until I wrote to you nine days later.
The quote was the easy part.
✓4 h 36 mQuote out the doorYou sent $2,300. Top of the range.
✕0Follow-ups after the quoteThe customer walked away in silence.
Your front door works. A stranger emailed you and you answered in six minutes. A customer filled in your form and had a price the same afternoon. You earned the right to charge $2,300 and then let him walk away without a word. I sent him a number and he ghosted me, every shop owner knows that one. The five texts after the quote are where the job is won.
What the five texts after a quote do
- Day 1: Did that come through? Any questions on the film?
- Day 2: Here is what Xpel full front looks like on a Model S we did last month.
- Day 4: I can hold Thursday or Friday for you. Which works?
- Day 7: Still want it done? A deposit locks the slot.
- Day 10: Last one from me. Door is open whenever you are ready.
36 of 60 shops on the Central Coast and in the Bay Area never answered at all.
Same car, same words, same Monday. 24 answered, and you were one of the faster ones. Only 5 of the 24 ever sent a second message. Your row is pinned at the top. Tap a group to see exactly who did what.
24 answered
36 never answered
All 60 shops in the Central Coast and Bay Area. Yours is marked.
- Prestige Wraps & Branding (Salinas) YOU4 h 36 m$2,300 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Clean Wrap Customs (Hayward)Under 2 minText: will look at the details and get back, no price · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Real bros auto pros (Seaside)7 min$2,000 · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Oscars Mobile Detailing (Tint-PPF-Wrap) (Concord)12 min$2,200 · Phone · follow-ups: 2
- Med Tint Shop (Antioch)15 min$2,450 · Both · follow-ups: 1
- DetailedByPrecision (San Francisco)15 min$3,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Wraps By Dre (Suisun City)20 min$1,950 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Esoteric Auto Salon (Grover Beach)22 min$1,500 · Both · follow-ups: 0
- 360 Tints & Body (San Bruno)26 minText: thank you for considering us, no price · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Enthusiast Auto Tint and Paint Protection Film (PPF) (Campbell)30 min$2,000 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- CK Auto Image (San Jose)30 min$1,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- SosaaTintz LLC | PPF & Vinyl Wraps (Livermore)39 minText: request received, no price · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- AutoXpert | Window Tint | PPF | Ceramic Coating | Detailing | Vinyl | Commercial tint (Belmont)56 min$1,299 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Blackout Window Tinting (Gilroy)1 h 18 m$2,250 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Golden State Auto Salon - Paint Protection Film (PPF), Ceramic Coating, Window Tint, Paint Correction, (San Mateo)1 h 37 m$2,400 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Deep Reflections Auto Detailers (Los Gatos)3 h 5 m$2,300 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Quality Glass & Tinting (Santa Clara)5 h 1 m$1,900 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- NM Auto Enhancements (Livermore)21 h 8 m$2,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Invisiguard (San Jose)21 h 17 m$1,795 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Precision Automotive Paint Protection (Santa Clara)21 h 47 m$1,750 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Unique Auto Films (San Jose)21 h 51 mPrices by phone only: $1,500 to $2,500 depending on the film · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Tintix PPF & Ceramic Coating - Brentwood (Brentwood)24 h 44 mText from the owner checking his people had answered · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Top Quality Detailing (San Jose)43 h 0 m$1,650 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Aria Film Solutions (Walnut Creek)52 h 41 mUrable proposal with 3 options, price behind a link · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Tintinc Window Tinting (Antioch)Never answered
- Roman's Tint & Detail (Atascadero)Never answered
- LuxeLine Autos (Campbell)Never answered
- ARTDESHINE STUDIOS (Concord)Never answered
- Dublin Window Tint & PPF | Paint Protection Film | Clear Bra | Ceramic Coatings (Dublin)Never answered
- Auto Pro Detailing Dublin (Dublin)Never answered
- OCDetailing (Fremont)Never answered
- Quality PPF (Hayward)Never answered
- V.I.P. AUTO TINT (Hayward)Never answered
- Ace of Shades Auto Tint (Martinez)Never answered
- Prime Customs & Vehicle Wrap (Oakland)Never answered
- PPF Wrap Up (San Francisco)Never answered
- Magic Auto Shine (San Jose)Never answered
- MDF window tint (San Jose)Never answered
- Tint Lab Plus (San Jose)Never answered
- Essence Mobile Auto Detailing (San Jose)Never answered
- Silicon Valley Auto Films (San Jose)Never answered
- Amazing Car Detailing & Ceramic Coating | Mobile Service Bay Area (San Jose)Never answered
- SFS Bay Area (Specialty Films & Signs) (San Jose)Never answered
- The Tint Factory | Window Tint, Vinyl Wrap & PPF (San Leandro)Never answered
- SLO Auto Glass & Tint (San Luis Obispo)Never answered
- Bay Area Detail | Ceramic Coatings and Paint Protection Film (San Mateo)Never answered
- Specialty Auto Spa - Ceramic Pro San Mateo, Icon Rocklear San Mateo, Ceramic Coating, Paint Protection Film, (San Mateo)Never answered
- Marin Auto Detailing / Ceramic Pro San Rafael (San Rafael)Never answered
- Sunshine Collision & Auto Spa Inc. (Santa Barbara)Never answered
- Pure Auto Detailing (Santa Clara)Never answered
- AAAA'S Window Tint (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Coating Kings Studio (Santa Clara)Never answered
- TKDETAILS (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Wrap Culture (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Silicon Valley Garage (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Mobileworks/Tintworks (Santa Maria)Never answered
- APE Luxury Auto Spa | Ceramic Coating | Paint Protection Film | Window Tint | Auto Detailing (Santa Rosa)Never answered
- Black Sheep Auto Detailing (Sunnyvale)Never answered
- Eighty8 Auto Customs Paint Protection Film + Vinyl Wrap + Tint (Sunnyvale)Never answered
- Madd Wrapps LLC (Vacaville)Never answered
107 answered
135 never answered
All 242 shops in California. Yours is marked.
- Prestige Wraps & Branding (Salinas) YOU4 h 36 m$2,300 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Solaro Tint shop (Costa Mesa)Under 2 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- All WRAPS (Long Beach)Under 2 minNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 4
- Clear Pro (Murrieta)Under 2 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Official California Detailing (San Diego)Under 2 min$2,699 · Both · follow-ups: 1
- Zippy Cup Auto Detail San Diego (El Cajon)Under 2 minNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 2
- Apexfilms Fresno Tint & PPF (Fresno)Under 2 min$2,250 · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Clean Wrap Customs (Hayward)Under 2 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- OC House of Tint (Orange)Under 2 minNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 0
- Fresh Layer Mobile Detailing (San Diego)Under 2 min$2,200 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- The Crack Doctor Windshield Repair (San Diego)Under 2 minNo price given · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Top To Bottom Detailing (Temecula)Under 2 min$1,750 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Kingdom Tint, PPF and Coatings (Carlsbad)2 min$2,150 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- XSiv (Thousand Oaks)2 min$2,100 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- SAS Elite Tint (Van Nuys)2 min$2,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- OC Tint & Detail (Westminster)2 min$2,200 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Cali Auto Glass & Tint (El Cajon)3 min$1,500 · Both · follow-ups: 5
- Freeway Tint (Riverside)3 min$1,995 · Both · follow-ups: 1
- Vaia Design (Riverside)3 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 2
- SCT Motorsports | Xpel Protection Films | Window Tint - Paint Protection Film - Ceramic Coating (Rancho Cucamonga)6 minNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 3
- Wrap Fx San Diego (National City)7 min$1,999 · Email · follow-ups: 1
- Real bros auto pros (Seaside)7 min$2,000 · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Window Tinting by SolarShield La Verne (La Verne)9 min$1,995 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Tint City (Fresno)11 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Dazzle's Wraps - Vehicle Wraps, Window Tint, PPF, Ceramic Coatings, Paint Correction, Exterior & Interior Detailing (Rancho Cordova)11 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Oscars Mobile Detailing (Tint-PPF-Wrap) (Concord)12 min$2,200 · Phone · follow-ups: 2
- Med Tint Shop (Antioch)15 min$2,450 · Both · follow-ups: 1
- DetailedByPrecision (San Francisco)15 min$3,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Honest Tint & PPF (Yucaipa)16 min$2,000 · Email · follow-ups: 1
- RAD Auto Styling & Mobile Detailing ((bez adrese - mobilni))20 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Wraps By Dre (Suisun City)20 min$1,950 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- SD STYLING ((bez adrese - mobilni))21 min$2,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Autograff Tints and PPF (North Hollywood)21 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Esoteric Auto Salon (Grover Beach)22 min$1,500 · Both · follow-ups: 0
- Shine Attack Auto Studio (Van Nuys)22 min$1,700 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Sharif Window Tinting & Paint Protection Film (Elk Grove)23 min$1,975 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- ONDMOVE Auto – PPF, Wraps & Mobile Detailing (Temecula)23 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- 360 Tints & Body (San Bruno)26 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- ECO Mobile Detailing (Los Angeles)28 min$2,000 · Phone · follow-ups: 2
- Dwraps (Simi Valley)28 min$2,400 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Enthusiast Auto Tint and Paint Protection Film (PPF) (Campbell)30 min$2,000 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- CK Auto Image (San Jose)30 min$1,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Avanti Window Tint - Window Tinting Services (San Diego)31 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- MJ DETAIL (Wilmington)35 min$2,700 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- SosaaTintz LLC | PPF & Vinyl Wraps (Livermore)39 minNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Birds Presèrv LA | Paint Protection Film & Ceramic Coating (Glendale)44 minNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 0
- PPF Pros (North Hollywood)44 min$1,499 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- GT Mobile Detailing ((bez adrese - mobilni))56 min$1,650 · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- AutoXpert | Window Tint | PPF | Ceramic Coating | Detailing | Vinyl | Commercial tint (Belmont)56 min$1,299 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Street Wraps (El Centro)1 h 4 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- King’s Classic Detailing (Merced)1 h 10 mNo price given · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Electric Auto Films (Irvine)1 h 17 m$1,499 · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Blackout Window Tinting (Gilroy)1 h 18 m$2,250 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Ikon Edition Wraps (Laguna Hills)1 h 18 m$1,650 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Evolve Auto Wraps (Sacramento)1 h 28 m$2,250 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- The Tint Hub (Roseville)1 h 33 m$1,400 · Both · follow-ups: 1
- Golden State Auto Salon - Paint Protection Film (PPF), Ceramic Coating, Window Tint, Paint Correction, (San Mateo)1 h 37 m$2,400 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- ClearTek Auto Detailing | PPF & Ceramic Coating (Pomona)1 h 38 m$1,500 · Phone · follow-ups: 3
- Trackdayppf (San Gabriel)1 h 57 m$1,572 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Sam's Steam Auto Detail (Los Angeles)2 h 15 m$2,800 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- JV Auto Styling (Irvine)2 h 47 m$1,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Deep Reflections Auto Detailers (Los Gatos)3 h 5 m$2,300 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- A&N Protective Films (Rocklin)3 h 9 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- Clear Cartel (Ontario)3 h 10 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Nor Cal Mobile Detailing Pro's of Sacramento & Ceramic Coatings - RV - Auto - Marine (Citrus Heights)4 h 26 m$1,250 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Quality Glass & Tinting (Santa Clara)5 h 1 m$1,900 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Pristine Auto Care (Santa Clarita)6 h 1 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Golden State Customs (Lincoln)6 h 44 m$1,900 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- APX Motorsports - Vinyl Wraps & Paint Protection Films (Van Nuys)6 h 59 m$1,900 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Rocky Mountain Auto Works / Rocky Mountain Window Tint (Sacramento)9 h 57 m$1,450 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- San Diego Tint (La Mesa)18 h 12 m$2,000 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Advanced Protective Films (Santa Ana)19 h 40 m$1,400 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Preferred Window Tinting (Lancaster)19 h 47 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Sun Dimmers Window Tinting & Paint Protection Film (Santa Clarita)20 h 17 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- K2 Auto Detailing ((bez adrese - mobilni))20 h 44 m$2,500 · Email · follow-ups: 1
- Wrapros (Montclair)20 h 49 m$2,670 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- VV Customs LLC (Chico)20 h 55 m$1,650 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Evo Studios (Los Alamitos)20 h 55 m$2,000 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- WAXED DETAILING- Clear bra, Window Tint, Ceramic Coatings, Detailing (Santa Clarita)20 h 59 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Rey's Window Tinting (Stockton)21 h 3 m$2,300 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Tintman Window Tinting & Paint Protection (Escondido)21 h 4 m$1,950 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- NM Auto Enhancements (Livermore)21 h 8 m$2,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Mirror Image AV (Lancaster)21 h 15 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Invisiguard (San Jose)21 h 17 m$1,795 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Ikon Wraps & Graphics (San Diego)21 h 25 m$1,850 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Precision Automotive Paint Protection (Santa Clara)21 h 47 m$1,750 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Unique Auto Films (San Jose)21 h 51 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- AutoPro SD (Vista)21 h 51 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Rhino Films & Detailing (Huntington Beach)22 h 7 m$1,895 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Motorsport Wraps (Monrovia)22 h 12 m$2,200 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Detail Union (Monrovia)22 h 26 mNo price given · Both · follow-ups: 2
- OC Wraps (Brea)23 h 10 m$1,200 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Private Collection Auto Care | Ceramic Pro Glendale (Glendale)23 h 19 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 1
- All Pro Wraps (Victorville)23 h 34 m$2,800 · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Luxury Image (San Marcos)23 h 56 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Ultra Autoworks - PPF, Vinyl Wrap, Detailing (Fountain Valley)24 h 19 m$1,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Tintix PPF & Ceramic Coating - Brentwood (Brentwood)24 h 44 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Zen Detail (Signal Hill)24 h 50 m$2,500 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- ANY-TINT Window Tinting (Riverside)24 h 54 m$1,800 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- MONARCH WRAP & TINT (Los Angeles)25 h 31 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- CFT Films (Anaheim)27 h 46 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Tint Veteran Residential, Auto, Commercial Window Tinting (Carlsbad, CA) (Carlsbad)28 h 58 m$2,850 · Both · follow-ups: 0
- House of Detail (Modesto)30 h 20 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Top Quality Detailing (San Jose)43 h 0 m$1,650 · Email · follow-ups: 0
- DBR Auto Detail - Ceramic Coating - Paint Correction - Dry Ice Detailing (Murrieta)45 h 59 mNo price given · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Aria Film Solutions (Walnut Creek)52 h 41 mNo price given · Email · follow-ups: 0
- Finish Line Custom Films Window Tint & Vinyl Wrap (Inglewood)76 h 30 mNo price given · Phone · follow-ups: 0
- Showtime Detail ((bez adrese - mobilni))Never answered
- J&N Detail | Ceramic Coating & Paint Correction Specialists | Inland Empire ((bez adrese - mobilni))Never answered
- ShowCarPerfection | Paint Correction | Clear Bra | Ceramic Coating | Window Tint | Small Repairs (Anaheim)Never answered
- EV- Armor (Anaheim)Never answered
- Tintinc Window Tinting (Antioch)Never answered
- Pristine tint, wrap, & detail (Armona)Never answered
- Roman's Tint & Detail (Atascadero)Never answered
- Craftsman Wrap And Tint (PPF CLEAR BRA) (Buena Park)Never answered
- Ceramic Pro Burbank (Burbank)Never answered
- Revive Auto Spa (Burbank)Never answered
- LuxeLine Autos (Campbell)Never answered
- Liontari Wraps & PPF (Canoga Park)Never answered
- Ezie Wraps (Canoga Park)Never answered
- ST6 Car Detailing & Ceramic Coatings (Cathedral City)Never answered
- VALLEY CLEAR BRA (Chatsworth)Never answered
- Limitless Auto Salon (Chatsworth)Never answered
- Socal Tint Shop Chino (Chino)Never answered
- Shades Window Tint & PPF (Clovis)Never answered
- Darkside Window Tinting (Clovis)Never answered
- ARTDESHINE STUDIOS (Concord)Never answered
- Clear Film Services | XPEL Orange County (Costa Mesa)Never answered
- Remnant Films and Customs (Downey)Never answered
- Dublin Window Tint & PPF | Paint Protection Film | Clear Bra | Ceramic Coatings (Dublin)Never answered
- Auto Pro Detailing Dublin (Dublin)Never answered
- California Motorsports (El Cajon)Never answered
- El Cajon Window Tinting | Car Wraps (El Cajon)Never answered
- Tesla Wraps Window Tint PPF Powder Coating (El Cajon)Never answered
- Kingdom Auto Styling (El Cajon)Never answered
- Cartel Wraps (El Cajon)Never answered
- Premier Auto Tint (El Dorado Hills)Never answered
- SunDiego Auto Spa | XPEL PPF San Diego (Escondido)Never answered
- PPF San Diego (Escondido)Never answered
- Precision Auto Armor (Escondido)Never answered
- OCDetailing (Fremont)Never answered
- TINT MY RIDE (Fresno)Never answered
- Auto Envy (Fresno)Never answered
- XLNT Auto - Tint, Coatings and PPF (Fresno)Never answered
- OC Tintz (Fullerton)Never answered
- Elegant Auto Studio (Glendale)Never answered
- Impeccable Motorsports (Hawthorne)Never answered
- Quality PPF (Hayward)Never answered
- V.I.P. AUTO TINT (Hayward)Never answered
- Precision Window Tinting (Hemet)Never answered
- The Recon Pros (Huntington Beach)Never answered
- Detail My Car and films (Huntington Beach)Never answered
- Profection Technology (Irvine)Never answered
- Collective Detailing | Ceramic Coating, Window Tint & PPF (Irvine)Never answered
- G'ZOX USA Premium Auto Detailing (La Habra)Never answered
- Excel Auto Styling (La Mesa)Never answered
- Plush Auto Detailing and Window Tint (Laguna Hills)Never answered
- Iconic Window Tint & PPF (Laguna Hills)Never answered
- Master Protection Films (Los Angeles)Never answered
- Ace of Shades Auto Tint (Martinez)Never answered
- Premier Werkz Auto Salon (Modesto)Never answered
- StreamDrive Detail Garage & Supply (Monrovia)Never answered
- wewrap (Monrovia)Never answered
- LuigiWraps (Moreno Valley)Never answered
- NLAB Wraps (Murrieta)Never answered
- Excellence Auto Detail (National City)Never answered
- Royal Auto Styling (National City)Never answered
- Mai's Mobile Tint & PPF (Newport Beach)Never answered
- BGI Pro Auto Detailing: Window Tinting, PPF, Ceramic Coating (North Highlands)Never answered
- Prime Customs & Vehicle Wrap (Oakland)Never answered
- Autosound and Accessories - Tint, Wrap & PPF (Oceanside)Never answered
- S-works detailing (Oceanside)Never answered
- SAS Clear Bra Paint Protection & Car Wrap Ontario Ca (Ontario)Never answered
- Ultimate Shield (Orange)Never answered
- Sync Wraps (Orange)Never answered
- Supreme Detail Supply (Orange)Never answered
- Elite Shield Autospa & Tint (Palmdale)Never answered
- Clear Paint Protection Film Perris (Perris)Never answered
- Sacramento Car Detailing (Rancho Cordova)Never answered
- Sage Window Tint LLC (Rancho Cucamonga)Never answered
- Alvarado's Window Tint (Riverside)Never answered
- KRZ Films LLC (Rocklin)Never answered
- Wet Paint Automotive Car Detailing, Ceramic Coating, and PPF (Roseville)Never answered
- No Limit Window Tint (Roseville)Never answered
- DETAIL MANIAC | PPF / Ceramic Coatings (Sacramento)Never answered
- Midtown Tint and Wraps (Sacramento)Never answered
- Cali Tints (Sacramento)Never answered
- Prosper AutoWerks (Sacramento)Never answered
- San Diego Select Car Detailing (San Diego)Never answered
- 3Diamond Auto Care (San Diego)Never answered
- WTF SUPPLY STORE (San Diego)Never answered
- Ceramic Coating Pros of San Diego (San Diego)Never answered
- California Auto Salon (San Diego)Never answered
- BRO San Diego (San Diego)Never answered
- RENNEN AUTO STYLING (San Diego)Never answered
- Anocote Wraps (San Diego)Never answered
- Reyes Automotive (San Dimas)Never answered
- Aerotect Films (San Dimas)Never answered
- PPF SOURCE (San Fernando)Never answered
- PPF Wrap Up (San Francisco)Never answered
- Magic Auto Shine (San Jose)Never answered
- MDF window tint (San Jose)Never answered
- Tint Lab Plus (San Jose)Never answered
- Essence Mobile Auto Detailing (San Jose)Never answered
- Silicon Valley Auto Films (San Jose)Never answered
- Amazing Car Detailing & Ceramic Coating | Mobile Service Bay Area (San Jose)Never answered
- SFS Bay Area (Specialty Films & Signs) (San Jose)Never answered
- The Tint Factory | Window Tint, Vinyl Wrap & PPF (San Leandro)Never answered
- SLO Auto Glass & Tint (San Luis Obispo)Never answered
- Bay Area Detail | Ceramic Coatings and Paint Protection Film (San Mateo)Never answered
- Specialty Auto Spa - Ceramic Pro San Mateo, Icon Rocklear San Mateo, Ceramic Coating, Paint Protection Film, (San Mateo)Never answered
- Marin Auto Detailing / Ceramic Pro San Rafael (San Rafael)Never answered
- Swift Auto Works (Santa Ana)Never answered
- Sunshine Collision & Auto Spa Inc. (Santa Barbara)Never answered
- Pure Auto Detailing (Santa Clara)Never answered
- AAAA'S Window Tint (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Coating Kings Studio (Santa Clara)Never answered
- TKDETAILS (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Wrap Culture (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Silicon Valley Garage (Santa Clara)Never answered
- Mobileworks/Tintworks (Santa Maria)Never answered
- APE Luxury Auto Spa | Ceramic Coating | Paint Protection Film | Window Tint | Auto Detailing (Santa Rosa)Never answered
- Sticker City (Sherman Oaks)Never answered
- 2 BRO WRAP Studio TINT/PPF/VINYL (Sherman Oaks)Never answered
- Everlasting PPF + Window Tint (Stanton)Never answered
- Black Sheep Auto Detailing (Sunnyvale)Never answered
- Eighty8 Auto Customs Paint Protection Film + Vinyl Wrap + Tint (Sunnyvale)Never answered
- BTR Detailing LLC (Temecula)Never answered
- Ghost Shield Film (Thousand Oaks)Never answered
- Invision Customs (Thousand Oaks)Never answered
- Burtex Automotive Paint Protection Studio (Torrance)Never answered
- Black Sky Tint&Glass (Tracy)Never answered
- ARFilmz Tint & Ceramic Coatings (Turlock)Never answered
- DP Tint Tustin (Tustin)Never answered
- Madd Wrapps LLC (Vacaville)Never answered
- T Sportline (Van Nuys)Never answered
- ARTEX WINDOW TINT PPF (Victorville)Never answered
- Auto MD Tint And Detail (Visalia)Never answered
- PWR Detail (Vista)Never answered
- R&A Auto Detailing (Vista)Never answered
- WestCoast Car Audio & Tint of West Sacramento (West Sacramento)Never answered
- Bumper2Bumper Motorsports (Westlake Village)Never answered
Who did it best: two shops answered fast, quoted at or above the median and followed up. One of them is in your own county. Real bros auto pros in Seaside: 7 min, $2,000, 1 follow-up. Oscars Mobile Detailing in Concord: 12 min, $2,200, 2 follow-ups. You out-quoted both of them. They out-chased you.
$2,300
your own quote. The Central Coast and Bay Area median is $2,000 (n=18)
YOU$2,300
Low$1,299
Middle half$1,796 - $2,300
Median (n=18)$2,000
High$3,500
All California, for context
Low$1,200
Middle half$1,688 - $2,300
Median (n=68)$1,997
High$3,500
Eighteen shops in your comparison set put a number on that Tesla, from $1,299 to $3,500. Your $2,300 sits at the top of the middle half, and $303 over the California median of $1,997 (n=68). That is a premium price. A premium price that nobody chases is the most expensive kind of silence there is.
A quote nobody chases is a quote you paid to write.
One quote left cold$2,300your own number, not an average
A month$4,600 - $9,2002 to 4 quotes a month sent out and never chased
A year$55K - $110Kx 12 months
3 a month x $2,300 x 12 = $82,800 a year
Estimate. An estimate, with the arithmetic in plain view. It is built on follow-up, not on missed inquiries, because your inquiries do reach you. Your real number depends on how many quotes you send a month. That is what we ask on the form. Honest ballpark, not a promise.
Industry research, not our data
The industry calls this speed to lead. It is the one lever in this business that costs nothing to pull.
A customer fills in a form. You answer after...
5 minutes. The benchmark. This is where both studies start counting.
21x
Odds of qualifying a lead drop roughly 21 times from a 5-minute answer to a 30-minute one.
Lead Response Management study, Oldroyd et al.10x
Odds of making contact at all drop about 10 times after the first hour.
Lead Response Management study, Oldroyd et al.7x
Firms that answer inside an hour are about 7 times more likely to qualify a lead.
Harvard Business Review, 2011Alex Hormozi built a following on one idea in this space: the speed you answer a lead matters more than almost anything else you do to get it. None of these figures come from our test. We measured response time, price, channel and follow-up. We bought nothing, so we have no closing data of our own.
Same bay. Same Xpel. A different customer.
You already charge like a premium shop. This is about filling the book with the men who pay it.
Today
The one you are tired of
What he says
Do you price match?
Can you just do the hood?
Why is Xpel more? It's all the same plastic.
What he does
- Asks for a discount after the work is done.
- One star at day three over a bubble that self-heals in a week.
- Three calls before the appointment, two after.
With the chase running
The one you want more of
What he says
Whatever the warranty needs.
Do the whole car.
When can you get it in?
What he does
- Pays the deposit the same day the link arrives.
- Comes back next year for the roof and the wheels.
- Sends two friends inside a month.
You do not talk the first group out of being the first group. You price your way past them. You already do. Now chase the ones who can pay it.
How five follow-ups get you there
- Your quote does not go coldThe customer hears from you on day 1, 2, 4, 7 and 10, without anybody remembering.
- The book fills upTwo weeks out, at your price, instead of quoting and hoping.
- You keep charging $2,300A full calendar never needs to drop the number. The price does the filtering.
The quote you already send, plus the five texts you do not.
- ✓A text back inside 60 secondsYou already answer in hours. This makes it seconds, from your number, even when Omar is mid-install.
- ✓A real price range in that textCentral Coast and Bay Area numbers, so he stops shopping while he waits on your quote.
- ✓Five follow-ups on a scheduleThis is the part you skipped on Sep 7. The chase runs whether anybody remembers or not, and it stops the second he answers.
Prestige Wraps & Branding
Website form received · 11:37:00 AM
Hi Mike, this is Prestige Wraps in Salinas. Got your request. Xpel full front on a Model S runs about $2,000 - $2,300 with us. Want me to hold a day for you this week?
Sent automatically · 11:37:40 AM
Yes. What do you have Thursday?
If he goes quiet:Follow-up 1Follow-up 2Follow-up 3Follow-up 4Follow-up 5
The text says what Omar would say. It goes out in sixty seconds because he is mid-install, not because you are a robot.
Runs on autopilot. Nothing upfront. 60-day guarantee. We are not an agency. There is nothing to manage.
We take 10 shops a month.
The next step takes 3 minutes.
- You answer 8 questionsAbout 3 minutes. No phone number asked.
- I run your numbersYour inquiries, your ticket, your county. Back to you within 48 hours.
- You decideIn writing or on a 15-minute call. There is nothing to buy on this page.
Why a form and not a sales call: the range on page one is my estimate. Your answers turn it into your figure, and you see it before you ever talk to me. It costs nothing either way.
Want to see this run on your numbers?
8 questions, about 3 minutes. The first one is how many inquiries your site gets in a month. That is what turns the range on page one into your figure.
Every month this stays as it is: roughly $4,600 - $9,200 in quotes that go cold.
✓
Got it.
Your numbers come back to you within 48 hours, to the address you just gave me.
- Mike Tokovic