HCA Hand-held Pricer:  during an in-home quote, a Company’s representative surveys the prospective customer’s home and inputs observations in the Hand-Held Pricer, which is a special purpose web-page accessed by any web-enabled hand-held device, like a phone or PDA.  The output values of the Hand-held Pricer are influenced centrally by coefficients set in the Desk-Top Pricer.

HCA Website Pricer:  this control can be added to a House Cleaning Company’s website.  Homeowners and prospective customers visit a Company’s website and can enter values to get an idea of the company’s prices by completing the survey themselves.  Of course the results are only as good as the inputs, so most companies which use the Website Pricer Control include disclaimers about it being a “Ballpark Price” which can differ from the actual quote, as it is depending on values entered by the homeowner.  Aside from the values input by the homeowner, the output values of the Website Pricer Control are also influenced by coefficients set in the Desk-Top Pricer by the operator of the house cleaning company.