Growth systems for licensed trades
Customers who have to
call you back by law.
PrestigeIQ repositions trade businesses as the compliance contractor of record — backflow tests, grease programs, and water-management filings that renew whether or not you ran an ad this month.
Nothing runs on faith
The dashboard every client gets
Every call, form fill, and booked meeting — tracked to its source, from day one. This is a sample feed showing what it looks like live.
- 8:42 AMCALLRestaurant mgr — backflow retest, National CityBOOKED
- 9:15 AMFORM“Grease interceptor pumping quote — 2 locations”QUALIFIED
- 10:03 AMCALLProperty mgr — 14 devices, annual test dueBOOKED
Grounded in the regulations, verbatim from the agencies
The problem
One-off jobs mean re-selling yourself every month
THE TREADMILL
A drain call today doesn't bring a drain call next month. Every job starts from zero: new customer, new bid, new price shopper. Your revenue resets on the first of the month, and so does the chasing.
THE REAL MONEY
The money is in accounts that come back on their own — a restaurant on a pumping schedule, a property with 14 backflow devices that must be tested every year. Land the account once, and the work renews itself. That's an annuity, not a job.
Restaurants, GCs, and property managers hire the contractor who looks like the compliance expert — before they ever call around. Right now that's probably not you. Not because of your work. Because of your positioning.
Why it renews
These customers come back by law
Not because your ads are clever — because the city fines them if they don't. This is the regulation, verbatim from the agencies:
Backflow testing — San Diego
Every backflow prevention assembly must be tested yearly by a certified tester, with results filed to the city within 10 business days. Non-compliance runs from fines up to water shutoff.
FOG program — Chula Vista
Restaurants must install approved grease interceptors, keep three years of service records on-site, and upload them to the city's SwiftComply portal for inspection.
FEWD permits — City of San Diego
Every food-service establishment needs a wastewater discharge permit, and interceptors must be cleaned once they hit 25% grease capacity. Roughly 6,000 facilities are on this program.
Industrial wastewater — LA County
Food-service establishments need an industrial wastewater permit ($400 application, $274/yr inspection fee) and gravity interceptors cleaned every 30 to 90 days.
The plumber who handles a building's compliance is already in the building when everything else breaks. That's the whole play: become the compliance contractor of record.
The ladder
Where this goes
- 01$1,000–$2,000 / property / year
Backflow testing
About $100 per device, but commercial properties carry 10–20+ devices. Annual by law, so it renews automatically. This is the entry rung: cheap to win, impossible for the customer to skip.
- 02Recurring — every 30–90 days
Grease & FOG programs
Restaurants on a pumping schedule with you holding the compliance records. Once you keep their three years of logs, switching plumbers means risking their inspection. Sticky by design.
- 03$5,000–$18,000 / property year one
Bigger compliance accounts
Hospitals, hotels, and senior living need documented water management programs. Multifamily submetering projects run six figures. Every rung is sold to a customer you already have — no cold selling twice.
What you get
The machine, piece by piece
A website that positions you
Built in the first week for $500 flat. It says 'commercial compliance expert,' not 'we also do drains.' Tracked phone number and forms installed from day one, so every lead is attributable.
Google reviews engine
Automatic review requests after every job. Responses handled. Your rating climbs while you're under a building — no tablet to remember, no asking twice.
Compliance-deadline outreach
Emails to restaurants, GCs, and property managers in your service area citing their actual compliance obligations — the annual test window, the 25% rule, the records their inspector will ask for. Relevance does the selling.
One dashboard
Every call, form fill, and booked meeting in one place, tracked to its source. At day 90 we sit down with the dashboard and count the meetings together.
Run your own numbers
The ladder, priced for your book
No case studies yet — we're early, and we won't invent them. This is arithmetic, using the ranges above. Move the sliders to match your service area.
Illustrative math from the ranges above, not a projection or guarantee. Every real lead runs through a tracked number and form — you count the meetings on your own dashboard.
Pricing
Flat fee. Three tiers. A guarantee you can hold us to.
THE GUARANTEE — EVERY TIER
A set number of booked meetings with qualified commercial prospects in your first 90 days, or we keep working free until you get them. No percentage of your jobs — ever.
Built in a week. Yours either way. It installs the tracked number and forms that make everything below measurable.
Foundation $2,500/mo | Growth $4,500/mo | Full Market $6,500/mo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website + Google reviews engine | |||
| Backflow & grease outreach, one metro | |||
| Tracked number, forms & CRM renewal tracking | |||
| Missed-call text-back | |||
| The dashboard | |||
| Expansion campaigns → water-mgmt contracts ($5k–18k) | |||
| Second metro outreach | |||
| Case-study production | |||
| Multifamily submetering campaigns | |||
| Quarterly strategy sessions | |||
| Full data insights package | |||
| Book a call | Book a call | Book a call |
Request a session
30 minutes. Bring your numbers.
We'll map your service area, licenses, and current commercial book against the ladder — and tell you plainly whether this works for your company or doesn't. No deck, no pressure sequence.
FAQ
Fair questions
What if it doesn't work?
Then you don't keep paying for nothing: if the booked-meetings minimum isn't hit in your first 90 days, we keep working at no charge until it is. We can offer that because every lead runs through a tracked number and form — at day 90 we count the meetings on the dashboard together, and there's no arguing with the count.
Do you take a cut of my jobs?
No. Flat monthly fee, period. Percentage deals turn your marketing company into an auditor of your books — someone has to verify every closed job, and that fight never ends. We charge flat and prove ourselves on the meeting count instead.
What's the $500 website actually for?
Two things, honestly. It repositions you as the commercial compliance expert — which is the whole strategy. And it installs the tracked phone number and forms that make every later dollar measurable. It's cheap because it's how we earn the right to sell you the monthly system. You own it either way.
I've been burned by the $299/month marketing guys. How is this different?
Those companies sell activity — posts, 'SEO,' a report nobody reads. We sell a countable outcome: booked meetings with qualified commercial prospects, guaranteed in writing. Different price because it's a different product. If what you want is activity, we're the wrong call.
Why compliance work specifically?
Because the law is the salesman. A restaurant can skip a remodel; it can't skip its backflow test or grease pumping without risking fines, failed inspections, or water shutoff. Marketing to someone who is required to buy is a structurally different business than convincing someone who isn't.
I'm not a tech person. What do I actually have to do?
A 30-minute intake call — license number, photos, your best job stories. After that: answer the phone when it rings and show up to the meetings we book. The system runs the rest; that's what you're paying for.
I'm not certified for backflow testing. Does this still work?
We build the ladder around the certifications you have and tell you plainly which one is worth adding. If backflow isn't your entry rung, grease and FOG programs usually are. That's part of the first call.
How fast until something happens?
Website live in week one. Reviews engine and outreach on within the first 30 days. The guarantee window closes at day 90, when we sit down with the dashboard and count.