Pricing
Three plans, one digital file. The one-time checklist is $15, the annual plan is $29 per year and is selected by default, and the lifetime plan is a single $299 payment. Every amount on this page is read from the server-side price table, and the checkout modal charges exactly that amount.
What someone else still charges
The pumper bills the visit. Our fee is the log and the reminder on the date you type.
That sentence is the whole pricing philosophy. The digital file has a fixed price that is shown before checkout. The pumping visit does not, because it depends on your tank, your access, and the company you choose. A published range from a cost guide is not a quotation, and no part of this site presents it as one.
If you want the published ranges, they are on the home page and on the two tank-size pages, each with its source link and read date. If you want the record and the reminder, the three plans below are the entire product line. There is no add-on, no upsell between choosing a plan and paying, and no fee collected on behalf of an agency.
What each plan includes
The one-time checklist delivers a PDF for the tank size, label, and date you enter. It does not schedule reminders and it does not renew. It is the cheapest way to keep a record of a single pumping or to have a checklist in hand for a home sale.
The annual plan adds the reminder schedule: three emails, 30 days, 7 days, and 1 day before the date stored with your order. It stores one date for one property, can be changed from your account, and renews once a year until cancelled. It is selected by default because most households arrive here wanting to be reminded rather than only to keep a file.
The lifetime plan is a single payment for reminders and checklist updates on this website for one property. It does not renew. If a cited source page changes its published figures, the lifetime plan includes an updated PDF and a note explaining what changed.
The PDF itself is the same in all three plans. The difference is how long the entitlement lasts and whether reminders are scheduled.
| Plan | Price | Reminders | Renews |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time checklist | $15 | None | No |
| Annual plan | $29 per year | 30, 7, and 1 day before your date | Yes, until cancelled |
| Lifetime plan | $299 once | 30, 7, and 1 day before your date | No |
Checkout fields and how to pay
Checkout asks for an email address, the tank size (1,000 gallons, 1,500 gallons, or other), the next date you choose, an optional property label, and the plan. There is no phone field. The label defaults to Primary and is printed on the PDF so that more than one property can be told apart later.
Choosing other for the tank size prints no size-specific dollar line, because the published pages do not contain a line for a size they do not list. The general pumping range is still printed with its source and read date.
Payment is completed in a secure card modal inside this page. The page sends only the plan key; the amount and currency are resolved on the server from the price table, and any amount, price, or currency field sent by a browser is ignored. The button says Email me the checklist, and there is no second button.
When payment is confirmed, the order number appears on screen and the PDF is emailed within 5 minutes. The same order is available in your account if the email is delayed or lost.
Refunds
If the PDF has not been downloaded and no checklist or reminder email has been sent, write to support@septicpumpdue.com within 7 days of payment for a full refund to the original payment method. Once the file has been downloaded or the first email has been delivered, that charge is final.
The annual plan can be cancelled at any time, which stops the next renewal and future reminders. Cancellation does not refund a billing period in which the file or a reminder was already delivered. The lifetime plan does not refund unused future years, but you can stop future emails at any time.
Read the full refund policy for the complete rules, including same-day upgrades.
Same-day upgrades
If you buy the one-time checklist and decide on the same UTC calendar day that you want reminders, the account page offers an upgrade that charges only the difference: $14 to move from the one-time plan to the annual plan, or $284 to move from the one-time plan to the lifetime plan. An annual customer can move to the lifetime plan for $270.
Upgrades are offered only on the same UTC calendar day as the original payment. After that day the offer expires, because the price difference is calculated from the original charge. The upgraded entitlement follows the same final-sale rule once the upgraded file or reminder has been delivered.
There is no upgrade prompt before payment. The offer appears after a successful payment, on the account page, and it can be ignored without affecting the original order.
What is not for sale here
We do not sell a pumping visit, a contractor introduction, an inspection, a permit, or a government filing. We do not collect a government fee and pass it on. We do not sell advertising space on the checklist and we do not put a third-party offer in the delivery email.
We also do not sell a subscription to the free pages. Everything on the home page and the two tank-size pages is free to read, with no email gate. The paid product starts at checkout and ends with the PDF, the reminder schedule, and the account.
If you are not sure which plan fits, the how it works page explains the difference in one page. The FAQ answers the common questions, and support@septicpumpdue.com answers the rest.
How the three prices relate to each other
The one-time plan costs $15 and buys the file. It does not buy a reminder, a schedule, or a renewal. It is the plan for a household that already has a calendar it trusts and only wants the printed record of the tank size, the published source line, and the questions worth asking before the truck arrives.
The annual plan costs $29 a year and buys the same file plus three scheduled emails before the date that was stored with the order. The difference between the two plans is $14, which is also the exact amount of the same-day upgrade. That is not a coincidence: the upgrade is priced as the difference between the two plans rather than as a separate product.
The lifetime plan costs $299 once and buys the reminders without an annual charge, plus updates to the file when a cited source changes. It is the plan for someone who intends to stay in the property and does not want to think about a renewal. The difference from the annual plan is $270, the same number the same-day upgrade from annual to lifetime charges.
There is no per-tank charge, no per-reminder charge, no setup fee, and no delivery fee. The amount on the button is the amount on the statement. Nothing is added at the payment step, and there is no optional add-on offered after the card form.
What the card statement shows
The charge appears under the merchant name used by the payment processor, not under the brand name of this site. The delivery email is the receipt, and it carries the order number, the plan, and the amount. If a statement line is unrecognised, the fastest check is to search the mailbox for the delivery email before contacting a card issuer.
The payment form is hosted inside a secure modal provided by the processor. The fields collect a card number, an expiry, and a security code, and they post directly to the processor. This site never receives those fields and has no place to store them, which means there is no card vault here to be breached.
A declined card produces a message inside the modal and creates no order. A card that succeeds produces a signed callback, and only that callback marks the order paid. If the browser is closed after the callback but before the confirmation page loads, the order still exists and the account still shows it.
Duplicate callbacks are ignored. If the processor sends the same event twice, the second event finds the order already paid and does not send a second email or take a second payment. This is the reason a slow connection does not produce two charges.
Changing plans after purchase
An upgrade is offered on the account page for the rest of the UTC day on which the original payment was made. The account shows the difference only, so moving from the one-time plan to the annual plan charges $14 and moving from the one-time plan to the lifetime plan charges $284. Moving from annual to lifetime charges $270.
After that day the upgrade offer closes, because the difference is calculated from the original charge and the original charge is no longer the current one. A customer who wants to change later can buy the other plan as a new purchase; the two orders then sit side by side in the account with their own dates and their own reminder schedules.
A downgrade is not offered. There is no path from the lifetime plan to the annual plan that returns money, and no path from the annual plan to the one-time plan inside a paid year. The refund policy explains the narrow case in which a refund is still available, and it explains why a delivered file is final sale.
Cancellation is separate from downgrade. Cancelling the annual plan stops the next renewal and removes future reminders; it does not delete the account, the order record, or the file that was already delivered. Signing in afterwards still shows the order and still allows a download.
Questions this page answers
Is the price per property?
The annual and lifetime plans cover one tracked date for one property, identified by the label you type. The price does not change with the number of tanks you own; each property needs its own plan.
What card is used for payment?
Card payment is completed inside the secure modal on this page. We never see or store the card number; the payment processor handles it directly.
Can I get a receipt?
The delivery email is the receipt and includes the order number, the plan, and the amount paid. Support can resend it if it is missing.
Does the $29 plan renew automatically?
Yes, once a year until cancelled. You can cancel from your account at any time, and cancellation stops the next charge and future reminders.
Where these figures come from
Both pages below were opened and read on 2026-11-14. If either page no longer shows the quoted wording, treat the figure as unverified and check with a local pumper before you rely on it.
- HomeGuide plumbing estimates, read 2026-11-14https://homeguide.com/costs/average-plumbing-estimates
- HomeGuide septic tank pumping, read 2026-11-14https://homeguide.com/costs/septic-tank-pumping-cost