A price calculator on your website that quotes for you
When every job is a different size, every quote is a fresh sum done under pressure, and one slip in the maths is the difference between a tidy margin and working for nothing.
Where it hurts
Blinds, worktops, signage, framing, joinery, fencing. If you make to measure, no two quotes are the same. So you're back to the calculator every time, adding up materials, waste, labour and a bit on top, hoping you've not missed anything.
The trouble is you're often doing it in front of the customer, or late at night, and it's easy to forget the fixings, undercook the labour, or quote last year's material price. Get it wrong low and you eat the difference. Get it wrong high and you lose the job.
Worse, if more than one person quotes, they all do the sums slightly differently, so your pricing is a bit of a lottery depending on who picked up the phone.
What I'd build
I'd build you a quote calculator around your actual pricing logic. You put in the measurements and options, it works out materials, waste, labour and margin, and hands you a consistent price every time. It can live on your phone for on-site quoting, or on your website so customers get an instant guide price themselves. Material costs sit in one place so a price change is a two-minute update, not a rewrite of every spreadsheet. Out comes a clean, branded quote ready to send.
What changes
- The same job gets the same price, whoever quotes it
- No more forgotten fixings or undercooked labour
- Price changes updated in one place, not fifty
- Optional instant quotes on your website for early enquiries
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