Stop Guessing on Estimates — Start Winning More Jobs
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The Problem with Old-School Estimates
Spending too long on each estimate
You finish a service call at 2pm. Customer asks for a quote. You say "I'll email it to you tonight." You get home, open a blank doc, type out the scope, calculate pricing, format it, and hit send at 8pm. By then, they've already booked the contractor who handed them a printed estimate before leaving the job. Speed wins.
Quotes that look unprofessional
You're emailing Word docs with misaligned columns and broken spacing. Your competitor sends branded PDFs with clean line items and a company logo. Same services, same price — but their estimate looks like it came from an established business. Customers pick the one that looks more professional, even if you showed up first.
No consistent pricing across your team
You've got two guys in the field. One quotes a bathroom remodel at $3,200. The other quotes the same scope at $4,800. Customers are comparing notes and your pricing looks random. You need a system so every quote reflects real costs, consistent margins, and tiered options — not guesswork.
How This Tool Fixes It
Professional estimates that close jobs faster than handwritten quotes ever could
Fully customizable line items
Works for any service business — handyman, maintenance, installations, repairs, whatever you do. Add your own line items, descriptions, and pricing. No templates forcing you into categories. Build the estimate that matches your actual services.
Good/Better/Best tiered pricing
Show three options. Good gets the job done with basic materials. Better upgrades the quality or adds warranty. Best includes premium materials, extended coverage, or additional scope. Customers pick what fits their budget — most choose Better — and your average ticket increases 30-50%.
OTP-Secured Approvals & Tracking
Send estimates via text or email with a secure link. Track exactly when the homeowner views, approves, or rejects the quote. Capture a legally binding digital signature via OTP instead of waiting for a call back.
How It Works
Add your line items
No pre-built templates — fully customizable. Add your services, materials, labor, whatever you charge for
Set quantities and pricing
Drag and drop items, adjust scope, set your rates. Build single estimates or Good/Better/Best tiers
Send & Track Approvals
Text or email a secure link. Get instant notifications when they view, approve, or reject the estimate, complete with OTP-verified digital signatures
Close more jobs, faster
No more lost jobs to slow quotes or unprofessional-looking docs. Professional estimates win trust and close deals before competitors show up
Pre-Loaded General Line Items
Start with proven templates and customize to match your pricing
100+ templates included — covering everything from basic repairs to full installations
More Than Just a Pricing Calculator
Our free tool gives you enterprise-level estimating features at zero cost.
Good/Better/Best Tiers
Present 3-tier pricing on every quote. Built-in templates make it easy to upsell and increase average tickets.
100+ Pre-built Templates
Stop typing descriptions from scratch. We've pre-loaded over 100 industry-specific line items for every niche.
OTP-Protected Approvals
Send estimates securely. Customers must verify their identity with a One-Time Password to approve the quote.
Tracking & Reminders
Know exactly when a customer opens your estimate. Send automated follow-up reminders to close more open jobs.
Professional Estimating for General Service Businesses
General service businesses — handymen, property maintenance, multi-trade contractors — face a unique estimating challenge. You might do a drywall patch in the morning, a faucet replacement after lunch, and a deck repair in the afternoon. Three completely different scopes of work, material lists, and labor estimates in a single day. Without a flexible estimating system, you end up quoting by the hour or throwing out rough numbers that either scare off customers or leave you working below your rate.
How Tiered Pricing Works Across Multiple Trades
The beauty of Good/Better/Best pricing is that it adapts to any service. Replacing a bathroom vanity? Basic replacement (Good). Add new faucet, shut-off valves, and drain assembly (Better). Full bathroom update with new mirror, lighting, hardware, and paint (Best). The homeowner picks the scope that fits their budget, and you upsell without being pushy. For multi-trade contractors, tiered estimates are the most reliable way to increase average ticket values across every job type.
What Every General Service Estimate Should Include
- Detailed Scope by Trade: If the job involves plumbing, drywall, and painting, break out each trade as a separate section. This shows the customer where their money goes and prevents disagreements about what was included in a lump-sum price.
- Material List with Itemized Costs: Even for small jobs, list every material — lumber, fasteners, paint, caulk, plumbing fittings. When the customer sees the actual cost of materials versus labor, your labor rate feels justified rather than arbitrary.
- Daily or Hourly Labor Visibility: "2 people x 6 hours @ $75/hr." If the customer needs to scale the project up or down, they understand the cost driver immediately.
- Permit and Code Notes: If the job requires a permit (structural work, electrical, plumbing), note it and whether you handle the permit process or the homeowner does. Never leave permit responsibility ambiguous.
Digital Approvals for Faster Job Confirmations
Property managers and busy homeowners do not want to play phone tag to approve a repair estimate. When you complete your walkthrough and build a quote on-site, sending a digital estimate via text lets them approve it between meetings, after dinner, or while walking the dog. OTP-verified approval provides a signed, timestamped contract, and the approved job immediately enters your work queue. The speed from inspection to signed contract is often what separates a booked week from an empty one.
Start Building General Estimates — Free
No credit card. No sign-up. Build your first professional estimate in under 2 minutes.
Launch Estimate BuilderFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. No credit card, no trial period, no hidden fees. Build unlimited estimates at zero cost. We built this for every service professional who still scribbles quotes on paper or wrestles with spreadsheet templates that break at the worst moment.
No account needed to build and download estimates instantly. If you want to save your work or text estimates to customers for OTP-verified approval, creating a free account is optional and takes 30 seconds.
Yes. The tool is fully customizable for any trade — handyman work, general contracting, property maintenance, home improvement, landscaping, and more. The line items are not locked to any specific industry. You can build estimates for drywall repair, deck building, painting, flooring, or any other service you provide.
General service businesses juggle multiple trades and need a flexible quote tool that doesn't force them into one industry's template. A spreadsheet with formulas for plumbing, drywall, and painting all mixed together becomes a maintenance disaster. This tool lets you build any combination of line items, auto-calculates totals and tax, and outputs a clean, professional PDF that wins jobs across every trade you offer.
Yes. Unlike the industry-specific niches, the General service tool gives you a blank canvas. Add any line item, set any price, create tiered or single-price estimates, and save your own custom templates for the jobs you quote most. Nothing is locked — build every estimate exactly the way your business needs it.
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