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The quote: a fixed price you stand behind.
A quote commits you to a price for a defined piece of work. Use it when the scope is clear enough that you are willing to say "this is exactly what it costs."
No account needed for the free version.
When you would use a quote.
A fixed-scope job
Replace one water heater, install two outlets, repaint one room. The work is known.
Competing bids
A firm number is easy to compare and easy to say yes to.
Repeat or routine work
You have done it a hundred times and know what it costs.
The client wants certainty
Some clients will pay a fixed price over a lower, open-ended estimate.
Top to bottom, what the page shows.
This is the order a client reads it in, and the same sections AeroInvoice puts on a quote.
- Who and where
Your business, the client and the job site.
- Valid until
How long the price holds.
- Line items
What is included, priced line by line.
- Totals
Subtotal, discount, tax and the quoted price, which is the headline.
- Deposit and schedule
What is due to start and when the rest is billed.
- Notes and terms
Exclusions and what happens if the scope changes.
- Signature
A line for the client to accept.
- Number prefix
- QTE
- Signed by
- The client signs "Accepted by client".
Tips
- Spell out what changes the price. Hidden rock under the patio is a change order, not your loss.
- Keep the validity short on materials that move in price.
Good to know.
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