Stage 02 · Contractor Quoting Software
The quote's out before you're back in the truck
Build a proper quote in minutes from the job site, text it as a link, and let your customer approve it and pay a deposit from their own phone. No phone tag.
What is contractor quoting software?
Contractor quoting software helps you get a price in front of a customer without building the same quote from scratch every time.
You already know the job. You know what you charge. The software handles the part where you have to turn all of that into something the customer can actually approve.
Somewhere in your texts is a price you quoted six months ago. Good luck finding it.
With StrikeHoney, you build the quote, send it to the customer, and it stays with the job.
It typically handles:
- 01Quote templates and reusable services
- 02Line items for labour and materials
- 03Optional add-ons the customer can accept or decline
- 04Discounts and deposits
- 05Digital approval, no account needed
- 06Signature capture
- 07Quote numbering and status tracking
- 08Version tracking
How a quote gets approved
- 01
Build it
Start from your trade's templates and tap in line items as you go.
- 02
Send it
Text or email a link. Your customer needs no app and no login.
- 03
They approve
They accept, decline optional items, or request a change, all from their phone.
- 04
Deposit lands
They can approve and pay the deposit in the same tap. It's credited to the final invoice.
- Optional line items
Let them add to the job.
Put the extras on the quote as options. They tick what they want, and the job gets bigger without a sales pitch.
- In-person signature
Turn the phone around. They sign. Job's booked before you're back in the truck.
- Automatic follow-ups
The follow-up you'd forget to send. Sent.
If a quote sits without an answer, StrikeHoney follows up for you. You find out when they say yes.
- Change orders and version history
They changed their mind. Now there's a record of it.
When the job changes after approval, the change is logged on the quote and earlier versions stay on file.
Everything a proper quote needs, nothing you'd never use
Pick your trade and your services and quote templates are already sitting there, so the first quote is fast, not a setup project.
- 01Reusable templates and services already set up for your trade, so a quote takes minutes, not an evening.
- 02Discounts, deposits, and a clean Q-series quote number on every document.
- 03A professional, branded PDF your customer can download from the link.
- 04A magic link, so there's no account, no app, and nothing for your customer to install.
- 05A push notification the moment a quote is opened, approved, or gets a change request.
- 06"Approve and pay deposit" in one tap, or approve now and pay later. Your call.
Stop building every quote from scratch
A lot of small contractors still create quotes using Word, spreadsheets, PDFs, or handwritten notes. That works, until you're trying to send three quotes from the truck, remember which version you already sent, and chase a customer who hasn't replied.
Create quotes faster.
Start from your trade's templates and ready-made services instead of rebuilding every quote from a blank page.
Send them immediately.
Text or email the quote as a link while you're still standing at the job site.
Make approval easy.
Customers open the link, review, and approve without creating an account or downloading anything.
What should a contractor quote include?
A professional quote should make it clear exactly what the customer is paying for and how much it costs. Depending on the trade, that usually includes:
- 01Customer and job details
- 02A description of the work
- 03Line items for labour and materials
- 04Optional work or upgrades
- 05Discounts
- 06Deposit amount
- 07Total price
- 08A quote number
- 09Approval or signature
Look professional before the job even starts
For a lot of small contractors, the quote is the first real document a customer ever sees from the business. A clean, professional quote makes it obvious what you're doing, what it costs, what's included, what's optional, and what happens next.
That's a branded PDF, an online approval customers can complete without creating an account, and a document that looks like it came from a real business, not a handwritten note on the back of an invoice pad.
The old way vs. the StrikeHoney way
- 01Build every quote from scratch
- 02Calculate everything manually
- 03Save and attach a PDF
- 04Wait for a phone call back
- 05Chase down a signature
- 06Wait for payment separately
- 07Wonder if they even saw it
- 01Start from a template and seeded services
- 02Tap in line items that are already priced
- 03Send a quote as a link
- 04Customer approves online, no account needed
- 05Sign on the spot, captured on your phone
- 06Collect the deposit at the same time as approval
- 07Get notified the moment they open it
One job, four stages, one app
Every stage hands off to the next, and messaging and payments run through all of them.
- Stage 01
Lead Tracking
See the page - Stage 02
Quoting
You're here - Stage 03
Job Management
See the page - Stage 04
Invoicing & Payments
See the page
Unified Messaging across every stage
Calls, texts, and leads, all through your business number, at every stage.
Website across every stage
Built from the jobs you choose to show off, live from day one.
Quoting questions
Software that helps tradespeople build, send, and track job quotes, and get them approved online, without spreadsheets, templates, or paperwork built from scratch.
Customer and job details, a description of the work, line items for labour and materials, any optional upgrades, discounts, the deposit amount, the total price, and a quote number the customer can reference.
An estimate is a rough idea of cost. A quote is a specific price for a specific, defined scope of work, usually put together after you've seen the job.
By starting from a reusable template and the services already set up for your trade, then tapping in line items right from the job site.
Yes. You get a notification the moment a quote is opened, approved, or a change is requested.
No. They open the quote link by text or email, review it in their browser, and approve it without creating an account or downloading anything.
Yes. If you're standing in front of the customer, take the approval in person with a signature captured on your phone.
Yes. Your customer can approve and pay the deposit in the same tap, and the amount is credited automatically against the final invoice.
No. They get a link by text or email, open it in their browser, and can review, approve, or ask for a change from there. No account, no app, no password.