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Send a quote

Price a job, send the quote, and turn it into a contract once the client accepts.

Menu
Office › Money › Quotes
Direct link
skysuite.pro/office/money/quotes
Level
Advanced
Length
12 steps, about 5 minutes
  1. Step 1: In the left menu, click “Money” to open the group.

    Opens“Search”, “Invoices”, “Estimates”, “Quotes”, “Expenses”, “Bills” and more.

    The Money group in the left menu.
  2. Step 2: Click “Quotes”.

    OpensThe “Quotes” page: every quote, its client and its status.

    Quotes in the Money group.
  3. Step 3: At the top right, click “New Quote”.

    OpensThe “New Quote” page.

    The New Quote button on the Quotes page.
  4. Step 4: Type a “Title” (marker 1) the client will recognise, such as the job and the site. “Customer message” (marker 2) is what the client reads on the page where they accept.

    The Title and Customer message boxes.
  5. Step 5: In “Find existing client” (marker 1), type the client's name and pick them; their details fill in below. A new client? Type their name and “Email” (marker 2) instead.

    The Find existing client search and the Email box.
  6. Step 6: Under “Job Details”, pick the kind of work and how much of it, then click “Calculate” (marker 1). It fills in the line items from your rates.

    The Calculate button under Job Details.
  7. Step 7: Anything else to charge for? Click “Add line item” (marker 1) for each extra line, or pick one from “Add from your saved products”.

    The Add line item button.
  8. Step 8: Set “Valid until” (marker 1), the last day the client can accept, and “Tax rate (%)” (marker 2) if you charge tax.

    The Valid until and Tax rate boxes.
  9. Step 9: At the top right, click “Save”.

    OpensThe quote's own page, as a “draft”.

    The Save button on the New Quote page.
  10. Step 10: On the quote, click “Send Email”.

    OpensNothing to open: the client gets an email with a link to read and accept the quote. Its status reads “sent”.

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  11. Step 11: Rather text it yourself? On a sent quote, “Copy accept link” (marker 1) copies the client's accept page to paste anywhere.

    The Copy accept link button on a sent quote.
  12. Step 12: When the client accepts, the quote reads “accepted”: click “Generate Contract”.

    OpensThe contract made from the quote, ready for the client to sign. The quote links to it from then on.

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When the work is done, bill it: Create and send an invoice. Rates and line items: “How pricing works” on the New Quote page.

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