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Creating & Sending Quotes

CoreQuote is built around one goal: getting a professional, branded quote into your customer’s hands as fast as possible — before you’ve left the drive. Send quotes in seconds with CoreQuote!

📹 Video Guides — Creating Quotes

Part 1: Creating your first quote

Part 2: Multi-line quotes & sending options

Part 4: Tips & shortcuts

🎬Coming soon

Step 1 — Add a Customer

Tap Create New Quote from the home screen. The first step is selecting a customer.

  • Existing customer — search your directory by name, email, or company
  • New customer — tap New Customer and enter name, email, phone, and address
  • Scan a letterhead or business card — point your camera at a card and CoreQuote fills in the details automatically Pro Max
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Step 2 — Location of Works

Optionally set where the work will be carried out. Options:

  • Same as customer address
  • Enter address manually
  • GPS — Street Address — auto-fills from your current location Pro Max
  • GPS — Exact Coordinates Pro Max
  • Scan Address — point your camera at a letterhead or sign Pro Max

Step 3 — Quote Lines

Add one or more lines to build up the quote total. Each line can be:

  • Material — select from your materials library; quantity and unit price auto-fill
  • Rate (Labour) — select a saved rate; choose hourly or daily and enter quantity
  • Product — a fixed-price bundle from your library (e.g. Full Boiler Service)
  • Custom — type any description, quantity, and price from scratch
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💡 Tip: You can mix material, labour, and custom lines in a single quote. Build your pricing library first to speed up quoting dramatically.

Step 4 — Quote Details

Below the line items, complete:

  • Description / Notes — a freetext summary of the job (appears on the PDF)
  • Valid Days — how long the quote stays open (default 30 days)
  • Attachments — add photos or documents Pro Max
  • VAT / Tax — applied automatically if enabled in Manage Company Pro Max

Saving and Sending

Tap Save to store the quote as a draft. From the Quote Detail screen you can then:

  • Send by Email — CoreQuote generates a branded PDF and emails it to your customer
  • Send by WhatsApp — share the PDF link via WhatsApp
  • Share Link — copy a web link so the customer can view the quote in their browser
  • Download PDF — save the PDF to your device
📱 Screenshot: Quote detail screen with Send, WhatsApp, Share Link and Download optionscq-help-quotes-03-sending.png
💡 Tip: Your customer receives a clean, branded PDF showing your company details, logo, line items, totals, and T&Cs.

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