The Tradies Business Starter Kit
Cost the job at your prices, add your markup, and the quote builds itself. Then track orders and hours, claim progress payments, invoice, and see your real margin before the job is done. All in one Excel file, with no subscription.
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- Prices the job from your costs and your markup or margin
- Runs a whole job in one file, from measure-up to final margin
- Instant download after payment
- Free updates to this version
- Refunds explained on the policies page
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- Prices the job from your costs and your markup or margin
- Runs a whole job in one file, from measure-up to final margin
- No subscription, no logins, no app to learn
- Built and tested in Excel
One workbook, start to finish
- Materials, labour and subcontractors at cost
- Labour hours worked out from quantity
- Charge-out rate worked out from your wages and overheads
- Supplier and product code on each line, with cost by supplier
- Markup or margin by category, with line overrides
- Sell price, markup % and margin % side by side, plus a target check
- Fills itself from the Calculator
- Section subtotals, GST and totals
- Mark upgrades as Option, priced apart from the total
- Shows sell prices only, never your costs
- Progress claim lists every quote line and variation
- Enter the running % complete for each claim
- Tax invoice can take its figures from the claim
- Variation lines for accepted extras
- Purchases: orders, supplier invoices, approvals and payments
- Time and plant: hours and cost for people and machines
- Site diary: daily schedule and an updates log
- Job dashboard: budget, spend, hours and forecast margin
- Estimated against actual, by category
- Actuals from your own logs or typed in
- Margin in dollars and percent
- Flags jobs that finish below your target
There is also a Job Info tab for your business details, pricing settings and the customer's details, and a Read Me tab. The Calculator, tracker and Job Costing tabs are internal. Send only the Quote, Progress Claim and Invoice, each with a box for your own logo.
Want to try before it launches? The free quote template uses the same layout as the Starter Kit quote.
Get the free template