Why QuoteGenio

Quote faster, look professional, win more work

Built for the people who do the work, not the office staff who handle the paperwork. Phone-first quoting in two minutes, WhatsApp send, and a free plan that is genuinely free.

See how it works

No credit card required

2 min

Average time to send a quote

Faster client replies on WhatsApp

1 click

Turn an accepted quote into an invoice

R165

Premium a month, cancel anytime

Why tradespeople choose QuoteGenio

Quoting is the difference between winning a job and watching it go to the next plumber, electrician, or builder the client calls. Tradespeople who switch to QuoteGenio quote in minutes instead of hours, send via WhatsApp instead of email, see exactly when the client opens the link, and convert accepted quotes into invoices with one tap. The case below is a short argument for why the way you quote deserves a purpose-built tool, not a Word doc and a calculator.

The case for switching

Four leaks costing you jobs

Not a feature list. Four leaks, each a small problem on its own. Together they explain why QuoteGenio exists.

The first professional quote wins

Homeowners and planners compare three to five quotes on every job. The first one that lands in a tidy format is usually the one that gets a yes, even when it is not the cheapest. Quoting speed is the single biggest lever on your close rate, and it is the one tradespeople under-invest in the most.

65%

of jobs go to the first professional quote sent

Cheap-looking quotes cost you premium work

A hand-typed WhatsApp price or a Word doc with inconsistent formatting tells the client you are a price option, not a trusted tradesperson. The moment your quote looks like a document from a real business, you stop competing on price alone and start winning on reputation.

higher accept rate on professionally formatted quotes

You cannot follow up on what you cannot see

Forty percent of accepted quotes close on the follow-up, not the original send. If you cannot see when a client opened your quote, you are either pestering people who never saw it or waiting on people who already decided. Visibility turns follow-up from guesswork into good timing.

40%

of accepted quotes close on the follow-up

Admin compounds, one forgotten invoice at a time

Every time you re-type a client's details, copy a quote into an invoice, or chase a payment you forgot was overdue, you are paying a tax you did not have to. On a solo trade business that tax runs to five or six hours a week. On a small team it is a full-time admin role you are quietly funding out of profit.

5-6 hrs

per week lost to admin on a solo trade business

Before and after

The difference, in six rows

What changes the day you switch.

The old way

Hand-typed WhatsApp prices
Word docs and spreadsheets
Guessing if a client opened it
Re-type client details on every invoice
Pay for features you do not need
Sales calls to upgrade to the next tier

QuoteGenio

Professional PDF quotes in 2 minutes
Phone-first quoting, on site, one hand
See exactly when they viewed the link
One tap converts accepted quote to invoice
Quote, send, invoice, track. Done.
Free forever, or R165/mo for unlimited

How we built it

Four design decisions that made it different

Not feature claims. Choices we made early that you feel every time you open the app.

Principle 01

Phone-first, not phone-friendly

Designed from day one to build and send a quote on site with one hand. Not a desktop tool with a responsive layout bolted on.

Built on the driveway, not at a desk.

Principle 02

WhatsApp is the primary send channel

ZA, UK, AU and NZ tradespeople run on WhatsApp. We treat it as the main path to your client, not a bolt-on share button.

First-class send channel, not a share button.

Principle 03

No bloat, no upsell treadmill

Quote, send, invoice, track. No scheduling modules you did not ask for, no CRM you did not need, no enterprise tier sales call.

Quote. Send. Invoice. Track. That is the product.

Principle 04

Built for your trade, not for everyone

Trade-specific line item presets, brand catalogues, compliance fields (IOPSA / ECASA / PIRB / PSIRA / NHBRC / SAQCC), per-m² billing, after-hours multipliers, embedded sizing calculators, and site-survey mode all switch to fit your industry. 439+ trades supported.

439+ trades, each tuned to its own quoting reality.

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FAQ

Common questions before you start

Six answers to clear the way.

QuoteGenio has 439 trade-specific pages ranging from the obvious (plumbers, electricians, builders) to the unusual (drone operators, marine electronics, tattoo artists, beekeepers-adjacent pest control). If your exact trade is not listed, the closest match usually works well because the underlying quoting mechanics are similar. If the fit is still awkward, tell us and we will consider adding your trade.

Keep using it. Most tradespeople who switch do so because they have outgrown a spreadsheet, not because they dislike it. The question is not whether your current system works today, but whether it scales as you take on more jobs, hire an apprentice, or start quoting over WhatsApp. If admin is starting to eat your evenings, it is probably time to compare.

No. A tap replacement or a blocked drain can be quoted in under 90 seconds on QuoteGenio because the structure is pre-filled and your standard line items are already there. The benefit is proportional to job value. Big jobs save you an hour of admin; small jobs save you the hassle of writing out a price on WhatsApp every time.

QuoteGenio handles any mix of line item types. You can combine hourly labour, per-unit materials, fixed-price sub-totals, provisional sums, and retention holds on the same quote. Construction jobs with progress billing, solar installs with deposits, and mobile-service call-outs are all common patterns the tool is designed for.

You keep everything. Cancelling Premium drops you to the free plan with all your quotes, invoices, and client history intact. In the unlikely event the product shuts down, you can download every PDF you have ever sent plus a CSV of your client and transaction history. Your data is not held hostage.

About five minutes. The interface is intentionally simple because it is designed for tradespeople who do not want to spend their evening watching tutorial videos. Most people send their first real quote within ten minutes of signing up. The AI quote generator shortens that further if you want to describe a job in plain language and have the structure filled in.

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Testimonials

Trusted by tradespeople

Tradespeople use QuoteGenio every day to quote faster, look more professional, and win more work without the admin slowing them down.

“Everything is in one place now. Quotes, invoices, and payments. I do not have to chase paperwork anymore, which saves me a lot of time.”

Liam Smith

Builder · New York City

“Steel fabrication quotes are technical. Clients appreciate when line items are clear and VAT is shown properly. Feels more like dealing with a real business.”