What if I have to see a job before I can price it?

That is what quote-first booking does. The client enquires, you quote once you know the job, and you place them when it is agreed. It is built for work priced on site, such as electrics, plumbing, cleaning and gardening.

Can I still take normal fixed-price bookings too?

Yes. Fixed-slot and quote-first bookings run side by side on the same page.

Quote-first booking for jobs you price on site

Quick answer

Soopaspace offers quote-first booking for work you have to see before pricing: the client enquires, you send a quote, and an accepted quote becomes a booking and invoice. It runs alongside fixed-price slots on one page, and you can ask for a card deposit on the quote.

Enquiry, quote, booked: for the jobs you have to see first

Some work cannot go in a fixed slot at a fixed price until you know what is involved. With quote-first booking the client tells you what they need, you send a quote once you have seen the job, and an accepted quote turns into a booking and an invoice. Here is how it runs.

1Two ways in

Fixed-price work books itself, everything else starts as an enquiry

Sell fixed-price appointments and quote-first jobs from one booking page. A client books what can be booked straight away, and sends an enquiry for anything that needs pricing.

Set services for the jobs you do all the time
A quote-first path alongside your normal booking page
Enquiries from your page for anything out of the ordinary
Built for trades, callouts and site visits

A gardener edging a lawn with long-handled shears beside a flower border

AGAshgrove Gardens

1Free visit to look at the job30 min£0
2Lawn cut and edge1 hr£35
3Hedge trim, up to 10m2 hr£70
4Clear-outs, walls and bigger jobsGet a quoteQuote

Book a set job, or enquire for anything bigger

Set jobs book straight away. Bigger ones start as an enquiry and get a quote.

2Seeing the job

A free visit, booked like anything else

When you need to look before you price, a free visit can be a service like any other, priced at £0 and booked from your page into the times you are free. You arrive knowing who it is, where it is and what they have asked about.

A £0 service for a free visit
Only the times you are free shown on your page
Your own questions on each service
Ask for the client’s address and postcode when they book

A gardener and a homeowner walking along an overgrown border while she makes notes

Thursday

09:00Lawn cut and edgeMr Daly · weekly
11:30Free visit to look at the jobMrs Okafor · garden wall
14:00Hedge trim, up to 10mThe Berrys

A free visit sits in the diary between paid work, booked from the same page.

3The quote

A quote to spec, with your own line items

Once you know the job, send a quote with your own line items and a deposit if you want one. The client sees exactly what they are agreeing to, line by line.

Quotes with your own line items
A deposit on the quote, if you want one
A deposit or the full amount, paid by card on the quote
Quotes that become invoices when accepted

An electrician and a homeowner looking at a fuse board together in a hallway

Quote: rebuild garden wall

Quote

Take down and clear the old wall6m, with waste removed£320
Rebuild in reclaimed brickUp to 1.2m high£980
New coping stones£180

Total £1,480 · pay a £300 deposit or the full amount by card

A quote with your own line items, and a deposit the client can pay by card.

4Their yes

Accepted online, deposit paid by card

The client accepts the quote online and chooses to pay the deposit or the full amount by card. There is no back and forth to arrange a payment, and no chasing a yes over text.

Accepted online, in a couple of taps
The deposit or the full amount, paid by card
Card payments go through your own Stripe account
Accepting and paying in one step

Find out moreInvoice payment links: let clients pay online by card

A hand holding a bank card beside a phone on a coffee table

Kitchen refit

Total £2,000.00 · Deposit £500.00

How much now?

The deposit (£500.00)The full £2,000.00

Accept and pay the £500.00 deposit by card

On a quote that asks for a deposit, your client chooses to pay the deposit or the full amount by card.

5Booked in

Placed in the diary, with the invoice already done

An accepted quote turns into a booking and an invoice, and you place the job in your diary when it is agreed. The invoice carries your own details and numbering, and a deposit already paid comes off what is left to pay.