Quoting Software for Trades UK - Stop Losing Jobs While You Are on Site

Every tradesperson in the UK faces the same problem. You are on a job, your phone rings, you cannot answer it. The customer leaves a voicemail. You call back three hours later. They have already booked someone else.

Or worse - they visit your website, want to know how much a boiler service costs, find no price anywhere, and go straight to a competitor who gives them a number instantly.

This happens dozens of times a week for most trades businesses. The leads exist. The customers want to hire you. But without a way to get a price instantly, they move on.

Quoting software for trades solves this by putting an instant quote calculator on your website. Customers select the job type, enter their details and get a price in seconds. You get their name, email and phone automatically, even at 11pm when you are nowhere near your phone.

QuoteKit is quoting software built specifically for UK service businesses, including tradespeople. Here is what it does:

Instant quotes on your website: Customers visit your site, pick the job type - boiler service, drain unblock, electrical inspection, general plumbing - and get a ballpark price immediately. No contact form to fill in and wait. No phone call needed.

Automatic lead capture: Before showing the price, the widget asks for the customer's name, email and phone number. Every quote becomes a lead in your dashboard automatically.

Online booking requests: Customers can request a preferred date and time slot from the widget. You confirm or decline from your dashboard and they get an automatic email. No back and forth.

Instant email notifications: The moment a customer submits a quote, you get an email with their full details, the job type they selected and the price they were shown. You can follow up immediately or at the end of the day.

Leads dashboard: All your leads in one place. See who is new, who you have spoken to, who has booked and what the job paid you. Export to a spreadsheet whenever you need it.

Works on any website: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or any site that supports HTML. You paste one line of code and the calculator is live. Takes about 20 minutes to set up.

QuoteKit works for any tradesperson who quotes customers for a job and wants to capture those leads automatically. Trades businesses using QuoteKit include:

Plumbers: Fixed prices for common jobs such as boiler service, boiler repair, power flush, radiator fitting and leak detection. Hourly rate option for general plumbing work.

Electricians: Fixed prices for consumer unit replacement, rewires, EICRs, fault finding and socket installation. Emergency call-out surcharge applied automatically.

Gas engineers: Boiler servicing, gas safety certificates and boiler installations priced by job type.

Builders and general contractors: Project type selector with price ranges. Capture the lead and follow up with a detailed quote after.

Drain and sewage specialists: Drain unblocking, CCTV surveys and jetting priced by job type. Emergency surcharges built in.

Roofers: Roof repair, felt replacement and ridge tile repointing priced as fixed jobs or per square metre.

Window and door fitters: Quote by job type and number of units.

If you quote customers for a job, QuoteKit will work for your trades business.

Setting up QuoteKit takes around 20 minutes. Here is the process:

Step 1 - Sign up and choose your pricing type. For most tradespeople, fixed price per job type works best. You can also use hourly rate with a minimum charge, or a combination of the two for different services.

Step 2 - Add your services. Create a service for each type of job you offer. For example: Boiler Service at £89, Boiler Repair from £120, Power Flush from £350. Add a call-out fee if you charge one.

Step 3 - Configure surcharges. If you charge more for evenings, weekends or emergency same-day jobs, set these up as automatic surcharges. The calculator applies them based on when the customer requests the job.

Step 4 - Copy the embed code. QuoteKit generates a single line of HTML. Copy it and paste it into your website wherever you want the calculator to appear. It works on any page of any website platform.

Step 5 - Test it. Visit your own website, go through the quote flow as a customer would, and check that the lead appears in your dashboard.

That is it. From this point, every visitor to your website can get an instant trades quote and becomes a lead automatically.

There are several types of quoting software available to tradespeople in the UK. Here is how they compare:

Jobber and Tradify - these are job management platforms built around scheduling, dispatching and invoicing. They are powerful but expensive (typically £50–£100 per month), complex to set up and designed for businesses with multiple staff. They do not put an instant quote calculator on your website for customers to use themselves.

Typeform and JotForm - these are generic form builders. You can build a quote form but customers do not get an instant price. They fill in the form and wait for you to respond manually. The goal of capturing the lead without losing the customer is not achieved.

Checkatrade and MyBuilder - these are lead generation marketplaces, not quoting software. You pay per lead or pay a monthly fee to appear in their directory. You are competing against other tradespeople and do not own the lead relationship.

QuoteKit - purpose-built instant quoting software for UK service and trades businesses. Customers get a price on the spot. You get the lead automatically. Starts from £19 per month. No complicated setup. No monthly per-lead fees.

If you want customers to get an instant price from your own website and land in your own leads dashboard, QuoteKit is the right tool.

Can I give a ballpark price rather than a fixed price?

Yes. Many tradespeople do not quote fixed prices for every job because costs can vary significantly once on site. QuoteKit lets you set price ranges or use indicative pricing. The goal is to capture the lead - you follow up with a proper quote after you have spoken to the customer or visited the property.

Will customers expect to be charged exactly the price shown?

This depends on how you present it. You can label the quote as an "estimate" or "starting from" price to set the right expectation. Most customers understand that a boiler repair quote is an estimate until a qualified engineer assesses the job.

What if I want to add a call-out fee?

QuoteKit supports a fixed call-out charge that gets added to every quote automatically. You can also set it to apply only to certain job types or certain times of day.

How does it handle emergency and out-of-hours jobs?

You can configure automatic surcharges for evening jobs, weekend jobs, bank holidays and same-day emergency requests. The surcharge is applied automatically based on when the customer fills in the form.

Is there a contract?

No. QuoteKit is month-to-month with no long-term commitment. You can cancel any time from your billing settings.

QuoteKit is available from £19 per month billed annually (£228 per year) or £29 per month billed monthly. There are no setup fees, no per-lead charges and no hidden costs.

Everything is included in a single plan: the quote calculator, lead capture, online booking requests, leads dashboard, booking calendar, instant email notifications and PDF quote downloads for customers.

A 14-day money-back guarantee applies. If you set up the quoting software, embed it on your trades website, and are not happy within 14 days, contact us for a full refund. No questions asked.

Most trades businesses find that one additional job per month more than covers the cost. If your average job is worth £150 and the software captures even a single lead that would otherwise have gone elsewhere, it has paid for itself several times over.