Profitability

The Quote You Just Sent Is Probably Leaking Money

If every quote is a fresh start, every quote is a coin toss. Some win, most leak margin you'll never see again. There's a way out. It doesn't involve quoting harder, longer, or later into the night.

Here's the part nobody warns you about: most electricians lose more money on the quotes they win than the ones they lose. The underpriced winner runs all the way to invoice, eats your weekends, and shows up as a flat year on the P&L.

It's not a pricing problem. It's a system problem. And quietly, every year, it's costing the average electrical business somewhere between $30,000 and $80,000 in margin that should've stayed in the bank.

Why the next quote will leak too

  • Every job is quoted from scratch: different shape, different number, different chance of profit.
  • Variations get done and never get billed. The customer doesn't remind you.
  • Quotes get sent, then vanish into the inbox. No follow-up. No close. No work.
  • The margin you think you priced in is rarely the margin you actually keep.

There's a system for this. You don't know it yet.

Templates that do the thinking for you

Every job type has a quoting pattern: service calls, switchboards, fitouts, commercial. Once those patterns are built, you stop reinventing and start sending. Your team quotes the same way you do, without you in the room.

See it in TradieTally →

Labour and margin, locked in

Not a formula on a sticky note. A repeatable way to set your rate and protect your margin on every quote, taught inside the Electrical Estimating Course.

Variations that don't go missing

Logged the moment they happen. Priced. Approved. Billed. The "while you're here" work stops being free.

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Common questions

How do I know if my quoting is leaking margin?

If you can't tell me the actual margin on the last job you finished, it's leaking. The Electrical Estimating Course shows you exactly where the money is going. It also shows you how to stop it.

Will my team actually use a new system?

Yes, because the system removes the guesswork they hate. Most teams complain quoting is slow and stressful. A real system makes it faster, not harder. The Masterclass is built for teams that need a shared standard.

How long does it take to put this in place?

A weekend with the Electrical Estimating Course is enough to rebuild the system. The hard part isn't the work. It's deciding that the way you've been quoting for years is the thing costing you the most money.

Ready when you are

Stop guessing your quotes. Start estimating for profit.

Start the trial, take the course, or do both. The maths doesn't change either way.