{"id":267,"date":"2019-07-28T01:10:10","dateGmt":"2019-07-28T01:10:10","modified":"2022-06-28T04:29:02","modifiedGmt":"2022-06-28T04:29:02","status":"publish","title":"How to Send an Estimate to a Client or Lead","content":"<p>Let\u2019s see how to send estimates in\u00a0<strong>Local Service Hero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Service Hero<\/strong> allows you to send estimates to clients or leads. This is really useful because you can easily create the estimates and send them to your clients or leads without having to use several apps; you can do it all from <strong>Local Service Hero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see how to create and send an estimate, taking into account you need to follow the same steps whether you\u2019ll send an estimate to a client or lead.<\/p>\n<h2>1- Open the \u201cClients\u201d page in Local Service Hero<\/h2>\n<p>You need to open the <strong>Clients<\/strong> page in <strong>Local Service Hero<\/strong> by going to <strong>CRM > Clients > View All<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re there, you will see all your clients displayed in a spreadsheet, so you need to click the\u00a0<strong>View<\/strong> button that is on the\u00a0<strong>Actions<\/strong> column. This will open the client\u2019s\/lead\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2229\" src=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01.png\" alt=\"send estimate local service hero\" width=\"1920\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01.png 1920w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01-350x169.png 350w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-01-1536x743.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2- Create and send the estimate to your client or lead<\/h2>\n<p>Once you\u2019re on the client\/lead profile, you need to go to the\u00a0<strong>Estimate<\/strong> tab and click\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong> to create a new estimate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02.png\" alt=\"send estimate local service hero\" width=\"1920\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02.png 1920w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02-350x169.png 350w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-02-1536x743.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once in the <strong>Add Estimate<\/strong> form, you need to add the following information to the estimate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Description.<\/strong> Here you can add a title for the estimate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estimate date.<\/strong> This is the date when you create the estimate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Valid Until Date.<\/strong> This is the estimate\u2019s expiry date.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Require payment upfront.<\/strong> If you enable this, you will need to add the amount or percentage you will require the client\/lead to pay before you provide the service.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>Services<\/strong> table, you\u2019ll need to add the service details by using these columns: <em>Status, service\/package, subscription, subscription tier, tax, qty, rate, days, total, budgeted hours, adj. rate, actions<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want, you can add a new item\/service\/package by hitting the\u00a0<strong>Add Item<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2227\" src=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03.png\" alt=\"send estimate local service hero\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03.png 1920w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03-350x175.png 350w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-03-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re done configuring the estimate, click on\u00a0<strong>Publish and Send to Client<\/strong>, and the estimate will be automatically sent to your client.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2225\" src=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05.png\" alt=\"send estimate local service hero\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05.png 1920w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05-350x175.png 350w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/07\/lsh-send-estimate-05-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the client accepts the estimate and requires your service, you can convert the estimate into a job, so you don\u2019t have to create a job from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow these same steps to send more estimates to your clients or leads in <strong>Local Service Hero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/blog\/\">Read other tutorials<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>Let\u2019s see how to send estimates in\u00a0Local Service Hero. Local Service Hero allows you to send estimates to clients or leads. This is really useful because you can easily create the estimates and send them to your clients or leads without having to use several apps; you can do it all from Local Service Hero. \u2026 <a title=\"How to Send an Estimate to a Client or Lead\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/send-estimate\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","commentStatus":"closed","sticky":false,"meta":[],"categories":[{"slug":"tutorials","id":18,"name":"Tutorials"}],"tags":[{"slug":"clients","id":43,"name":"clients"},{"slug":"estimates","id":46,"name":"estimates"},{"slug":"leads","id":38,"name":"leads"},{"slug":"send-estimate","id":47,"name":"send estimate"}],"pictureUrl":"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/send-estimates-in-local-service-hero.png","_links":{"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/localservicehero.com\/us\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/2831"}]}}