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What does making a quote really cost?

An hour per quote, five quotes a week. Feels like 'part of the job,' but run the numbers on what it actually costs.

The math that hurts

Five quotes a week at one hour each, at an hourly rate of €65, is €325 a week. Over 46 working weeks: more than €15,000 a year — just for writing quotes. And that doesn't even count the evening hours, because those feel 'free.' They're not: that's your own time.

The hidden cost: lost jobs

The real cost is in what you don't do. A quote that sits for four days because you had no time is lost more often than one sent the same day. Slow quoting costs double: your hours and your revenue.

What to do about it

Writing them is largely repeat work: your prices, your text, your structure. That's exactly the part an AI assistant can take over — it prepares the draft with a PDF, you check the figures and hit send. From an hour to five minutes per quote.

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