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  • QuotingYour trade's items as you type
  • Your profitAdded to your costs, kept private
  • Extras and optionsCustomers choose and upgrade
  • Your tradeCommon items and starting costs

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  • Preview and sendCheck their copy before you send
  • What your customer seesThe link and the PDF match

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What your customer sees once you hit send: their quote page, texts and follow-ups.

  • What your customer sees: their quote pageEvery screen your customer touches, from opening the link to accepting, paying the deposit and approving changes.
  • Sending quotes by email and textChoosing email, text or both, what the message says, sending later, and how you know they've opened it.
  • Automatic messages: every message Karven sends your customersOne page for every email and text Karven sends a customer: switch each one on or off, change when it goes, change the words and see exactly what they get. Nothing goes without your tap unless you switch that on.
  • What your customer sees (and what only you see)The Customer sees setting: full breakdown, section totals or total only. Your own copy always keeps every row, cost and profit.
  • Needs you: follow-ups that prompt youThe list on Today of quotes that need a reminder, a reply or a booking, the status line on every quote, and the Ask me first vs Send automatically choice.
  • Mark as sent and accept for the customerHanded the quote over another way, or got a yes on the phone? Keep Karven up to date without sending an email.

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