# Quotes

Quotes are priced offers. You send a link. The customer ticks optional lines, then signs, or sends a note asking for a change.

Ask your agent to turn `quotes` on. A deposit on approval needs [payments](./payments.md).

## Start a quote

Admin → **Quotes**. Press **New quote**, then **Start quote**. Add lines from the [catalog](./admin.md) or type a line. New quotes stay open for 30 days unless your agent set a different `validDays`.

![Quotes page with the new-quote form marked](./assets/admin-quotes.webp)

![Start quote form, with the form and Start quote marked](./assets/admin-quotes-new.webp)

Orange numbers:

1. The new-quote form. Pick the customer.
2. **Start quote**

## Send it

**Send quote** emails (and texts, if texting is on). **Copy link** if you want to paste it yourself. The customer opens `/q/{token}`. **PDF** is there too.

They approve with a typed name or a drawn signature. Or they send a note and the quote becomes **changes requested**.

## What the statuses mean

Draft → awaiting response ⇄ changes requested → approved → converted. You can also archive a quote, or delete a draft.

## After they approve

The quote page lists what you can convert it to (an invoice, for example), when those tools are on. **Mark approved** is for when they agreed off the link.

With payments on, they can pay a deposit on the quote link.

## Catalog items

Quote lines often come from admin → **Catalog**. Owners add items there. Staff can look. Only an owner can change prices.