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title: How do I build and send an estimate?
description: Open the job, choose New estimate, add your lines, and send it to the customer by text or email.
url: https://getprospace.com/help/build-and-send-an-estimate
updated: 2026-10-26
site: GetProSpace
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# How do I build and send an estimate?

Open the job, choose New estimate, add your lines, and send it to the customer by text or email. They open a link, review it and accept it online. You do not need to be in the office: the same steps work from your phone.

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## Step by step

1. Open the job and choose New estimate.
2. Give it a title and add lines: a name, a quantity and a price for each, or pick from your price book.
3. Add packages (like standard and upgraded) or optional add-ons if you want the customer to choose.
4. Set a deposit if you want one, as a percentage or an amount.
5. Choose Send, pick text or email, and send it.

## Good to know

- A text comes from your business phone line if you have one. Without a line, send by email.
- An estimate is good for the number of days you set, and then it stops being open.
- You also get a PDF with your logo, license number and contact details.

## Related

- [How does a customer accept an estimate?](https://getprospace.com/help/how-customers-accept-an-estimate): They open the link you sent, look over the estimate, choose any options and accept it with their name.
- [How do I send an invoice and record a payment?](https://getprospace.com/help/invoices-and-payments): Bill a deposit or the balance from the accepted estimate in one step, send it to the customer, and record each payment when it arrives.

## Still have a question?

Email [support@getprospace.com](mailto:support@getprospace.com) and a person will reply, or try it free for 14 days.

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