The Quick Quote® system is the industry benchmark for quoting window treatments and answering the big client question,

“How much will it cost?”

Professionalism Made Easy

1. You decide the level of detail – estimates for your records can include complete information on the treatment (yardages, cost per yard, fabrication and installation costs, mark-ups, etc.).
2. From this, Quick Quote prepares a less detailed invoice and a work order for the workroom.
3. Finally, a client letter template which contains an image of the treatment, total job cost, and payment schedule can be generated.
4. You close the sale, all while Quick Quote automatically updates your inventories and accounting in QuickBooks!

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Accuracy Saves Time & Money

On-the-spot comparisons of treatment alternatives speed up client decision-making, and sales can often be closed during the first visit!

• Quick Quote avoids tedious paperwork, saves hours of time and improves profit margins, yet it is simple to learn and easy to use. Never again forget to include and charge for items in your proposals.
• An extensive database of designs and treatment factors combined with fill-in-the-blank prompts enables you to rapidly produce estimates and invoices with no manual calculations and no special fabrication expertise!
• Pre-calculated yardage requirements for each treatment style and size prevent costly errors.

Quick Quote can also be used along with DreamDraper to create attractive client proposals:

Fit to YOUR Design Business!

The level of detail is your choice, and you can customize the program for your business. View a demo of creating customized work orders and client letters. It even sets the proper tax line for your business to save accounting costs!

• “Quote It YOUR Way” – Select detailed or summary price lists for your estimates and invoices
• Reduced Accounting Fees – Select from 4 business tax forms (Sole Prop, Partnership, S-Corp, or C-Corp).
• Customized For Your Business Type – Interior design and workroom business Chart of Accounts, CPA-reviewed and consistent with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) requirements
• Personalized – Professionally designed business templates and customer correspondence letters on CD

Quick Quote® for QuickBooks® includes…

• Quick Quote – for PC or Mac!
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks
• Step-by-Step Tutorials – comprehensive and easy to follow!

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Quick Quote® integrates easily with Intuit QuickBooks® and is proven by years of industry use!

The Quick Quote® system is the industry benchmark for quoting window treatments and answering the big client question,

“How much will it cost?”

Professionalism Made Easy

1. You decide the level of detail – estimates for your records can include complete information on the treatment (yardages, cost per yard, fabrication and installation costs, mark-ups, etc.).
2. From this, Quick Quote prepares a less detailed invoice and a work order for the workroom.
3. Finally, a client letter template which contains an image of the treatment, total job cost, and payment schedule can be generated.
4. You close the sale, all while Quick Quote automatically updates your inventories and accounting in QuickBooks!

Click the estimate at right to view it in larger detail! ->

Accuracy Saves Time & Money

On-the-spot comparisons of treatment alternatives speed up client decision-making, and sales can often be closed during the first visit!

• Quick Quote avoids tedious paperwork, saves hours of time and improves profit margins, yet it is simple to learn and easy to use. Never again forget to include and charge for items in your proposals.
• An extensive database of designs and treatment factors combined with fill-in-the-blank prompts enables you to rapidly produce estimates and invoices with no manual calculations and no special fabrication expertise!
• Pre-calculated yardage requirements for each treatment style and size prevent costly errors.

Quick Quote can also be used along with DreamDraper to create attractive client proposals:

Fit to YOUR Design Business!

The level of detail is your choice, and you can customize the program for your business. View a demo of creating customized work orders and client letters. It even sets the proper tax line for your business to save accounting costs!

• “Quote It YOUR Way” – Select detailed or summary price lists for your estimates and invoices
• Reduced Accounting Fees – Select from 4 business tax forms (Sole Prop, Partnership, S-Corp, or C-Corp).
• Customized For Your Business Type – Interior design and workroom business Chart of Accounts, CPA-reviewed and consistent with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) requirements
• Personalized – Professionally designed business templates and customer correspondence letters on CD

Quick Quote® for QuickBooks® includes…

• Quick Quote – for PC or Mac!
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks
• Step-by-Step Tutorials – comprehensive and easy to follow!

On Sale Now for $349 - Save $50!

Quick Quote® integrates easily with Intuit QuickBooks® and is proven by years of industry use!

The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks® has been written specifically for designers and window treatment professionals, by a design professional and Certified QuickBooks Pro-Advisor. An easy to follow and abundantly illustrated manual, the Survival Guide comprehensively teaches how to tap the power of Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting system. Learn how to…

• streamline your bookkeeping – easily define a Chart of Accounts and Item List for your business type
• customize QuickBooks for your business – just import a template from the CD and add your logo for customized reports and forms in an instant!
• better understand your costs and profit margins, and manage customers and vendors – easily determine your overdue invoices and unpaid bills, and learn how to effectively use Purchase Orders to manage expenses
• understand basic accounting and financial reporting – reduce your dependence on your accountant by learning how use QuickBooks reporting. Put control of your business back into your hands!
• calculate accurate sales tax information – Sales Tax calculation and payment is de-mystified!
• simplify your year-end tax filing – Federal Income Tax lines, defined by a CPA, are included for four different design/workroom businesses (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, S-Corporation and C-Corporation

The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks® includes:

• 200+ page reference manual, featuring hundreds of screen shots, step-by-step instructions and real-life accounting examples for design and workroom businesses
• comprehensive Designer Chart of Accounts and Item List on CD*
• Quick Design Templates for creating business forms and customer letters

This incredibly helpful manual is included with every purchase of our Quick Quote for QuickBooks software, however, the Survival Guide can also be purchased separately.

*CD requires that your computer have QuickBooks by Intuit installed.

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Proven essential to many design businesses…

“Wow! After reading The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks, I can quickly execute routine financial procedures with confidence and use QuickBooks to its fullest potential in my business!” – Starla Landis, Owner, Norstar Interiors, Lancaster, PA

“The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks has been crucial in helping me learn to use my new accounting software. Everything is explained in a clear and logical manner.” – Kim DeStefano, Owner, All Sewn-Up, Berwyn, PA.

Learn more about Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®

We hope you find these Frequently Asked Questions helpful!

If you need additional assistance, please contact us or check out our additional support features.

What do I need to use Quick Quote?

Must I have DreamDraper design software to use Quick Quote?

Can I change the information programmed in Quick Quote?

What is the Quick Quote basis for yardage calculations?

What is the Quick Quote basis for labor rates? Can the rates be changed?

Do I need a working knowledge of QuickBooks to use Quick Quote?

Can I vary the detail to be printed on an estimate?

Will Quick Quote keep track of inventory?

Will Quick Quote enable me to select the appropriate tax form for my business?

How do I decide the appropriate category for a particular treatment?

Are templates included in Quick Quote?

Can I import a DreamDraper design into an estimate or invoice?

What learning aids are available for Quick Quote?

Can previous versions of Quick Quote be upgraded to the current version?

Is Quick Quote useful for full-service designers?

What do I need to use Quick Quote?

You must have QuickBooks software installed on your computer. Quick Quote works in QuickBooks Online, Pro, Premier, or Enterprise for years 2005 or later. For Mac users, Quick Quote is compatible with QuickBooks Pro for Mac, 2005 and later.

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Must I have DreamDraper design software to use Quick Quote?

No. While we have programmed the pricing for designs from our DreamDraper design program, you can use this program to price other designs. You will find that the Quick Quote categories are very universal and that designs found in books or magazines and from other pattern companies or sources will generally fall into one of our categories.

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Can I change the information programmed in Quick Quote?

Absolutely. One of the main advantages of Quick Quote is its flexibility. The QuickBooks Item Edit window allows you to make permanent changes to suit your own business, or you can edit right on an individual invoice without affecting any stored information.

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What is the Quick Quote basis for yardage calculations?

The yardage calculations in Quick Quote are based on a 27” repeat which covers the majority of treatments. The programmed treatment components for each treatment group in Quick Quote provide the finished measurements that the calculations are based on. Yardage calculation factors can be easily changed on individual invoices to reflect different repeats or finished measurements.

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What is the Quick Quote basis for labor rates? Can the rates be changed?

The labor rates represent an average retail rate of four national workrooms. If appropriate, they can easily be changed to be in line with your workroom’s rates using the Item Edit window.

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Do I need a working knowledge of QuickBooks to use Quick Quote?

Yes, however, QuickBooks offers a help window, which will walk you through anything you are trying to do. We also suggest using the book The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks as a key resource focused on the QuickBooks accounting system from a designer’s perspective. This book, which contains a design/workroom Chart of Accounts, is included with the Quick Quote system.

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Can I vary the detail to be printed on an estimate?

Yes. When installing Quick Quote you can choose to either print or hide detail item prices on your customer’s estimate or invoice.

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Will Quick Quote keep track of inventory?

The only inventory item programmed in Quick Quote is lining. However, you may add others such as workroom supplies, shade mechanisms, pillows, foam, etc. As these items are charged on an invoice, the quantity on hand is reduced.

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Will Quick Quote enable me to select the appropriate tax form for my business?

Yes. You can choose from the following business structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, S-Corp., or C-Corp. This selection helps to greatly reduce your future accounting costs.

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How do I decide the appropriate category for a particular treatment?

Simply find the design in our workbook and identify the name that needs to be keyed in for Quick Quote. You can also create your own treatment groups for original designs.

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Are templates included in Quick Quote?

Yes. Quick Quote includes over 50 customizable form and letter templates. Note: not all template and letter functions are available for QuickBooks Pro for Mac or QuickBooks Pro for Canada.

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Can I import a DreamDraper design into an estimate or invoice?

Yes. All templates can be customized with images and edited with your logo and other company-specific information.

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What learning aids are available for Quick Quote?

The Quick Quote package includes a tutorial CD with 20 mini lessons covering various aspects of the program. Webinars are also offered on a regular basis.

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Can previous versions of Quick Quote be upgraded to the current version?

Yes. We suggest starting a new QuickBooks company as the preferred approach. However, if previous versions are maintained and upgraded, we suggest contacting Evan Marsh Designs for recommendations and assistance.

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Is Quick Quote useful for full-service designers?

Absolutely! In fact, Quick Quote includes a mini Chart of Accounts and item list with various items typically sold by full service designers.

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The Total Solution

A bundle that lets you design, measure, and create estimates and invoices in an instant.

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®*
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks®
• Quick design templates for business forms and customer letters
• Tutorials
• Measuring forms on CD (with aluminum forms case)
• Free S&H! (US domestic)

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*Note: the Portfolio binder shown will be replaced by a new Quick Reference Guide.

We also offer a No-interest Payment Plan, where you can receive your package immediately and have your payment spread over 3 months (in 3 equal installments)! Please fax your order form from our website to 1-610-868-1303 or call our toll free number at 1-866-56-DREAM if you wish to take advantage of this option.

*Quick Quote requires that your computer have QuickBooks by Intuit installed.

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Design and quote with this bundle of our 2 flagship products.

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®*
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks®
• Quick design templates for business forms and customer letters

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*Note: the Portfolio binder shown will be replaced by a new Quick Reference Guide.

We also offer a No-interest Payment Plan, where you can receive your package immediately and have your payment spread over 3 months (in 3 equal installments)! Please fax your order form from our website to 1-610-868-1303 or call our toll free number at 1-866-56-DREAM if you wish to take advantage of this option.

*Quick Quote requires that your computer have QuickBooks by Intuit installed.