The quote they never answered
You walked the job. You wrote it up that night. You sent the number.
Then nothing.
It’s been a week now, and every day you don’t write back makes it harder to.
That’s completely normal. Plenty of owners let the quiet ones go.
Because both choices feel wrong. Write again and you sound like you need the work. Say nothing and the job goes to whoever did write back.
So you open a message, type “just checking in,” delete it, and put the phone down.
They asked you for that quote. Following up isn’t chasing. It’s finishing what they asked you to start.
Tell this what the quote was for, when it went out, and how you talk to this customer. It writes one short follow-up, email or text, the way you’d say it.
It won’t touch your price, and it won’t make up a deadline. It gives them an easy way to say yes, or no.
You read it. You send it. Then you get back to the job in front of you.
The tool is free and stays free. If you’d rather the follow-up got written after every quote without you remembering, that’s the paid service: quote follow-ups, run for you.
One quote. Nothing you type is kept.
Writing it the way you would
Your message
Read it out loud once. If a line doesn’t sound like you, change it. Then send.
Want this written after every quote, without you remembering?
Some owners want the follow-up waiting three days after each quote goes out, in their own words, without having to think of it. Leave an email and we’ll write back the same day.
Got it. You’ll hear back from a person, usually within a day.
That didn’t send. Try once more, or come back in a few minutes.
Questions owners ask before they run this
How do I write a quote follow-up email?
Keep it short and make it about the job. Name the quote so they know which one you mean, ask one easy question, and give them an easy way to say no.
A subject line that names the job does more than a clever one. Something like “The bookshelves either side of the fireplace” gets opened because they know at once what it is.
What it shouldn’t do is apologize for writing, offer a discount, or make up a deadline. Each of those tells the customer something you don’t mean.
How soon should you follow up after sending a quote?
About three days. Long enough that they’ve had a real chance to read it, soon enough that they still remember who you are.
If the lead came from a site like Thumbtack or Angi, sooner: the next day. Those leads often go to several businesses at once.
The exact day matters less than having one. The follow-up that never gets sent is the one waiting for the right moment.
How do I follow up on a quote without being pushy?
Ask once, plainly, and make “no” easy to say.
Pushy is a second question stacked on the first, a deadline that isn’t real, or a hint that they owe you an answer. Leave all three out and what’s left is a person asking a question they’re allowed to ask.
They asked you for the quote. Following up isn’t chasing. It’s finishing what they asked you to start.
Should I offer a discount to get them to say yes?
No. A discount sent into a silence tells the customer the first number wasn’t the real one, and they’ll remember that on the next quote too.
This tool won’t write one, and it won’t make up a deadline either. If the quote really is good until a date, or you really can start a certain week, tell it and it says so once, as plain information.
What if they still don’t answer?
One message is the job.
If it isn’t, the silence is an answer for now. Let it go, and spend the time on the customers who are talking to you.
Is this free?
Yes. This tool is free, doesn’t ask for your email and stores nothing you type. There’s nothing to buy on this page.
The paid service is a separate thing. Instead of you coming here after every quote, it writes the follow-up three days after each one goes out and emails it to you to send. That’s on the quote follow-ups page.
You give it the customer’s name, what the quote was for, when it went out, how you reach them and how you talk to them. It returns one message in your voice plus a short note on when to send it and what to adjust.