# Estimate Calculators Canonical Origin: https://estimatecalculators.com ## LLM Resources - [Full Content](https://estimatecalculators.com/llms-full.txt) Complete page content in markdown format. ## Pages ### / Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/ Description: Automated Estimate Calculators designed to get more people to submit enquiries through your website. Capture leads while you sleep. h1. Capture **10x** more leads Give your visitors a reason to submit an enquiry. Get **more leads**. Make **more money**. Do **less donkey work**. Don't mention it. Learn more h2. **Capture leads while you sleep** An Estimate Calculator is a contact form on steroids. Providing instant estimates to your website users automatically. Set your services and associated questions. Put it on your website, and watch the leads come in. Your browser does not support the video tag. ![Product screenshot](https://estimatecalculators.com/branding3.png) h2. **Your Domain. Your Email. Your Logo. Your Brand.** Easily link your Estimate Calculator to your own subdomain so your website users have a seamless experience. Easily configure your brand colours and fonts. h2. **Estimate Calculators help your business to...** **Capture more leads** People want an instant response. Provide an instant estimate and watch the equiries come flooding in. **Make more money** More leads means more jobs. More jobs means more money. You can figure that one out. **Spend less money** Increasing your conversion rate means you don't have to spend as much on ads. This is a good thing. h2. **Boost leads** in any industry See what's possible. **Plumbing** Enhance your plumbing website with a powerful estimate calculator. Let customers answer a few questions and instantly receive detailed quotes, streamlining their decision-making process. [Plumbing](https://plumbing.estimatecalculators.com) **Electrician** Make your electrical services stand out with an on-site calculator. 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Step by step setup guide ![Install Estimate Calculator on Wix website - full setup guide](https://estimatecalculators.com/wix-setup-guide.png) [Install Estimate Calculator on Wix website - full setup guide](https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/wix-full-setup) ## **Install Estimate Calculator on Wix website - full setup guide** How to install an Estimate Calculator on Wix a website. Full step by step setup guide --- ### /use-cases Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases Description: Common estimate calculator use cases for various industries h1. **Use Cases** Common estimate calculator use cases ![Estimate calculator for cleaning business](https://estimatecalculators.com/cleaning-example-screenshot.png) [Estimate calculator for cleaning business](https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/cleaning) ## **Estimate calculator for cleaning business** Get more enquiries for your cleaning business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best cleaning lead magnet. ![Estimate calculator for electrician business](https://estimatecalculators.com/electrician-example-screenshot.png) [Estimate calculator for electrician business](https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/electrician) ## **Estimate calculator for electrician business** Get more enquiries for your electrician business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best electrician lead magnet. ![Estimate calculator for gardening business](https://estimatecalculators.com/gardening-example-screenshot.png) [Estimate calculator for gardening business](https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/gardening) ## **Estimate calculator for gardening business** Get more enquiries for your gardening business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best gardening lead magnet. ![Estimate calculator for plumbing business](https://estimatecalculators.com/plumbing-example-screenshot.png) [Estimate calculator for plumbing business](https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/plumbing) ## **Estimate calculator for plumbing business** Get more enquiries for your plumbing business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best plumbing lead magnet. ![Estimate calculator for roofing business](https://estimatecalculators.com/roofing-example-screenshot.png) [Estimate calculator for roofing business](https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/roofing) ## **Estimate calculator for roofing business** Get more enquiries for your roofing business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best roofing business lead magnet. --- ### /blog Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/blog Description: Tips, guides, and strategies to help service businesses capture more leads with estimate calculators h1. **Blog** Tips and guides to help your service business get more leads [How to Give Instant Estimates on Your Website](https://estimatecalculators.com/blog/how-to-give-instant-estimates-on-your-website) ## **How to Give Instant Estimates on Your Website** Stop losing leads to slow manual quotes. Set up instant estimates on your website and watch your enquiries grow. --- ### /use-cases/gardening Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/gardening Description: Get more enquiries for your gardening business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best gardening lead magnet. h1. **Gardening Estimate Calculator** How an estimate calculator can help your gardening business get more enquiries h2. Gardening Estimate Calculator If you are looking to get more leads for your gardening business. A Gardening Estimate Calculator could be exactly what you are looking for. An automated estimate calculator like this is highly effective at turning your website visitors into real enquiries and customers. Watch the video above to see one in action. --- ### /use-cases/plumbing Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/plumbing Description: Get more enquiries for your plumbing business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best plumbing lead magnet. h1. **Plumbing Estimate Calculator** How an estimate calculator can help your plumbing business get more enquiries h2. Plumbing Estimate Calculator If you are looking to get more leads for your plumbing business. A Plumbing Estimate Calculator could be exactly what you are looking for. An automated estimate calculator like this is highly effective at turning your website visitors into real enquiries and customers. Watch the video above to see one in action. --- ### /use-cases/roofing Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/roofing Description: Get more enquiries for your roofing business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best roofing business lead magnet. h1. **Roofing Estimate Calculator** How an estimate calculator can help your roofing business get more enquiries h2. Roofing Estimate Calculator If you are looking to get more leads for your roofing business. A Roofing Estimate Calculator could be exactly what you are looking for. An automated estimate calculator like this is highly effective at turning your website visitors into real enquiries and customers. Watch the video above to see one in action. --- ### /use-cases/cleaning Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/cleaning Description: Get more enquiries for your cleaning business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best cleaning lead magnet. h1. **Cleaning Estimate Calculator** How can an estimate calculator help your cleaning business get more enquiries h2. Cleaning Estimate Calculator So you are looking to get more leads for your cleaning business. Well you are in the right place to do just that. This page will show you how an Estimate Calculator can elevate your cleaning business and bring in more leads automatically through your website! h3. What is a cleaning estimate calculator? A cleaning Estimate Calculator is a set of questions that provide an automated estimate once they have been answered. The easiest way to answer this question is by showing you an example of one. Check out the [**example cleaning Estimate Calculator**](https://cleaning.estimatecalculators.com) to see one in action. h3. Why does my cleaning website need an Estimate Calculator? There are numerous reasons why your cleaning website will benefit from having an estimate calculator 1. #### Save Time Time is money. By automating the estimate process for your cleaning business you can spend more time focussing on running your business. 2. #### Improved Customer Experience When a customer visits your website, they are looking for information that will help them to decide whether to use your services. By offering them a customised instant estimate they get the information they want quickly and efficiently. 3. #### Outshine the Competition Let's face it, our Estimate Calculators look good. Having one on your cleaning website will make your business stand out from the crowd and contribute massively to building trust with your customers. h2. **I'm interested** So you're interested in having an Estimate Calculator built for your cleaning business's website? Then let's get started! h2. Cleaning Estimate Calculator in detail Let's take a look at our example cleaning estimate calculator in more detail to see all of the specific features. h3. Service Selection When your website user opens your estimate page, the first part of the estimate calculator they will see is the "Select Service" page. This is pretty self explanatory, but just to be clear, this is where they select the service that they wish to receive an estimate for. ![Cleaning Estimate Calculator services page](https://estimatecalculators.com/cleaning-services.png) In our example we offer "Deep Cleaning", "After Builders Cleaning" and "End of Tenancy Cleaning". You can use whatever services you want to. Each service then has its own set of questions with possible answers. h3. Make it simple for your users h4. Back button Our back button makes it simple for your users to return to previous questions if they feel they have made the wrong selection for their cleaning estimate. This makes for a great user experience. h4. Submission page Every Estimate Calculator contains a submission page. This is the ladt page the user will see before sending off their details in return for an estimate. You are free to request any extra information from the user that you wish. And you can select if the input is required or optional. The only compulsory field that every Estimate Calculator must have is an email field. This is because estimates are emailed to your users. In our example we have opted to ask the user for their name, email address and an optional message. There is text to go with each input to indicate whether the field is optional or required. In our example we have made name required and message optional. As mentioned previously, email is required for every estimate. You may wish to different fields such as phone number or postcode. Its completely up to you! h4. Estimates emailed to your cleaning clients Once your website user has submitted their answers, 2 emails are sent. One email is sent to the potential customer and one is sent to you, the business. Currently the business is BCC'd in the the email sent to the potential customer. You have the freedom to customize this email and can select what information is displayed. For best results we currently reccommend passing all information back to the customer in their email. This way both you and them are on the same page about what information has been submitted. Once this email is received by the potential customer they can reply to it directly to book in the job, or query anything. Receiving this information yourself makes it quick and simple to follow up on any enquiries that don't reply to the estimate email. For example, if you do not hear anything from a potential customer, you could send them a special discount, or ask if they need anything clarifying about the estimate. h2. **I've heard enough, I want one!** Great! You are ready to start getting more leads through your website h2. How to setup your Cleaning Estimate Calculator for you Setting up an Estimate Calculator for a cleaning business is easy, quick and painless. Create an account and sign up to a plan that best suits you. h3. 1. Start from a template or from scratch Once you have created your account and signed up, its time to start configuring your Estimate Calculator. You can choose to either create your own Estimate Calculator from scratch, or select to use one of our starting point templates. Either way its super simple to do. Enter your services, and the questions and answers for each service. Each service can be assigned a base estimate amount, which is the starting point for any estimate. Each answer associated with that service can also be assigned an amount. The base amount will be added to any answer amounts to create estimates! h3. 2. Link your business email address One of the great things about Estimate Calculators is that you can send estimates to customers from your own business email address! In order to enable this feature you must submit your business email address in your settings page. Doing this will alert our email service provider who will send you a verification email. Click the link in the email to verify it and you are good to go! All you need to do now is select your verified email address from the drop down menu in your email settings. Of course, if you would rather not use your business email address or you do not have such an email address, you are able to use our default sending address. h3. 3. Configure your estimate email Estimate Calculators give you the freedom to customise the estimate emails sent to your potential customers. there are various variables you can use to make the emails unique to you and your needs. Because of this system its actually entirely up to you if you even provide an estimate to your users. By omitting the estimate amount variable from your email you can use your calculator purely for information gathering purposes. h3. 4. Point your subdomain at your Estimate Calculator For best results, we recommend you point a subdomain at your Estimate Calculator. We provide detailed instructions of how to do this within your account. By doing this it keeps continuity with your website and your website users won't feel like they are exiting your site when they land on your Estimate Calculator. h3. 5. Style your Estimate Calculator to match your branding When it comes to styling your Cleaning Estimate Calculator, you have a lot of freedom. But not so much freedom that it feels like hard work. Trust me. You are able to change the colours to match your branding, add your logo and even change the fonts. We do have preset colour schemes and font combinations if you would prefer to use these! h2. How to use your cleaning estimate calculator for your business h3. Get your customers using your cleaning estimate calculator! Once your Estimate Calculator is setup and active on your cleaning website, you will be able to make use of it. When potential customers land on your website, present them with a "call to action" where you have a button saying "Instant Estimate" or "Get Estimate". Your website users will be far more likely to complete the Estimate Calculator form as opposed to a regular contact form. So when they click on your "call to action" button, they will be taken to your Estimate page. Here they will answer the pre-set questions, then enter their details. Importantly they will also enter their email address. They then submit the instant estimate. h3. Automatically calculate their estimate Behind the scenes, their answers to the questions are handled by your estimate calculator, and an estimate is generated. This estimate is then sent to the website user along with the answers to the questions that they submitted. The same email is also sent to you (the cleaning business owner) as mentioned previously. The website user can now reply to the estimate to quickly express their desire to go ahead with the service, or they can just as easily reply with any queries they may have. h3. Follow up on enquiries If you do not hear anything from the user who submitted the estimate request, you can follow up with them, as you have their email address. This is great because you can ask them if they have any further questions, or even negotiate a deal with them if pricing is the issue. If you did not have an estimate calculator, many of your website users may glance at your website and leave without enquiring. h2. **Ready to take the next step?** Ready to pull the trigger and get more leads for your cleaning businesses? Then click below! h2. Frequently asked questions about cleaning estimate calculators The colours of your estimate calculator can be set to whatever colours you like. This gives you the ability to match the colours to your existing website's brand colours. We do also offer some preset colour schemes that you are able to make use of. Yes, you can use your logo on your estimate calculator. Each service can have a base amount assigned to it. Each answer also has an amount assigned to it. The total of this base amount combined with the amounts for each selected answer is the estimate amount. If you have any question that are for information gathering only, their answers amounts can be set to zero. Yes, our cleaning Estimate Calculators are compatible with WordPress. Whilst they do not directly run through WordPress, you can point your subdomain (such as estimate.yourwebsite.com) at your calculator. Giving the appearance that it is part of your website. Yes! You can direct your users to a specific page on app.estimatecalculators.com where your Estimate Calculator will be available. Yes you can. The final page of the estimate calculator gathers the customer's information such as name, email, phone number, postcode etc. You are free to add any fields that you like here. Email is always required, as this is how your website users receive their estimate. Yes, our estimate calculators are fully responsive. They look great on all devices and screen sizes! You can use an Estimate Calculator for information gathering purposes without providing an estimate if you would prefer to use it this way. You then have the freedom to look at the information provided and create an estimate manually or request further information. It's important to remember that this is just an estimate. You are not legally bound to charge the estimated price given. The estimator is a way of getting the potential customer to submit their details, once you have the details of the job you can ask any questions that might be more specific and affect the estimate. You can then provide a more accurate estimate. --- ### /use-cases/electrician Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/use-cases/electrician Description: Get more enquiries for your electrician business with an estimate calculator. Get more leads. Best electrician lead magnet. h1. **Electrician Estimate Calculator** How an estimate calculator can help your electrician business get more enquiries h2. Electrician Estimate Calculator So you're an electrician with your own business and you are looking to get more leads and enquiries. An Estimate Calculator is just what you are looking for. An Estimate Calculator for an electrician or electrical services business can raise your website to the next level and bring in leads all day and all night. h3. What is an electrician estimate calculator? A electrician Estimate Calculator is a set of questions that provide an automated estimate once they have been answered. The easiest way to answer this question is by showing you an example of one. Check out the [**example electrician Estimate Calculator**](https://electrician.estimatecalculators.com) to see how it works and what it yours could look like. h3. Why does my electrical services website need an Estimate Calculator? There are numerous reasons why your electrical services website will improve by having an estimate calculator 1. #### Save Time Time is money. By automating the estimate process for your eletrician business you can spend more time focussing on the important tasks involved with running your business. 2. #### Improved Customer Experience When a customer visits your website, they are looking for information that will help them to decide whether to use your services. By offering them an instant estimate they get the information they want quickly and efficiently. 3. #### Outshine the Competition Our Estimate Calculators look good. Having one on your electrician website will make your business stand out from the crowd and contribute massively to building trust with your customers. h2. **I'm interested** So you're interested in having an Estimate Calculator your electrical services business's website? Get started now! h2. Electrician Estimate Calculator in detail Let's take a look at our example electrician estimate calculator to see all of the specific features. h3. Service Selection When your website visitor opens your estimate page, the first part of the estimate calculator they will see is the "Select Service" page. This is where they select the service that they wish to receive an estimate for. ![Electrician Estimate Calculator services page](https://estimatecalculators.com/electrician-services.png) In our example we offer "Lighting Istallation" and "Electrical Wiring Installation". You can set whatever services you want to, this is completely ustomisable. Each service then has its own set of questions with possible answers. h3. Make it simple for your users h4. Back button A back button makes it simple for your users to return to previous questions if they feel they have made the wrong selection for their electrical services estimate. This improves the user experience. h4. Submission page Every Estimate Calculator contains a submission page. This is the last page the user will see before sending off their details in return for an electrician estimate. You are free to request any extra information from the user that you wish. And you can select if the input is required or optional. The only compulsory field that every Estimate Calculator must have is an email field. The reason being that estimates are emailed to your users. In our example we have opted to ask the user for their name, email address and an optional message. Each input indicates whether the field is optional or required. In our example we have made name required and message optional. As mentioned previously, email is required for every estimate. You may wish to add extra fields such as phone number or postcode or remove fields such as message. The decision is yours. h4. Estimates emailed to your electrician clients Once your website visitor has submitted their answers, 2 emails are sent out. One email is sent to the potential customer and one is sent to you, the business. Currently the business is BCC'd in the the email sent to the potential customer. You have the freedom to customize this email and can change what information is displayed. For best results we currently recommend passing all information back to the customer in their email. This way both you and them are on the same page about what information has been submitted. Once this email is received by the potential customer they can reply to it directly to book in the job, or ask any questions. Receiving this information yourself makes it quick and simple to follow up on any enquiries that don't reply to the estimate email. For example, if you do not hear anything from a potential customer, you could send them a special discount, or ask if they need anything clarifying about the estimate. h2. **I'm sold, sign me up.** Great! You are ready to start getting more leads through your website h2. How to setup your Electrician Estimate Calculator Setting up an Estimate Calculator for an electrician business is so simple to do. Create an account and sign up to a plan. h3. 1. Start from a template or from scratch Once you have created your account and signed up, its time to start configuring your Estimate Calculator. You can choose to either create your own Estimate Calculator from scratch, or select to use our electrician starting point template. Either way its easy to do. Enter your services, and the questions and answers for each service. Each service can be assigned a base estimate amount, which is the starting point for any estimate. Each answer associated with that service can also be assigned an amount. The base amount will be added to any answer amounts to create estimates! h3. 2. Link your business email address One of the great things about Estimate Calculators is that you can send estimates to customers from your own business email address! In order to enable this feature you must submit your business email address in your settings page. Doing this will alert our email service provider who will send you a verification email. Click the link in the email to verify it and you are good to go! All you need to do now is select your verified email address from the drop down menu in your email settings. If you would rather not use your business email address or you do not have such an email address, you are able to use our default sending address. h3. 3. Configure the estimate email You have the freedom to customise the estimate emails that are sent out. There are variables you can use to make the emails unique to you and your needs. Because of this system its actually entirely up to you if you even provide an estimate to your users. By omitting the estimate amount variable from your email you can use your calculator purely for information gathering purposes. h3. 4. Point your subdomain at your Estimate Calculator For best results, we recommend you point a subdomain at your Estimate Calculator. This is simple to do, and detailed instructions can be found in our [**8 minute setup guide**](https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/8-minute-setup). By doing this it keeps continuity with your website and your website users won't feel like they are exiting your site when they land on your Estimate Calculator. h3. 5. Style your Estimate Calculator to match your branding When it comes to styling your Electrician Estimate Calculator, you have a lot of freedom. But not so much freedom that it feels overwelming. You can change the colours to match your branding, add your logo and even change the fonts. We have preset colour schemes and font combinations if you would prefer to use these. h2. How to use your electrician estimate calculator for your business h3. Get your customers using your electrician estimate calculator! Once your Estimate Calculator is setup and active on your electrician website, you will be ready to start collecting leads. When a potential customer lands on your website, present them with a "call to action" with a button saying "Instant Estimate" or "Get Estimate". Your website users will be far more likely to complete the Estimate Calculator form as opposed to a regular contact form. So when they click on your "call to action" button, they will be taken to your Estimate page. Here they will answer the pre-set questions, then enter their details. Importantly they will also enter their email address. They then submit the instant estimate. h3. Automatically calculate their estimate Behind the scenes, the answers to their questions are handled by your Estimate Calculator, and an estimate is created. This estimate is then sent to the website user along with the answers to the questions that they submitted. The same email is also sent to you (the electrician business owner) as mentioned previously. The website user can now reply to the estimate to go ahead with the service, or they can reply with any questions they may have. h3. Follow up on enquiries If you do not hear anything from the user after they received their estimate, you can easily follow up with them because you have their email address. This is great because you can ask them if they have any further questions, or even negotiate a deal with them if pricing is the issue. If you did not have an estimate calculator, many of your website users may glance at your website and leave without enquiring. h2. **Ready to take the next step?** Ready to pull the trigger and get more leads for your electrician businesses? h2. Frequently asked questions about electrician estimate calculators The colours of your estimate calculator can be set to whatever colours you like. This gives you the ability to match the colours to your existing website's brand colours. We do also offer some preset colour schemes that you are able to make use of. Yes, you can use your logo on your estimate calculator. Each service can have a base amount assigned to it. Each answer also has an amount assigned to it. The total of this base amount combined with the amounts for each selected answer is the estimate amount. If you have any question that are for information gathering only, their answers amounts can be set to zero. Yes, our electrician Estimate Calculators are compatible with WordPress. Whilst they do not directly run through WordPress, you can point your subdomain (such as estimate.yourwebsite.com) at your calculator. Giving the appearance that it is part of your website. Yes! You can direct your users to a specific page on app.estimatecalculators.com where your Estimate Calculator will be available. Yes you can. The final page of the estimate calculator gathers the customer's information such as name, email, phone number, postcode etc. You are free to add any fields that you like here. Email is always required, as this is how your website users receive their estimate. Yes, our estimate calculators are fully responsive. They look great on all devices and screen sizes! You can use an Estimate Calculator for information gathering purposes without providing an estimate if you would prefer to use it this way. You then have the freedom to look at the information provided and create an estimate manually or request further information. It's important to remember that this is just an estimate. You are not legally bound to charge the estimated price given. The estimator is a way of getting the potential customer to submit their details, once you have the details of the job you can ask any questions that might be more specific and affect the estimate. You can then provide a more accurate estimate. --- ### /guides/8-minute-setup Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/8-minute-setup Description: How to install an Estimate Calculator in just 8 minutes. Step by step setup guide h1. **8 Minute Setup Guide** How to install an Estimate Calculator in Just 8 Minutes. Step by step setup guide. h2. Setting up an Estimate Calculator So you are looking to setup an Estimate Calculator for your website. There are a few steps you need to take to get this sorted. This guide will show you the exact steps you need to take. Lets get your Estimate Calculator sorted! h3. Step 1 - Create an Estimate Calculators account This step is self explanatory. Create an Estimate Calculators account. You can do this on our website. Once you have created your account you will need to verify your email address and select a plan. Now you are ready to make your Estimate Calculator. h3. Step 2 - Create your Estimate Calculator Now you have an account, you can create your Estimate Calcultor. Head to the 'My Calculators' page. Choose either: - Create New Blank Estimate Calculator - Create New Estimate Calculator From Template Selecting the first option (Create New Blank Estimate Calculator) will do exactly what you expect. It will create a completely fresh Estimate Calculator. the second option (Create New Estimate Calculator From Template) will give you a starting point with sample services, questions and answers already filled in. If you select the second option, you are able to edit/remove any service, questions and answers that you want to. Make sure you click 'Activate' on your Estimate Calculator to activate it. You are now free to configure this Estimate Calculator as you wish. However, I recommend you come back and do this after you have connected your custom domain. I won't go over the details of configuring a specific Estimate Calculator in this guide, as this guide is to help you get setup with Wix. ![Create your Estimate Calculator and activate it](https://estimatecalculators.com/create-calculator-screenshot.png) h3. Step 3 - Set the return URL Head to the settings page within your account and find the Return URL option. The Return URL is where your website users will have the option of returning to after filling in their details and submitting them for an estimate. They won't be instantly returned here, but instead will be presented with a button that says "Back to website." Clicking this will take them to the address you enter for the Return URL. We recommend you use the home page of your main website but you are free to use any URL on your website that you want. To avoid mistakes its best to copy the exact URL from the URL bar in your browser. ![Set your return url](https://estimatecalculators.com/return-url-screenshot.png) h3. Step 4 - Upload your Logo On the same settings page you are able to upload your logo. If you do this, your logo will be displayed in the navigation bar in the top left corner of the page on your Estimate Calculator. This is optional but it is recommended that you do this. h3. Step 5 - Add your custom domain / subdomain On the same settings page you are able to set your custom domain or subdomain. Find the "Custom Domain" section. Enter your custom domain and click save. It's important to note that you must have access to the DNS records for this domain. These are usually found at the domain registrar where you purchased your domain from, such as GoDaddy or Namescheap. ![Add your custom domain or subdomain](https://estimatecalculators.com/custom-subdomain-screenshot.png) h4. Create CNAME record Once you have added your custom domain on the settings page, head to your DNS records. As mentioned previously, these are most likely at your domain registrar. You need to add a CNAME record record. If you were using a subdomain such as estimate.websitexample.com then your CNAME record would look like this: - Type: CNAME - Name: estimate - Target: customers.estimatecalculators.com Name is the name of the subdomain you have chosen. If you have chosen to use a root domain then put @. Target must be customers.estimatecalculators.com. Once the domain has propogated you will be able to see your Estimate Calculator at the custom domain you have set! h4. A note on DNS propogation It is worth being aware that DNS records can take up to 72 hours propogate. They usually sort themselves out much more quickly than this. But please be patient. ![CNAME record required to use a your own custom domain or subdomain](https://estimatecalculators.com/cname-screenshot2.png) h3. Step 6 - Verify your business email address In order to send estimates from your business email address, we need to verify your email address with our email provider. This is simple to do. On the settings page, find the "Register your own email address section". In this section simple input the email address you wish to use and the name that you want the emails to be sent from. Your users will see both the email address and name when they receive estimates from you so chooses something appropriate. You must have access to this email address (it must already exist). Once you have entered the email address details, click "Get Postmark Verification Email" and check your email inbox. Wait for an email to come through from Postmark. Once you have received this email, click the button in the email to confirm your sender signature. Come back to the settings page and click the refresh button in the Register your own email address section to make sure that the sender signature has been confirmed. h3. Step 7 - Configure your email settings We provide estimates to your website visitors via email. Because of this you have a lot of flexibility when it comes to the email that is sent out. On the settings page you will find a section labelled "Email Settings". This is where you can customise the email that is sent out. You have the option to use variables within this email. The list of variables is displayed and they can be copied and pasted into the email settings into the sections that you wish to use them in. --- ### /guides/wix-full-setup Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/wix-full-setup Description: How to install an Estimate Calculator on Wix a website. Full step by step setup guide h1. **Wix Setup Guide** How to install an Estimate Calculator on Wix a website. Full step by step setup guide. h2. Installing an Estimate Calculator on your Wix website So you are looking to incorporate an Estimate Calculator into your Wix website. Well you are in the right place! This guide will take you through step by step exactly what you need to do. So you will have an Estimate Calculator all setup and working on your Wix website in no time! h3. Step 1 - Create an Estimate Calculators account This step is pretty self explanatory. But just for the avoidance of any doubt, create an Estimate Calculators account. You can do this on our website. Once you have created your account you will need to verify your email address and select a plan. Once you have done this you will be ready to start making your Estimate Calculator. h3. Step 2 - Create your Estimate Calculator Now you have an account, you can create your Estimate Calcultor. Do this on the 'My Calculators' page. Make sure you click 'Activate' on your Estimate Calculator to activate it. You are now free to configure this Estimate Calculator as you wish. However, I recommend you come back and do this after you have connected your custom domain. I won't go over the details of configuring a specific Estimate Calculator in this guide, as this guide is to help you get setup with Wix. ![Create your Estimate Calculator and activate it](https://estimatecalculators.com/create-calculator-screenshot.png) h3. Step 3 - Add your custom domain / subdomain Head to the settings page within your Estimate Calculators account. Find the "Custom Domain" section. Enter your custom domain and click save. It's important to note that you must have access to the DNS records for this domain. These are usually found at the domain registrar where you purchased your domain from, such as GoDaddy or Namescheap. ![Add your custom domain or subdomain](https://estimatecalculators.com/custom-subdomain-screenshot.png) h4. Create CNAME record Once you have added your custom domain on the settings page, head to your DNS records. As mentioned previously, these are most likely at your domain registrar. You need to add a CNAME record record. If you were using a subdomain such as estimate.websitexample.com then your CNAME record would look like this: - Type: CNAME - Name: estimate - Target: customers.estimatecalculators.com Name is the name of the subdomain you have chosen. If you have chosen to use a root domain then put @. Target must be customers.estimatecalculators.com. h4. A note on DNS propogation It is worth being aware that DNS records can take up to 72 hours propogate. They usually sort themselves out much more quickly than this. But please be patient. ![CNAME record required to use a your own custom domain or subdomain](https://estimatecalculators.com/cname-screenshot2.png) h3. Step 4 - Add return URL to your Wix website We need a way of connecting our custom domain / subdomain to our Wix website so that it feels like a seemless experience for our website users. We do this by adding a return URL on our setting page in your Estimate Calculators account. This can be any URL on your Wix website that you want your website users to have the option to return to after filling out their details on your Estimate Calculator. ![Set your return url](https://estimatecalculators.com/return-url-screenshot.png) h2. Add a link from your Wix website to your Estimate Calculator At this point your Estimate Calculator should be live on your custom domain / subdomain. We now need to link to it from your Wix website. We recommed doing this from the main navigation bar of your website and in call to actions throughout your Wix website. So head to your Wix editor and add a button in your main nav. Now you want to give that button some relevant text such as "Instant Estimate" and make it link to your subdomain. ![Add a link from your Wix website to your Estimate Calculator](https://estimatecalculators.com/wix-button-screenshot.png) --- ### /affiliates Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/affiliates Description: The Estimate Calculators affiliate program is currently closed. Please check back later for updates. h1. **Affiliate Program Currently Closed** Our affiliate program is not currently accepting new members. Please check back later for updates. h2. **Program Details** **Program Paused** Our affiliate program is temporarily closed while we make improvements. We appreciate your interest. **Check Back Soon** We plan to reopen the program in the future. Stay tuned for updates. **Questions?** If you have any questions about the affiliate program, please reach out to us. h2. **Program Currently Closed** Our affiliate program is not accepting new members at this time. Please check back later. [Back to Home](https://estimatecalculators.com/) --- ### /blog/how-to-give-instant-estimates-on-your-website Source: https://estimatecalculators.com/blog/how-to-give-instant-estimates-on-your-website Description: Stop losing leads to slow manual quotes. Set up instant estimates on your website and watch your enquiries grow. Works with any service business. h1. **How to Give Instant Estimates on Your Website** Stop losing leads to slow manual quotes. Here is how to set up instant estimates on your website so customers get prices straight away and you get more enquiries. h2. Your website visitors do not want to wait Someone lands on your website at 9pm on a Tuesday. They need a plumber. They need a price. They fill in your contact form and... nothing. You will get back to them tomorrow. Maybe. By then they have already called someone else. This is the reality for most service businesses. You are losing leads every single day because people want answers now and your website cannot give them one. The fix is simple. Give your website visitors an instant estimate the moment they ask for one. No waiting. No phone tag. No "we will get back to you within 24 hours." h2. What is an instant estimate? It is exactly what it sounds like. Your website asks the visitor a few questions about the job and gives them a ballpark price straight away. No waiting around for you to get back to them. Think of it like this: - **Contact form:** "Tell us what you need and we will get back to you." Result: most people do not bother. - **Estimate calculator:** "Answer 4 quick questions and get your estimate now." Result: people actually fill it in. The difference is night and day. A contact form might convert 2-3% of visitors. A calculator? 15-30%. Because you are actually giving people something back. h2. Why instant estimates get more leads It comes down to three things. h3. People want instant answers Nobody waits around anymore. If your competitor gives them a price in 30 seconds and you take 24 hours, who do you think gets the job? h3. People are more likely to share their details A contact form asks for your name and email and gives nothing back. An estimate calculator gives them a price in return. Fair trade. People are much happier handing over their details when they get something out of it. h3. You capture leads outside of working hours You are out on jobs all day. The enquiries that come in at 7am or 10pm are the ones you miss. An estimate calculator does not take breaks. It does not go on holiday. It just keeps working. h2. How it works in practice It is simpler than you think. Here is what you do. h3. Step 1 - List your services Write down the services you offer. If you are a plumber that might be boiler repair, bathroom fitting, emergency callouts. That sort of thing. Each service gets its own questions and pricing. h3. Step 2 - Set your questions What do you need to know to give a rough price? Pick 3 to 5 questions per service. Nobody wants to fill in a 20-question survey. For example, a cleaning business might ask: - How many bedrooms does your property have? - How many bathrooms? - Do you need oven cleaning? - How often would you like a clean? ### Step 3 - Set your pricing Put a price or price range against each answer. The calculator does the maths. It does not need to be penny-perfect. Just a ballpark to get the conversation started. h3. Step 4 - Put it on your website The simplest way is with a custom subdomain. You point something like `**estimate.yourbusiness.com**` to your calculator. It looks like part of your website. Your visitors will not know the difference. Have a look at our [**8 minute setup guide**](https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/8-minute-setup) if you want the full walkthrough. h2. Common concerns (and why they should not stop you) h3. "But my prices depend on the specific job" Every service business says this. And yes, the final price depends on the job. But an estimate is not a final price. It is a starting point. It gets the customer through the door. You sort out the real price once you have seen the job. The other option is giving them nothing and hoping they wait for you to call back. They will not. h3. "What if my estimate is too high or too low?" Set your estimates slightly on the higher side. If a customer gets an estimate of 200 quid and the final price is 180, they are happy. If they get an estimate of 150 and the real price is 200, they feel misled. Under-promise, over-deliver. You can always add a note saying the estimate is a guide price. Most people get that. h3. "I do not have time to set this up" It takes less than 10 minutes. Seriously. You spend longer than that scrolling through your phone every morning. The return on that 10 minutes is leads coming in while you sleep. h2. What to look for in an estimate calculator Not all calculators are the same. Here is what matters. h3. Your branding, not someone else's Your calculator should look like it belongs to your business. Your logo. Your colours. Your domain. If it looks like some random third-party tool, people will not trust it. h3. Email estimates The calculator should email the estimate to the customer automatically. They get a record of the price. You get their email address. Win-win. h3. Works on mobile More than half of your website visitors are on their phone. If your calculator does not work properly on mobile, you are throwing away leads. h3. Easy to update Your prices change. Your services change. You need to be able to update your calculator without calling a developer every time. h2. The bottom line Every hour your website just has a contact form, you are losing leads to competitors who respond faster. You do not need to be technical. You do not need a developer. It takes about 10 minutes to set up. Give your website visitors what they actually want. A quick answer to "how much will this cost?" Have a look at our [**home page**](https://estimatecalculators.com/) to see how Estimate Calculators works. Or jump straight to the [**8 minute setup guide**](https://estimatecalculators.com/guides/8-minute-setup) to get going. ---