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How to send your first quotation

Create a new quotation, add a customer, contact and line items, edit lines, preview the PDF and email the quote to your customer from Zigaflow.

Create a new quotation

1. Click "Go To "-> "Quotations"

Zigaflow Dashboard with the Go To menu open and the Quotations option highlighted below Items and Leads

2. Click "New"

Quotations screen with the purple New button highlighted at the top of the left panel, above the Dates and status filters

3. Click on the pre-build "Standard". As you add your own pre-builds, they will appear in this dropdown

Quotations screen with the New dropdown open, highlighting the "Standard" pre-build below the Search Pre-Builds field

Add a customer and contact

4. Click here to add a new customer or select an existing customer from the dropdown

Quotation Q1001-1 screen with the edit button beside the empty Customer field highlighted to add a new customer

5. For a new customer, click "Add New Customer"

Quote form with the customer edit dropdown open, highlighting the Add New Customer option above Edit Customer

6. The only mandatory field you need to complete is the "Customer Name"

New Customer panel with the Customer Name field highlighted at the top, above empty address and contact fields

7. Click "Save Changes".

Address details side panel with Town, County/State/Province, Postcode/Zip and Country fields, highlighting Save Changes button

8. To add or select the customer's contact, click here

Quotation Q1001-1 screen with the edit button beside the empty Contact field highlighted, used to add or select a contact

9. For a new contact click "Add New Contact"

Quote details form with the contact edit dropdown open and the Add New Contact option highlighted below Edit Contact

10. Enter the contact's details and click "Save Changes"

New Contact panel over a quotation with name and email fields filled in and the Save Changes button highlighted

11. The quotations form has no mandatory fields- you don't need to enter a contact or customer.

Quotation Q1001-1 form with Customer, Contact, Description, Address and Client Ref fields, and a Saved! confirmation

Add and edit line items

12. Add a one-off item.

Items tab of a quotation with an empty line item table, highlighting the Add One-Off button in the section toolbar

13. An item code and description must be added, but all the other fields are optional. When you have added all the details, click "Add & Close"

Add One-Off Item form with Item Code and Description fields highlighted and the Add & Close button selected

19. To edit line items, click on this edit icon or double click on the line

Quote line items table with Item Pricing columns, highlighting the edit (pencil) icon at the end of the line item row

20. And edit any value, such as the tax rate

Quote line item with the Tax Code dropdown open and the 20.0% S tax rate option highlighted below the Search Filter box

21. Click on the tick to complete the edit

Quote line item in edit mode under Item Pricing, with the tick button highlighted at the end of the row to save the edit

Preview and email the quote

23. When the quote is ready to check and send, click "Preview PDF & Email"

Quote screen action bar with the Preview PDF & Email button highlighted, between the Next and Z Power-Check buttons

24. Swap over the document templates here

Preview Quotation page with the edit icon highlighted beside the Corporate Front Cover template in the Quotation Creation list

25. Selection from the library of front details pages. Customer with paid plans can add their own templates

Name dropdown open in the pages table with "(Front) Furniture Front Cover" highlighted among front cover templates

30. Click "Email" to send it from Zigaflow.

Preview Quotation page for Q1001-1 with the Email button highlighted next to Download, above the Quotation Creation section

27. Edit the email as required and click "Send".

Before emailing, make sure you have connected your email to the Zigaflow.

Not only will this make it more likely your quotation will be received, but the email will also appear in your "Sent Items" in your email system

Email Quotation window with 1st Email - Link to eSign template, editable message, and checkbox to send a copy to yourself

Learn more: quotes in Zigaflow

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