How to price a job from what your last jobs really cost

Most underpriced quotes come from guessing fresh every time. A better habit:

1. After every job, write down actual hours, materials and extras, next to what you quoted.

2. Price new jobs from the closest past job, not from memory.

3. Check the profit before you send: know the difference between markup (on cost) and margin (on price). A 50% markup is only a 33% margin.

4. List the items you most often forget: disposal, travel, a second coat, small materials.

5. Keep your internal numbers off the customer's copy.

ScopeBid remembers how you priced past jobs, with the source job and date, so each estimate starts from real numbers. It shows estimated profit before you send a clean PDF with your logo and terms, keeps internal numbers off the customer copy, and turns approved quotes into invoices. Quoting works offline with no account.

What line item do you most often forget?