You measured the job. Now close it before you start your truck. Text a professional estimate from the job site, get it signed in 8 seconds, and collect your deposit on the spot. Built for service businesses who work in the field, not behind a desk.
See how it works ↓The average contractor takes 2.6 days to send an estimate. By then, the homeowner has already called someone else. 60% of leads go cold after 24 hours. Your competition isn't the other contractor — it's the delay.
Add line items, set tax and deposit %. Trade templates make it fast — one tap to load your most common jobs.
They get a link — no app needed. Opens in their browser, shows a clean estimate with photos and totals.
Signature and deposit before you leave the driveway. Stripe handles the money. You handle the work.
Build an estimate in 60 seconds. Tap a template, adjust the number, send. No spreadsheet. No laptop. No going back to the office.
Your customer signs with their finger. 8 seconds. Legally binding in all 50 states. No app download, no email login.
Collect your deposit the moment they sign. Money hits your account in 2 days. You pay 1% — that's it. No hidden costs.
TailgateQuote is built for solo operators and small crews across every service trade. If you give quotes on-site, TailgateQuote is for you.
Win one extra job a month and TailgateQuote pays for itself — ten times over.
$29/mo. Average job value: $3,500. If TailgateQuote helps you close ONE extra job per month, it pays for itself 120x over.
One job. One month. TailgateQuote pays for itself 120 times over. That's what closing from the driveway instead of waiting three days is worth.
Most contractor tools do too much or cost too much. Here's the honest comparison.
| TailgateQuote | Jobber | QuickBooks | Joist | Pen & Paper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $29/mo | $69+/mo | $30+/mo | Free | Free |
| Send estimate by text | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Collect deposits on-site | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Digital signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| No app download for customer | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Trade templates | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Limited | ✗ |
| Built for solo contractors | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | Sort of |
| 60-second estimates | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ |
Joist is free but can't collect your deposit. Jobber does more but costs 2× as much and wasn't built for the driveway. QuickBooks is for your kitchen table at night. TailgateQuote is for the job site.
"I was driving away from a $4,200 plumbing job and texted the estimate before I got to the stop sign. Lady signed it before I hit the highway. Signed before I hit the highway. $3,800 deposit. That never happened with my old system — I'd get home, eat dinner, forget about it, and the lead was cold by morning."
"Roofing season in Houston — I'm hitting three inspections a day after a hailstorm. Used to take me an hour at night to write up the estimates. Now I'm sending them from the truck while my helper is packing up the ladder. Closed two deposits on my way home last Tuesday. That's $14,400 I would've chased for weeks."
"Concrete work — every job site quote is different. I used to write it up on a napkin and tell 'em I'd email it later. Half those leads never called back. Now I build the estimate in the truck, they sign it standing in the driveway. My close rate went up 40% in the first month."
"I used to text customers a price and hope they'd say yes. Now I send a real estimate, they sign it, and I collect half before I touch a window. No more 'let me think about it.'"
TailgateQuote started when a field service contractor realized he was losing jobs — not because his prices were wrong, but because by the time he emailed the estimate from his kitchen table that night, the homeowner had already signed with someone else. He built TailgateQuote to send professional quotes from the truck, collect a signature in seconds, and take a deposit before driving away.
TailgateQuote is based in Texas and built for solo operators and small crews across every service trade. Questions? Call us at (833) 974-5915 or email hello@tailgatequote.com.
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