PROFIT-FIRST ESTIMATING FOR CONTRACTORS

Before You Send That Quote, Know If It's Actually Profitable.

MarginMate helps independent contractors calculate true job cost, protect target margins, catch underpricing, and turn profitable estimates into professional customer-ready proposals.

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PROFIT GUARD / MM-1001DEMO
PROFIT GUARDMARGIN RISK

Bathroom Remodel

TRUE JOB COST$4,860
PLANNED QUOTE$6,500
TARGET MARGIN35%
PLANNED MARGIN25.2%
Recommended Minimum$7,477Pricing gap: $977
Profit Guard
Before it goes out.
True costLabor + materials + overhead
Target marginPrice from the outcome you need
Profit GuardCatch risk before it costs you
THE EXPENSIVE MOMENT

A profitable job can become an unprofitable quote in minutes.

Revenue is easy to see. The costs hiding inside the job are not.

Bathroom Remodel UNDERPRICED
Actual margin at planned quote25.2%Target: 35%
True Job Cost$4,860
Planned Quote$6,500
Recommended Minimum$7,477

Labor gets underestimated. Materials change. Overhead and contingency disappear from the spreadsheet.

01Markup gets confused with margin
02Quotes go out too quickly
03The mistake appears after the job is complete
MarginMate catches the problem before the quote reaches the customer.
A CLEARER WORKFLOW

Build the cost. Check the margin. Send the right price.

01

Build the true cost

Labor + materials + overhead + contingency

02

Set your target margin

Define the margin the job needs to achieve

03

Run Profit Guard

Check the planned quote against your real numbers

04

Send a professional proposal

Turn the approved quote into a clean customer-facing proposal

MARGINMATE FLOWFROM COST TO CUSTOMER-READY
01TRUE COST

Know what the job really costs

02TARGET MARGIN

Set the profit the job needs

03PROFIT GUARDCORE ENGINE

Check the quote before it leaves

04RIGHT PRICE

Know the minimum profitable price

05PROPOSALFULL ACCESS

Send a customer-ready quote

PROFIT GUARD

Your quote gets a second opinion before your customer sees it.

Three decision states make the next move obvious — without hiding the math.

PROFIT GUARDMARGIN RISK

Bathroom Remodel

True Job Cost$4,860
Break-even$4,860
Planned Quote$6,500
Target Margin35%
Planned Margin25.2%
Profit Score72 / 100
Recommended Minimum$7,477Pricing gap: $977

SAFE TO QUOTE

Planned price meets or exceeds your target.

MARGIN RISK

Profitable, but below the margin you set.

INTERNAL ONLY

Profit Guard data is never shown on your customer proposal.

TRUE COST ENGINE

Stop pricing from memory.

MarginMate turns the costs you actually carry into the minimum selling price required to protect your chosen margin.

Labor and materialsOverhead and contingencyOther job costsCorrect gross-margin logic
RECOMMENDED MINIMUM$7,477
$4,860÷1 − 35%
True job cost divided by one minus target margin.
ONE FOCUSED WORKSPACE

Every estimate, customer, and job in one place.

Review estimates, reuse your price book, compare expected vs actual profit, and keep the workflow focused.

MarginMateDEMO MODE
ESTIMATES

Your quote workspace.

EstimateCustomerQuoteProfit Guard
Bathroom Remodel#MM-1001Sarah Chen$6,500MARGIN RISK
Kitchen Repair#MM-1001Tom Alvarez$2,100SAFE TO QUOTE
Deck Restoration#MM-1001Jordan Lee$3,800DO NOT QUOTE
FULL ACCESS

Turn a profitable estimate into a proposal your customer can say yes to.

Your customer sees the quote. You keep the profitability data private.

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MILLER HOME SERVICESESTIMATE #MM-1001
PREPARED FOR

Sarah Chen

Bathroom Remodel

Primary bathroom renovation including tile, fixtures, and finish work.

Project services$6,500
Materials and finish workIncluded

Total estimate$6,500
Professional home improvement
BUILT FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS

Answers, not another complicated system.

Use MarginMate before you send the quote, alongside the tools you already rely on.

01General contractors
02Handyman businesses
03Remodelers
04HVAC · Plumbing · Electrical
05Property maintenance
06Small home-service businesses
THE MATH OF ONE DECISION

One caught pricing mistake can pay for MarginMate.

If MarginMate helps you catch even one meaningful underpriced quote, the avoided pricing gap can exceed the cost of the software.

Potential underpricing caught$977
Full Access$99one-time founding access
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SIMPLE PRICING

Protect the profit before you send the quote.

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Profit GuardTrue-cost engineTarget-margin pricingSaved estimatesCustomers & jobsReusable Price BookJob ProfitProfessional ProposalsPrint / Save PDFFull workspace access
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SEE IT BEFORE YOU BUY

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Explore the workflow with Miller Home Services sample data.

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