LN 00Quote Converter Pro™ by Retrostack Software

Factory file in.
Proposal out.

The factory's export isn't a quote. Somebody in the office turns it into one: labor, buck allowances, markups, the layout, the letterhead. By hand that's 30 to 45 minutes a job, and every retyped number is a chance to drop an adder. Quote Converter Pro does it in about a minute, inside the margin rules the owner sets.

Get QCP for your officeRun a sample job
By hand30–45min
vs
QCP≈1min
Early access · 1.0 switch-over · desktop and browser

LN 01Where the margin goes

Every job gets typed twice. Money leaks both times.

Once to price it, again to build the proposal. Tap each leak to see what Quote Converter Pro does about it.

0 of 5 plugged

LN 02Live demo

Convert a sample job. Try to break the floor.

Five openings from a made-up manufacturer's export. Set the owner's rules, switch to the rep's seat and try to push the price down. Every amount on this page is kept in whole cents.

Quote Converter ProSample Residence · Q-0001
MarkOpeningCostSell

Proposal total$0.00
Cost
$0.00
Margin
0%
Lowest it can go
$0.00

One price, everywhere

  • Quoting desk$0.00
  • Customer proposal$0.00
  • Owner's audit$0.00

3 of 3 match

Sample numbers, not real pricing. The math on this page: cost is product plus labor plus adders; sell is cost with the markup, lowered by the slider; margin is (sell − cost) ÷ sell. Each line is rounded to the cent and the total is the sum of the lines, so every screen shows the same number.

LN 03The clock

Same job. Two desks.

A time-lapse of the sample job. By hand, the office retypes it from the export. In QCP, the export becomes the quote.

By hand0:00
  1. Retype five lines from the export
  2. Add labor to each opening
  3. Add buck allowances
  4. Add the adders from the field notes
  5. Apply the markup
  6. Build the layout and letterhead

Quote Converter Pro0:00
  1. Open the job from the export
  2. Check the line list
  3. Pick the look and send

Time-lapse, not real time. By hand takes 30 to 45 minutes a job; QCP takes about a minute. The dropped adder is an illustration of the risk, not a measured rate.

LN 04Proposal looks

Your brand, word for word.

The proposal the homeowner gets carries the dealer's logo, colors and headers. Three sample dealers, three looks, all fictional. Scroll inside each page or tap to zoom.

Rivetline

Bold, industrial headers with the openings laid out as a schedule.

  • Dealer logo and colors on every page
  • Product schedule, investment summary, authorization
  • Fictional dealer and data

LN 05Proposal builder

Eight steps. Live preview.

Step down the list on the left, choose the layout and the sections the customer sees, and watch the preview update. Reps shape the wording and the look. The numbers stay locked.

The real builder, open on a sample job.

Who and what the proposal is for: the customer and the job it came from.

Sections, in proposal order

LN 06The switch-over standard

The only thing you should notice is the login screen.

That's the bar for Quote Converter Pro 1.0. When a dealer moves over, these five things have to be true. Tick them off.

Switched

Nothing missed a beat. That's the whole pitch.

LN 07Setup

Set it up once. Flip the switch.

Labor, markup, margin floors, price lists, branding and the team. Here's what the owner sets before the first quote goes out. These are sample screens.

Settings · Owner rules
Labor per opening$185.00
Markup on cost45%
Margin floor28%
Who can change theseOwners

The line the owner draws

Labor, markup and margin floors match how your company works. Owners decide how low a quote can go. Reps work inside those rules and can't go under the floor.

Same numbers as the demo above. Change them there and watch the floor move.

LN 08Everything in the box

Ten things that stop the leaks.

Tap any one for the deep dive.

LN 09How it works

Money that adds up.

A quote tool earns trust one penny at a time. These are the guarantees Quote Converter Pro is built to.

01

One price, everywhere

A quote shows the same number on every screen and every device. The desk, the proposal and the owner's audit read the same total.

02

To the penny

A new factory export gives the same lines, the same matched drawings and the same money. Not close. The same.

03

New brands, no disruption

Adding a manufacturer doesn't change how existing quotes price. Yesterday's totals stay yesterday's totals.

04

History on every quote

Quotes are kept with their edits, so you can see what changed and pick up where you left off.

05

Backed up, from any computer

The owner can log in from any computer and everything is there.

06

Your data stays yours

Price lists and rules are the dealer's. Each company's quotes, lists and branding are its own.

Why "to the penny" is hard

Ask most computers to add 10¢ and 20¢ the quick way and you get a number that's almost 30¢. Add enough lines like that and a total drifts. The demo on this page keeps every amount in whole cents, the way a quote should.

0.10 + 0.20, the quick way?

10¢ + 20¢, in whole cents?

LN 10One account, three apps

A name on every step.

Quote Converter Pro is the last stop in the Retrostack stack. The capture, the plan and the quote sit on the same customer record, so nothing gets typed twice and every step has a name on it. Tap a step.

Quote Converter Pro: the job becomes the quote, priced from the factory export inside the owner's floor, and pulls the Eyewall floor plan into the quote package. Who priced is on record.

  • One customer record across all three
  • No CRM to connect
  • One login for all three, in development
  • Each app also works on its own

LN 11Roadmap

Where it's headed.

In the app

  • Factory export to quote
  • Line list and job library with history
  • Proposal builder, looks and drawings
  • Owner rules and margin floors
  • Locked pricing on the proposal
  • Rep workbooks and materials lists
  • ES Windows

Planned

  • More manufacturers

Plans, not promises. The order can change as dealers tell us what matters.

LN 12Questions

Straight answers.

Which manufacturers does it work with?

ES Windows is built. Other manufacturer integrations are planned.

Will my proposals carry my brand?

Yes. Proposals, rep workbooks and materials lists go out under your company's name and look.

Can reps change the price on a proposal?

Reps work inside the rules the owner sets. Wording and layout are theirs to shape. The floor is the owner's.

Will switching break our old quotes?

That's the switch-over standard: yesterday's quotes are still in the library with every edit intact and the same total, and a new export prices to the penny.

Does it need the other Retrostack apps?

No. You can use Quote Converter Pro on its own. With Roughnote and Eyewall, all three share one customer record.

Where does it run?

On the desktop and in the browser. Owners can log in from any computer.

When can my team start?

Quote Converter Pro is in early access. Tell us about your office below and we'll schedule onboarding.

LN 13Get started

Stop retyping the factory file.

Tell us about your office and we'll convert one of your own exports with you.

Rather email? [email protected]

Deep dive

Start from the job you have

The factory's system already exports line items, sizes, product codes and wholesale costs. Quote Converter Pro starts there, so nobody keys the job in a second time.

Deep dive

Every opening in one list

The whole job at a glance. If an adder or accessory is missing, the office sees it in the list before anything goes out, and fixes the line in place.

Deep dive

Job library and history

Every quote lives in the library with its edits. Find last month's version, see what changed, and pick up where you left off.

Deep dive

Proposal builder

Job details, template and layout, product presentation, cost display, wording, sections, attachment, final review. The preview updates as you go.

Deep dive

Drawings on the proposal

Show the customer what each opening looks like, right in the proposal. A homeowner who can see the configuration signs with fewer questions.

Deep dive

Looks that match your company

Pick a proposal style that fits your brand: Classic, a cover page, or openings as cards. Every proposal goes out looking the same, whoever built it.

Deep dive

Quotes inside your rules

Labor, markup and margin floors match how your company works. Owners decide how low a quote can go. Reps quote inside those rules, so nobody goes lower than the owner would ever approve.

Deep dive

Locked pricing on the proposal

Reps shape the wording and the layout. They don't touch the numbers. The price the customer sees is the price the quote worked out.

Deep dive

Built for the whole office

Owners see every quote go out inside the rules they set. The quoting office checks jobs instead of rebuilding them. Reps hand the customer a professional proposal sooner.

Deep dive

Everything from one job

One job, many papers, all in step.

Tap the image to zoom in and out.