Quotes from photos for tradies

How does a quote from photos work?

Tap the camera button and snap the job; the first five photos go to the AI. Then say what needs doing in a voice note of up to three minutes, or type it in. Give it one measurement, like “40 square metres of lawn” or “beds about 20 m²”, and the quantities come back much closer.

Tap Draft the quote. The quote opens straight away and the lines land a few seconds later, each one an item from your price book with a quantity and a unit.

Can I quote off pics the customer sends?

Yes. Plenty of jobs start with a few pics of the backyard or the bathroom in a text. Save them to your phone, add them with Choose from library, and put what the customer said in the note. The Worth checking list tells you what to ask before the quote goes out.

On Pro, customers can send the pics straight to you through your request link. Pop it on your website or socials; each request lands in Quotes as a draft quote with the photos, the address and the job. If they agree to an AI draft, the lines are waiting when you open it.

Who sets the prices?

You do. The AI picks items from your price book and estimates how many, never the dollars. Each line is the quantity times your own price, GST included the way the ACCC expects prices shown, and Quotebird adds up the GST and the total. Work your book doesn’t have comes in as No price.

Every quantity the AI estimated is marked AI estimate, confirm until you open it, check it and tap Save.

Does it measure in metres?

Yes. Starter price books for sparkies, plumbers, painters, landscapers, cleaners and handymen use metric units and the words used here, like turf rather than sod and a safety switch (RCD) for the sparkies. So the draft measures turf in square metres, edging in metres and mulch in cubic metres.

What if I quote on the spot?

If you started the conversation, or the customer signs on your phone while you’re there, the Australian Consumer Law treats the deal as an unsolicited consumer agreement. Quotebird adds the front page and the termination information the law asks for, and holds payment for the 10 business days, counting your state’s public holidays. If the customer called you and accepts from the link later, none of that applies.

What happens to the photos, and what if there’s no reception?

Quotebird asks before sending anything. When you ask for a draft, the photos and notes go to OpenAI’s AI, which doesn’t train on them and deletes them within 30 days. You can switch AI drafts off in Settings; our privacy policy has the rest.

No reception on a rural block? Snap away and tap Draft the quote: the quote waits as Waiting to start and drafts once the photos and voice note upload.