From conversations with over 570 installers software pioneers, Tommy Trinder estimates that around 23% of businesses deliver a ‘price on the night’ to homeowners.

“Over 50% of all installers we’ve spoken to tell us they send off to suppliers for a price on every job,” explained Tommy founder and CEO, Chris Brunsdon. “Whilst around 25% of businesses use various bits of manufacturing style software that enable them to get prices from their fabricators, the remainder have developed selling prices for their product range and price on the spot during the initial sales consultation.”

He adds that meeting the needs of the diverse way in which installers price for jobs has been a cornerstone in the development of the Tommy Trinder app.

“We’ve invested a big chunk of our product development in making sure we can make pricing easier for installers – however they choose to sell,” said Chris.

Installers can send pricing requests to multiple suppliers directly from the Tommy Trinder platform which saves re-drawing everything multiple times.

Or, with Tommy’s pricing module, installers that want to sell on the night can pre-populate the app with price matrices for any PVC-U, aluminium or timber product. Another popular choice amongst installers is to have Tommy pre-populate the app with industry selling averages.

Chris explained: “Many installers want the efficiency of being able to price live but dread the hassle of set up. Our ready-priced options come loaded with ‘going rates’ for a whole bunch of products, based on an analysis of thousands of price points.

“It’s easy for installers to tune prices up and down to get the margin spot on. It’s a no brainer for firms that want to hit the ground running.”