Service · Auto shops
You diagnosed the car and wrote the estimate. Then the customer went quiet. Automated follow-up keeps the conversation alive with reminders that stay polite and useful, so the estimate does not die in an inbox.
Every shop has a stack of estimates that went quiet. The inspection was thorough, the price was fair, and the customer genuinely meant to approve it. Then life happened. Quote follow-up automation exists for exactly that gap: it keeps the estimate in front of the customer, makes approval effortless, and answers the unspoken objections that kill jobs.
The foundation is the digital inspection. Instead of a paper estimate or a verbal summary at the counter, the customer gets a text with photos or short video of the actual problem: the cracked belt, the worn pads, the leaking seal. Seeing the problem changes the conversation from 'do I trust this price' to 'here is what is wrong.' The estimate, the proof, and the approve link travel together in one message.
Approval is one tap. The customer confirms the repair and picks a drop-off time without phone tag. For larger tickets, if you offer financing, the message mentions it as a standard part of the process, in writing, where the customer can consider it privately. Some ghosted estimates are really price anxiety the customer was too embarrassed to voice at the counter; the financing mention eases it.
Then comes the sequence. An unapproved estimate gets a short series of check-ins: same-day while the inspection is fresh, day two with the approve link again, day five with an offer to split safety-now from maintenance-later. Every message is useful, the sequence stops the moment the customer decides either way, and anyone can opt out with one reply. Declined estimates get a friendly close and a 30-day check-in, because 'not right now' sometimes becomes a booked job later, and the friendly close keeps that door open.
Advisors get their time back for customer conversations. Owners get a real view of open estimates: age and value, follow-up performance, and lost-job reasons. Monday morning starts with a list instead of a guess.
Every estimate goes out with photos or video of the problem, a plain-language explanation of what is urgent versus what can wait, and a one-tap approve link. The customer sees the worn part instead of taking your word for it.
Unapproved estimates get timed check-ins: same-day, day two, and day five, each with the approve link and an offer to answer questions or split the work. The sequence stops automatically on approve, decline, or opt-out.
If you offer financing, larger tickets include a standard mention of it, phrased as a normal option rather than a pitch. Price anxiety gets addressed privately, in writing, before it becomes a ghosted estimate.
Open estimates are visible by age and value, big tickets get flagged for a personal call, and declined estimates get a 30-day win-back check. Every open estimate stays visible until it closes or you archive it.
The sequence is built to stay on the right side of that line: short, spaced, and useful, inspection link, approve button, an offer to split the work. Every message includes an easy opt-out, and the sequence stops the moment they decide.
Where your shop management system allows it, follow-up reads estimate status and writes approvals back, so advisors keep working in one place. We check compatibility during setup and tell you plainly on the intro call if your system does not support it.
Yes. The system flags estimates above your threshold for a personal call from an advisor, and the call goes better because the customer already saw the inspection photos. Automation handles routine follow-up; people handle four-figure conversations.
The first check-in asks directly, so you learn fast instead of wondering. Lost-job reasons get logged, and patterns, like losing tire jobs on price, become visible so you can adjust the estimate or the messaging.
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Book a free intro call and we will review your estimate process from inspection to approval. We will agree on a setup timeline on the call.