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Creating a New Quote

There are different ways in which you can create or add a quote in Zoho Invoice. You can create from:

Also, you can add quotes to Zoho Invoice by importing them from your previous invoicing system.

The Quotes Module

  1. Go to Quotes on the left sidebar or press shift + e to instantly navigate to the Quotes module.
  2. Click the + New in the top-right corner or press c + e to instantly create a new quote.
  3. Click the Customer Name dropdown and select a customer. If you’ve not added any customer to Zoho Invoice, click the + New Customer in the dropdown, enter the customer details and click Save.
  4. Check the auto-generated Quote# or enter a quote number manually. If you want to change the prefix and the numbering of the auto-generated quote number or if you want to enter the quote number manually every time, you can click the Gear icon and choose to manually enter the quote number.
  5. Enter a reference number in the Reference# field for your internal referencing.
  6. Quote Date is auto-populated with the present day’s date. Click the date to change it to another date.
  7. Optional: Click the Expiry Date and select a date, after which the quote will become invalid.
  8. Select a Salesperson from the dropdown if you want to associate this quote to one of your salespeople who handled this sale.
  9. Select a project from the Project Name dropdown if you want to associate this quote to an already existing active project. Learn more about Projects.

Next, you can fill in the details about the products or services that you’re quoting for your customer.

  1. Type or click the Item Details in the item table and select an item from the dropdown. If you haven’t added the item already, click the + Add New Item to add an item on the fly to the quote as well as to the Items module.
  2. Enter a quantity in the Quantity field. By default, 1 is given as the quantity.
  3. The rate of the item is auto-populated based on the item rate you’ve saved for the item. Enter a different item rate to change the auto-populated item rate.
  4. Select the applicable Tax for the item. If you’ve associated a tax with the item in the Items module, this field will be auto-populated. If you’ve not created a tax in Zoho Invoice, you can quickly add the tax by clicking the + New Tax in the dropdown; enter the tax name, its rate and click Save.
  5. Enter a discount amount or percentage depending on what you’ve chosen from the dropdown. Based on the preference you’ve chosen in the Settings, this field will be a column in the item table or below the item table or not displayed at all.
  6. Enter the Shipping Charges involved in delivering the items in this quote to your customer, if any.
  7. Enter any amount that you want to adjust from the total in the Adjustment field. You can use this field to round-off the total amount or make any needed change in the total amount. You can edit and change the field name as well to suit your need.

Finally, you can enter information such as Customer Notes, Terms & Conditions of the quote and attach files etc.

  1. Enter the Customer Notes that you want to convey to your customer.
  2. Mention the Terms & Conditions for the quote in its field.
  3. Click Upload File and select Attach from Desktop to upload a file from your computer or device. You can also upload files from the cloud by clicking the dropdown and selecting Attach from Cloud.
  4. Click Change next to PDF Template to change the quote template that will be used when the quote is sent as a PDF or printed. Learn more about editing a template.
  5. Click Save as Draft to only save the quote if you wish to edit it later. Or, click Save and Send if you wish to save and email the quote to your customer immediately.

The Customers Module

You can create a quote for your customer directly from the Customers module.

The Projects Module

Businesses that charge their customers based on the time spent on a work can track their time by creating a project in the Time Tracking module. You can create a quote from within a project and include the tasks from the project to the quote. Read more.

Importing Quotes

If you’ve created Quotes in other systems and want to move them to Zoho Invoice, you can do them easily.

To import quotes:

Insight: File Delimiter refers to the character that is used to separate the values in the import file. 

Now, the quotes in the import file will be imported into the Quotes module of Zoho Invoice.

Customizing Quotes

A template in Zoho Invoice is a format which determines how the quote information is displayed. There are many specially designed templates that are available in Zoho Invoice. You can customize the templates according to your desire.

To customize a template directly from the Quotes module:

Editing Quotes

If you’ve saved a quote as draft, you can update it with information by editing it. Also, if you’ve entered some information incorrectly, you can edit and update it.

To edit a quote:

Pro Tip: If you’re editing a quote that has been:

  • Sent to your customer, you would have to resend the updated quote to your customer.
  • Converted to an invoice, you would have to update the invoice separately.

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