How to use variables for your invoice and estimate default messages

Learn more about what the variable option can do as you set up your custom invoice and estimate email or SMS message

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Written by Laura Fonseca
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What are variables?

Variables are pre-set options you can add to your message to help fill in the 'blanks'.

For example, if you want your invoice or estimate default content to always address your customer personally, rather than having to manually fill in that blank you can use the 'Customer First Name' variable to allow our system to auto-fill that information for you.

What do different variables mean?

Variable Name

Description of Variable

Company Name

This is your company or business name that you have outlined in your 'Company Profile' section

Customer first name

This is the field called 'First Name' from the contact info of the customer who you have created a job or estimate for

Customer last name

This is the field called 'Last Name' from the contact info of the customer who you have created a job or estimate for

Invoice Due

This will autofill the due terms of your invoice, for example 'Net 30', 'Upon Receipt', 'Upon Completion' etc.

Invoice Number/ Estimate Number

The number that is generated for the job/invoice you are sending out to a customer

Invoice Total

The total price value of a job

Service address

Your customer's service address

Customer billing address

The customer's designated billing address (if applicable)

Total estimate value

The total price value of your estimate

Note: This variable is recommended if you want to display the price value of your estimate and do not use multi-option estimates as this will be a sum price of all options

Estimate option value low

The lowest price value range of your estimate

Note: Using this variable is only recommended if you are primarily sending multi-option estimates and would like to provide a range

Estimate option value high

The highest price value range of your estimate

Note: Using this variable is only recommended if you are primarily sending multi-option estimates and would like to provide a range

Best practice tips

We highly encourage you to only use variables in your default messaging that you are consistently using. For example, if you do not always fill out the 'billing' address field for all your customers that is not a variable we recommend using.

If for any reason, you have added a variable that is blank for a particular scenario, you will need to adjust your messaging ahead of sending out your invoice or estimate to fill in additional details.

Key Notes

  • Certain variables are only available on the email body and not for the SMS or subject line section due to their estimated character length

  • There are variables that are only available for estimates and not invoices and vice versa (ex. Estimate option value high)

If there are additional variables you'd like our team to consider please submit a Pro Vote via the blue chat bubble in the bottom right hand corner of the dashboard.

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