Recipe No. 35 · Lead management

Quote request to estimate draft

Turn website quote requests into a CRM job and AI-drafted estimate email for review.

Serves
Home services
Made with
Zapier
Prep (setup)
~45 min est.
Yield
2–4 hrs/week saved, est.
Level
Intermediate
Plan needed
Zapier: Free covers 2-step Zaps (100 tasks/mo, checks every 15 min); multi-step Zaps need Professional (from $19.99/mo billed annually, $29.99 monthly, per zapier.com/pricing). Check your plan.
Est. SMS cost
No SMS needed
Flow at a glance
  1. TriggerTrigger
  2. Step 2Create client/request in Jobber or a Sheet row
  3. Step 3ChatGPT
  4. Step 4Gmail 'Create Draft'
  5. Step 5Test with dummy data, then turn it on and…

Ingredients

  • Website form
  • Zapier with ChatGPT
  • Jobber/Housecall Pro or Sheets
  • Gmail
Editor-reviewedLast checked 2026-10-16v1.0.0 · Free

Steps reviewed against current tool UIs by the editor; not yet run end-to-end in a live account. Time saved is an estimate; results vary. Costs from Axis Consulting and Twilio pricing; check current pricing.

Method

  1. Trigger: form 'New Submission' (include job type, address, photos).
  2. Create client/request in Jobber or a Sheet row.
  3. ChatGPT: draft a reply confirming details and proposing a site visit; never quote final prices.
  4. Gmail 'Create Draft'.
  5. Test with dummy data, then turn it on and review results for the first week.

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