DQM Trade Quote

DQM TRADE QUOTE

Your entire trade business. Working smarter.

From the first conversation about a job to the final quote, programme of works, customer records and paperwork — DQM brings your trade business together in one intelligent workspace.

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AI quoting & costing

Build quotes around your rates, costs and margins.

Jobs & scheduling

Plan programmes of work and manage your calendar.

Tools for the job

Analyse photos, take off measurements and research materials.

Records & certificates

Keep job paperwork, records and compliance information together.

Your DQM Assistant

Talk through work, identify gaps and decide what happens next.

Business control

Track labour, materials, profit and payment workflows.

Public demo outputs are examples, not quotes to send. Sign up for 14 days of full Pro free — no card needed on the website.

Talk to DQM here first, then sign up on the website for 14 days of full Pro — every tool, unlimited jobs. No card needed.

On the iPhone or Android app, the 14-day free trial runs through Apple or Google, who take card details upfront and charge nothing until day 15 unless you cancel.

When the trial ends, your saved jobs, quotes and invoices stay readable. Carry on with Pro for £19.99 a month to keep working.

No watered-down version. Just a proper go on your own jobs before you decide.

Already sold? Get DQM — 14 days free, then £19.99/month

Just need a blank one? Free UK quote template (Word & PDF)

DQM is working on itExample

Example quote — pricing shown for illustration

Talk to DQM. Show it the job. Measure it. Price it. Send it.

Why tradespeople switch to DQM

Weighing up trade apps? Here's how DQM compares.

  • PriceDQM: £19.99/month for the whole businessTypical apps: £34–£44 per user, per month
  • Price a job by talking or typingDQM: YesTypical apps: Mostly manual entry
  • Reads your site photosDQM: YesTypical apps: No
  • Live material prices and suppliersDQM: YesTypical apps: Price lists you keep up to date
  • Every price meets your margin automaticallyDQM: YesTypical apps: You check it yourself
  • Chases quotes and invoices for youDQM: Yes (new)Typical apps: Yes
  • Customer sees mock-ups and products before acceptingDQM: YesTypical apps: Rarely
  • 14 days free, no cardDQM: YesTypical apps: Yes

Compared with typical UK trade app pricing, October 2026.

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How DQM thinks

It asks only what it doesn't know yet.

DQM starts with what you've already told it, works out what's genuinely missing to price the job, and asks just that. No fixed questionnaire, no repeated questions, and nothing irrelevant to the job in front of you.

  1. Understand
  2. Find what's missing
  3. Ask
  4. Understand
  5. Build
New job · PatioListening…

Illustrative example of DQM's follow-up questions

One process

From “I’ve got a job” to a quote I can send.

Not five separate tools. What you show, say and measure carries forward into the price.

  1. 01

    Show it

    Upload site photos and DQM helps identify the work, materials, plant, waste, labour and other cost areas worth considering.

    Site photosEvidence

  2. 02

    Say it

    Describe the job by voice — like you'd explain it to another tradesman. DQM turns the conversation into structured quote information.

    You can type instead

  3. 03

    Measure it

    Type measurements in metres or centimetres, label them and save them to the job — reused in your quote maths. On supported iPhones, point the camera and set start and end points. Link measurements to quote lines so every quantity shows where it came from — with a bill of quantities and dimension sheet ready to share.

    Take-offBill of quantities

    An estimate — check critical sizes with a tape.

  4. 04

    Price it

    Build quotes using live pricing data. Pricing helps you build the quote — you stay in control of the final rate.

    LabourMaterialsPlantWasteSubcontractorsQuantitiesRatesDurations

  5. 05

    Know your numbers

    See costs, VAT, profit and margin before the quote leaves your hands. DQM doesn't invent your margin — your figures control the calculation.

    Margin too tight? You'll see a clear warning.

Make the quote sell the job

Don't just describe the finished job. Show them.

Take a photo of the area, and DQM helps create an illustrative visual of the proposed work — patios, driveways, extensions, kitchens, bathrooms, fencing and more — ready to send with the quote.

Existing patio with cracked, weathered slabsBefore
Illustrative visual of the proposed porcelain patioProposed · Illustrative visual Attached to quote

Illustrative visual only. This image is intended to help visualise the proposed work and may differ from the final completed project. It is not an exact representation, construction drawing or guarantee of the finished result.

Your quote can sell the vision, not just state the price.

Products & materials

Build a proposal they can actually see.

Add the products and finishes you're proposing, with images, supplier links and customer approval — sent with the quote. More than a price: you're showing them exactly what they're getting.

Proposed products · Smith patio

Example

  • Porcelain paving, 600×600 light grey

    Example supplier

    Approved

  • Close-board fencing panels, 1.8m

    Example supplier

    Approved

  • Composite back door, anthracite

    Example supplier

    Awaiting

The customer's side

Accept first. Pay second.

The customer accepts the exact quote before any deposit or stage-payment link appears. Card payments go straight to your connected account.

Quote status

  1. Pending
  2. Accepted

Payment status — only after acceptance

  1. Deposit
  2. Stage payment
  3. Paid

From quote to job

The quote doesn't stop when the customer says yes.

The accepted quote becomes the job — a day-by-day programme with overlapping workstreams, teams, workers, materials, calendar, certificates, variations and job records, all carried from what you've already priced.

  1. Accepted quote
  2. Job
  3. Programme
  4. Workforce
  5. Calendar
  6. Certificates
  7. Variations

Then DQM keeps the job moving.

Workforce

Give the crew the dates, work and materials they actually need — through a private link.

Calendar

See jobs, programme work, quote follow-ups, payments, certificate retests and reminders together. Optional Google Calendar connection.

Paperwork

Keep certificates and job records — with your logo, watermark and signatures — connected to the customer and job.

The Invoice Beast

Finished the job? Don't type the invoice.

Just tell DQM what happened.

DQM builds the invoice from what you said — or snap a timesheet photo and the Invoice Beast turns it into an invoice. You check it before anything is sent.

  1. Voice / photo
  2. AI builds invoice
  3. Check it
  4. Send it
  5. Payment link
  6. Late payment follow-up
Hear the Beast in action

Illustrative example — figures made up for the demo.

Get paid properly

The quote you already built becomes the invoice in one click.

Carried across from the quote

  • Customer
  • Quote lines
  • VAT
  • Job information
  1. Invoice
  2. Payment link
  3. Payment

No quote? Speak the invoice or snap a timesheet photo — with payment links and late-payment follow-up included.

From the first conversation to getting paid.

One conversation. One connected job.

  1. 1Tell DQM
  2. 2Build the quote
  3. 3Show the customer
  4. 4Get accepted
  5. 5Run the job
  6. 6Invoice
  7. 7Get paid

Chases quotes and invoices for you

Friendly nudges until they reply or pay.

Who's behind DQM

Built by a working Scottish groundworks firm.

DQM Trade Quote is made by DQM Construction Ltd in Motherwell. We've spent 11 years pricing and building real jobs, and got fed up doing quotes at the kitchen table at night. So we built the tool we wanted.

Damon McLaughlin, founder

dqmtradequote@dqmconstruction.co.uk

15-minute demo

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