Take a percentage or a flat dollar amount off any price and see the savings, the final price, and the effective discount in one shot. Useful at the counter, on a quote, or when a customer asks "what if you knock a little off." And because a discount comes straight out of profit, we show you what it really costs. Runs in your browser.
A percentage discount scales with the price, ten percent off is more dollars on a bigger job, while a flat amount off is the same regardless. This tool handles both and always shows the effective percentage, so a "50 dollars off" on a 400 dollar quote reads as a 12.5 percent discount and you can see, plainly, how generous you are actually being. That clarity is the point: discounts feel small as a dollar figure and land hard as a share of profit.
Here is the trap. If a job costs you 280 in parts and labor and you price it at 400, your profit is 120, a 30 percent margin. Knock 10 percent off the price, 40 dollars, and your profit drops from 120 to 80. You gave away a tenth of the price and a third of the profit. Discounts do not come out of your cost; they come out of the thin slice on top. Run the numbers through the markup vs margin calculator before you agree to shave a quote.
The contractors who win on more than price rarely discount at all. They add value the customer feels, a maintenance plan, a longer warranty, a faster response, and they present a clean, professional quote that makes the price feel fair. FieldForge helps you look like the pro who does not need to cut the price: say the job and a tidy estimate or invoice builds itself, with photos, line items, and a card payment link the customer can tap the moment they say yes.
Multiply the price by 0.15 for the savings, or by 0.85 for the final price. 15 percent off 400 is 340.
12.5 percent. The tool shows the effective percentage for any dollar amount off.
Yes. A price cut comes entirely off profit, so a small discount can erase a large share of your margin.