How an electrician quotes before the coffee goes cold
Customers ring three electricians and hire the one who gets back to them first. For Thomas Weber, that's now almost always him.
Updated 6 July 2026
Thomas Weber runs Weber Electrical. Domestic electrical work is competitive and customers rarely wait — they message a few electricians and book whoever comes back with a sensible price first. The bottleneck was never the quoting. It was the site visit that had to happen before he could quote at all.
The photo replaces the first visit
Now Thomas shares one link. The customer opens it on their phone — no app, no login — photographs the consumer unit and the job, and answers the questions that matter for electrical work: what's needed, where it is, whether the power is on, and how soon. "Is the power on?" is the safety question that used to require a phone call every single time; now it arrives already answered.
That's usually everything Thomas needs to price a socket, a light fitting, or a fuse-board question — without driving over to look first.
First quote in wins
The request lands in his inbox with the photos and answers attached. He builds the quote from saved price-book lines — "Replace socket or switch", "Supply & fit light fitting", "Consumer unit (fuse board) upgrade" — and sends a branded quote the customer accepts on their phone. Because it's all done from the request, his quote is often the first one to land.
Customers used to wait two or three days for a quote from me. Now they send a photo of the fuse box and I've quoted them before I've finished my coffee. I'm winning jobs I used to lose just by being first.
Common questions
- Do customers need an app to send a photo?
- No. They open the link you share, take or upload photos on their phone, and answer a few questions. There's no app and no login — every extra tap loses jobs, so the intake is deliberately quick.
- Can I still visit the site when I need to?
- Yes. The photo intake replaces the visits you only made to price a job. For anything genuinely complex you can still go and look — you'll just do far fewer wasted trips.
- Can I tailor the questions to my work?
- Yes. The electrician template is a starting point; you can edit, hide or add questions per service so customers are only asked what's relevant.