Describe the work you quote. Makeform builds an electrical quote form for prospects to explain the job, identify the property, upload photos or plans, and request a site visit.
Route quote requests to email, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a starting point, tailor the prompt, and send it to the builder. Each sample structures a request; it does not produce a price.
Audience
Homeowners planning new fixtures, circuits, or equipment
Format
Photo-led request with conditional scope questions
Prompt size
284 chars
Example form structure
Photo-led request with conditional scope questions
Contact and job-site address
What would you like installed?
Quantity and preferred locations
Photos of the panel and work area
Preferred timing or site visit
Suggested routing tags
Residential
Commercial
Site visit needed
Ask for the desired result plus wide and close-up photos. Customers can show the space even when they cannot name the component.
Step 1
Describe
prospect explains the job and desired result
Step 2
Document
photos, plans, quantities, and site details arrive together
Step 3
Review
estimator checks scope and missing information
Step 4
Price
team quotes remotely or schedules a walkthrough
Better quote intake
Organize location, outcome, quantities, equipment, access, documents, and timing before follow-up.
Show panel, lighting, EV charger, or commercial questions only when relevant.
Request plans, labels, and photos for details prospects cannot describe.
Route complete requests to desk review and uncertain scopes to a walkthrough.
Jobs you can qualify
Use job type to reveal relevant questions and keep each path focused.
Reason, known capacity, new loads, photos, utility status, and access.
Fixture count, ceiling height, controls, supplied materials, finishes, and photos.
Equipment model, location, parking, panel distance, load, and timing.
Stage, area, scope, bid deadline, constraints, walkthrough, and documents.
Quote request workflow
Define accepted work, refine questions, and route each request for pricing or a visit.
List the residential, commercial, repair, installation, and service jobs you price.
Add your counts, photo requirements, access questions, exclusions, and schedules.
Branch by job type and exit to emergency help for immediate hazards.
Publish, notify the estimator, and retain submissions for follow-up or export.
Form vs inbox vs phone
The form collects comparable details; the quote still needs estimator judgment.
Field guide
Collect what prospects can reliably provide, label technical details as optional, and leave scope and pricing decisions to your business.
Customer and property
Collect the contact and site facts needed to check service area, coordinate access, and understand the requester's role.
Desired outcome
Customers may know the result they want but not the component involved. Invite plain language and use job categories for routing.
Existing conditions
Make service, panel, circuit, and equipment details optional. An honest unknown is better than a required guess.
Files and photos
Request a wide location photo and a close-up of the component or label. Commercial jobs may need plans and schedules.
Timing and access
Collect the desired completion date separately from site availability, plus bid deadlines and work-hour restrictions.
Safety routing
Screen for immediate hazards early and direct those respondents toward emergency services or the appropriate emergency provider.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for electricians replacing vague contact messages with structured quote requests.
It collects site, scope, quantities, conditions, files, timing, and access from prospects so your team can follow up, quote, or schedule a walkthrough.
Ask for site, role, property, work category, outcome, location, quantity, timing, and access. Branch for relevant equipment, request photos, and allow unknown technical answers.
Yes. Reveal charger and parking fields for EV work, counts and heights for lighting, or drawings and bid dates for commercial work.
Yes. Request labeled panel, meter, nameplate, and work-area photos plus drawings or specifications. Estimators can still request a visit.
Only for services with defined pricing rules. Conditions, routing, access, materials, and site findings often require estimator review or a visit.
Screen for smoke, fire, sparking, heat, burning odors, or shocks. Stop intake, direct users to appropriate emergency help, and state the form is not an emergency channel.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses. Generate, edit, publish, and collect requests without a response cap. The paid tier removes the badge.
Route by job, property, location, or size. Notify an estimator, connect responses to other tools, and track follow-up, review, visit, quoted, or declined status.
Turn inquiries into usable electrical scopes.
