Notes2Quotes for fabricatorsThe work wasn't unprofitable.
The admin was.
Builders WhatsApp your factory sketches, sizes and voice notes. Notes2Quotes chases the missing details for you, in the same chat, so builder-direct work finally pays what it should.
Every office knows which enquiries they groan at.
Your real business is installer accounts, customers who send things in properly and spend serious money every month. But to some, you're the local window factory, so builders come to you direct: a photo of a window drawn on a notepad, two sizes, "price this up when you get a chance 
", sent at 9pm.
You take the work on. But it's the opposite of your installer work: a handful of details when a quote needs the full spec, phone tag round his site hours, hand-holding through the whole process, and a small order at the end of it. By the time your order processors have done all that, the margin's gone. And every hour they spent chasing was an hour off the accounts that actually pay. The work was never the problem. The admin was.
The chasing, done for you — in the same chat.
The note arrives
Sketch, text or photo lands in WhatsApp as normal. Notes2Quotes reads it and works out what's missing.
The chat fills the gaps
Three beats, right there in the thread that evening: it plays back what he sent, offers his usual spec from order history as a single yes, and asks only the open choices with options.
You price it. It sends it.
Your order processor opens a complete enquiry in The Glazing Hub, adds the price, and the finished quote lands back in the builder's chat.
One thread, start to finish. And because you’re the manufacturer, quote-to-order is one step: sketched Tuesday night, in production without a single phone call.
Price the admin, not just the order.
Take one builder-direct order and count what it really cost: the chase-up calls, the half-captured enquiry sat waiting, the order processor's hours that came off your installer accounts. Now take the admin out. Same order, same price, minutes of handling instead of hours. That's genuine incremental factory volume at direct margin, won without your office feeling it.
The questions get asked at 9pm, not across three days of phone tag.
Your order processors price complete enquiries. That's the whole job.
Sketched Tuesday night. In production without a phone call.
Now run it with your real numbers.
One platform, not another app.
Notes2Quotes is part of The Glazing Hub, the App Store for glazing. One subscription, every product included, unlimited users. Your branding, your customers and your enquiries live in one place, and every tool you add makes the others worth more.
The questions order offices ask.
Does the builder need to install anything?
No. For the builder it’s just WhatsApp, the same chat they already use with you. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for.
What if the builder sends text instead of a picture?
Notes2Quotes handles sketches, photos, and text. However the enquiry arrives, it gets read and the gaps get chased.
Do we have to change how we price?
No. Your order processors price the enquiry as normal. Notes2Quotes hands it to them complete, and sends your finished quote back into the chat.
Will this clog our office with more small orders?
The opposite. The small orders already come in; this removes the handling that made them a burden. Complete enquiries take minutes, not hours, so builder work stops competing with your installer accounts for office time.
What happens when the builder replies at midnight?
The conversation carries on without you. Questions get asked and answered whenever the builder’s free; your office just sees the completed enquiry in the morning.
What does it cost?
Notes2Quotes is included in The Glazing Hub subscription, as every Hub product is. Unlimited users, no per-user fees. You pay for actions through credits in your plan, with top-ups if you need more.
See what happens when it reaches your factory.
Twenty minutes on a screen share, with your own examples if you like, running Notes2Quotes.
20 minutes · your own examples · no hard sell