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4.123. How do I price channel letters in EstiMate?

I do electrical signage including channel letters. How do I price this sort of work using EstiMate?

As an example to illustrate channel letter pricing lets use the word 'DOVE' in 24 vertical inch letters.
1. Click the New Estimate icon from the main screen.
2. Click the add item button and choose linear/square items.
3. Click the book icon to the right of the select an item dropdown box to bring up the linear/square database.
4. Click the new button and enter ?channel letters? as the description.
5. Choose your supplier from the drop down box or click the book icon to add a new one.
6. Since channel letters are most often priced by the vertical inch, select linear from the first ?this item is sold in? dropdown box and choose inches from the second box.
7. Enter your unit cost in the cost per unit field. This is your cost as quoted to you by your supplier. For our illustration input $3.95 in this field.
8. Tab over to the markup field and type in the markup (%) you want. For our example input 100% as the markup value and tab to the selling price field. EstiMate will calculate the selling price automatically. Click the green check mark to save our input to the database.
9. On the linear/square items main screen choose the channel letters selection we just created from the drop down box.
10. Place the number of vertical inches for one letter in the linear inches box. In the case of our example input the number 24.
11. Put the number 4 in the quantity box as we are pricing a total of four 24inch channel letters.
12. Click the calculate total button.
13. Click the green check mark to accept the item and add it to the estimate.

In summary, we have seen how pricing channel letters is now easy and straightforward with the linear/square items line item. Now you will have a quick convenient way for pricing channel letters on a consistent basis.