Quote Management
Master the lifecycle of your commercial proposals. Save drafts, reuse successful quotes, and easily update versions.
The Draft Lifecycle
Not all quotes are finished in 5 minutes. Sometimes you need to check prices with suppliers or wait for your manager’s approval before sending it.
1. Save as Draft
- While creating a quote, you can click “Save draft”, in the summary panel on the right.
- This will securely save all your progress (client, products, discounts).
- The quote will appear on your Kanban board under the “Drafts” column with a gray tag.
2. Continue Editing
To resume a draft:
- Go to the Dashboard.
- Click on the draft card you want to continue.
- The details view will open. Click on “Continue editing”.
- You will be redirected to the quoter exactly where you left off. When finished, you can send it, and its status will change to Sent.
Duplicating Quotes (Time-saver)
If you have a standardized service or want to sell exactly the same thing to a different client, you don’t have to start from scratch.
How to duplicate in the app:
- Go to the details view of any quote, regardless of its status — paid, rejected, or a draft.
- In the actions panel, click the “Duplicate quote” button.
- Cord will create a new draft with the same client, the same line items, and a fresh 30-day validity period. You just need to change the client (if applicable) and adjust prices if necessary.
Version Control
If you have already sent a quote, but the client asks for a major change, do not edit the same quote (as there could be legal confusion if the client approves while you edit).
- The correct workflow is to Duplicate the quote, make the adjustments, and send the new link.
- Then, on the original quote (while it’s still Sent or Viewed), use the “Mark rejected” button to take it out of your active pipeline. Cord doesn’t have a separate “Canceled” status: rejected is the status that marks a link as no longer active.