Price the piece before they ask another maker
Custom work starts with a question no price list answers. Can you build a ten-seat walnut table that still makes the tight turn on our stairs? What does a lit sign over a bakery door cost? Can you do 150 crew jackets with the logo on the back by March? In Scoped, whoever takes the question puts it on the board in a minute: the customer, what they want, the measurements or the size of the run, and who is calling back.
Name the stages the way your shop already talks: Inquiry, Design consult, Quote sent, Deposit in. Each card carries the quote amount, so you can see what’s out and what it adds up to. The $9,400 dining table that hasn’t heard back in six days is sitting right there, with the notes from the design consult on the card when you pick up the phone.
The quote still goes out from wherever you write quotes today, and the deposit is taken through your card reader or your invoicing tool, the way it is now. Scoped holds the amount, the notes, and the history. When the deposit lands, someone moves the card to Deposit in, and the order is ready to become the job.
Next Tuesday. The Saturday inquiry about built-in shelves got a callback Monday morning, and the walnut table quote that went quiet has a follow-up on it before lunch.
See the sales pipelineTry it: drag the $9,400 card to Deposit in.