Invoicing Built for Solo Electricians
Quote a panel upgrade from the job site in under two minutes. Collect deposits before you order materials. Get paid the same day you finish.
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SoloBid is an invoicing and quoting app built for solo electricians running their own shop. It handles the parts of the job that eat your nights: writing up panel upgrade estimates, breaking out parts and labor so the homeowner trusts your pricing, collecting a deposit before you order a 200A panel, and getting paid before you leave the job site. No timecards, no team scheduling, no dispatch features you'll never use — just the quoting and invoicing tools you actually need to run a one-person electrical business.
Sound familiar?
You just finished a service call replacing a GFCI and the homeowner asks about upgrading their 100A panel to 200A. They're getting bids from two other electricians this week — the first one with a clean, itemized quote in their inbox usually wins. You don't have time to sit at a computer tonight. You have three more calls today and a side job tomorrow morning.
SoloBid lets you create and send a professional quote from your phone in under two minutes — right from the job site.
Common Electrical Jobs You Can Quote
SoloBid comes with templates for the jobs electricians do every day. Pull up a template and customize it in seconds.
Typical electrical quote ranges
Rough price ranges from what electricians charge across the US. Your real numbers depend on local labor rates, material cost, and permit requirements — SoloBid is built to help you build the quote around them.
| Job | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Panel upgrade (100A → 200A) | $2,500 – $4,500 |
| EV charger install (Level 2, 240V) | $800 – $1,500 |
| GFCI or AFCI outlet (installed) | $150 – $250 |
| Ceiling fan install (existing wire) | $150 – $300 |
| Dedicated circuit (range / dryer / AC) | $300 – $800 |
| Whole-house rewire (1,500–2,000 sq ft) | $8,000 – $15,000 |
| Subpanel installation | $1,500 – $3,000 |
| Whole-house surge protector | $250 – $450 |
| Generator interlock kit install | $400 – $700 |
| Recessed lighting (per can, retrofit) | $100 – $200 |
Your price book, ready to go
SoloBid ships with a starter price book of line items electricians use every day. Save your own prices once, then drop items into a quote in seconds.
- Service calls and trip charges
- Diagnostic and troubleshooting fees
- Standard 15A / 20A outlets
- GFCI outlets (kitchens, bathrooms, garages, outdoor)
- AFCI breakers (required in living areas per NEC)
- Tamper-resistant and USB outlets
- Three-way and four-way switches
- LED-compatible dimmer switches
- Hardwired, interconnected smoke and CO detectors
- Permit fees (pass-through or marked up)
- Material markup (configurable percentage)
- Labor billed hourly or as flat-rate per job
Why Electricians Choose SoloBid
Built for the way electrical contractors actually work — not how software companies think you should.
- Itemize materials and labor on panel upgrades, EV charger installs, and rewires so homeowners see exactly where their money goes
- Save your price book of common electrical line items — breakers, outlets, GFCIs, dimmers — and drop them into a quote in seconds
- Get a signature on the job site before you pull a single wire, so approved work never gets walked back
- Charge a trip fee, diagnostic fee, and the repair on one invoice — no more forgetting to bill for the call
- Collect a deposit before you order a panel or specialty breaker, so you're never fronting material costs
- Send polished PDF quotes from your phone that look professional next to competitors still writing estimates on a notepad
How it works
Create a quote
Add line items from your phone on the job site
Send it
Text or email the quote directly to your customer
Get it signed
Customer signs on their phone — no printing needed
Get paid
Convert to invoice and collect payment instantly
Questions electricians ask
Can I collect a deposit before I order a panel or specialty breakers?
Yes. You can require a percentage deposit on the quote before converting it to a work order. Customers pay the deposit through a Stripe payment link — the money is in your account before you place the supply-house order.
Can I charge a trip fee, diagnostic fee, and the repair on one invoice?
Yes. Every invoice is line-item based, so you can add a trip charge, a diagnostic fee, and the actual work as three separate lines with their own amounts. Customers see exactly what they're being billed for, which cuts down on 'why is this so expensive?' phone calls.
Does it handle permit fees?
Yes, permit fees live in your price book as a line item. Some electricians pass them through at cost, others mark them up to cover the time spent pulling the permit — SoloBid does both.
Can I save my labor rates and material markup?
Yes. Set your hourly labor rate, flat-rate jobs, and a default material markup percentage once, and they apply to every quote automatically. You can still override per-quote when a job needs custom pricing.
Does it support commercial jobs, not just residential?
Yes. Nothing about quoting a strip-mall tenant fit-out is different from a residential job in SoloBid — just different line items. Plenty of electricians use it for both.
Can I send quotes by text?
Yes. Every quote has a shareable link you can drop into a text message. The customer opens it on their phone, reviews the itemized breakdown, and signs with their finger. You get a push notification when it's signed.
What happens when a customer signs a quote?
You get a notification. You can then one-tap convert the signed quote into an invoice when the work is done, or send a deposit invoice first if the job requires materials ordered in advance.
Simple pricing
One plan. Everything included. No per-technician fees.
Pro
$19.99/month
or $149/year (save 37%)
- Unlimited quotes & invoices
- Unlimited customers
- E-signatures
- PDF generation
- Online payments via Stripe
- SMS & email sending
- Price book & trade templates
- Recurring invoices
- Reports & analytics
- Overdue reminders
- CSV data export
- Works on phone, tablet & desktop
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