Price Estimate & Quotes FAQs

cabinetry price & cost where does skipp get cabinetry prices? skipp receives pricing directly from the manufacturer does skipp show retail pricing or costs? skipp shows retail pricing think about this as "list price" or "gross price" this is the price you should feel comfortable showing to a customer this is not your cost if we receive a retail price from the manufacturer, we simply show that price if we receive a cost from the manufacturer, we add a markup to create a retail price that markup is determined by the kitchen solvers home office how do i calculate my costs? click on the cabinetry calculator and input your multiplier click here for instructions what is my multiplier? skipp applies the multiplier to your list price to calculate your cost note this can be confusing if you're used to applying a multiplier to your cost to get to a list price! the multiplier will be different for each manufacturer bridgewood each franchisee has their own multiplier you'll need to ask bridgewood to confirm your multiplier if you don't have that information north point 0 36 northern contours 0 54 walzcraft 0 54 what happens when i enter my multiplier? once you enter the multiplier, you will see your cost and your gross margin update in the cabinetry calculator can i mark up or discount my cabinetry price? yes click here for instructions what is my margin? once you enter your multiplier, markup, and discounts, you will see your gross margin in the cabinetry calculator how is margin calculated? skipp calculates your gross margin in the cabinetry calculator if you're curious, here's the calculation gross margin % = (revenue cost) / revenue example gross margin % = (18,200 9,828) / 18,200 gross margin % = 46% what's included in skipp's pricing does skipp include sales tax or shipping? no we are currently working on a project to allow you to enter your own sales tax and shipping into skipp what is included in each line item in skipp's pricing? we are currently working on a project that will share a full breakdown of the pricing for each project in the meantime, here's an overview of what is and is not included for each line item cabinetry, accessories, surfaces, sink & faucet these include only the price of materials (drawers, doors, boxes, etc ) it does not include sales tax, shipping, or any labor costs cabinetry installation this includes cabinetry installation it does not include any other labor costs or subcontractor pricing labor we currently show this as $0, so you're able to input your desired number price estimates how do i estimate a job in skipp? skipp's estimate tools are free for you to use for new kitchens, use the the quick estimate tool for refacing jobs, use the refacing quote tool (you can click on those links to see step by step instructions on how to use these tools) how does skipp calculate estimates? skipp uses the msrp for each product you select, and then estimating the quantity of materials needed based on inputs that you give us here is how we calculate the quantity of each line item in your estimate cabinetry we use inputs you give us to estimate the number of cabinets in your design this includes layout, which will tell us the number of corner cabinets needed, whether or not your design has an island, and the linear footage of cabinetry in the space cabinet accessories we assume one accessory per cabinet, as determined by the number of cabinets above cabinetry installation we calculate $120 per estimated linear foot of cabinetry surfaces we take the estimates linear feet of cabinetry multiplied by the standard surface depth sink & faucet we assume the quantity is one of each unless otherwise specified does skipp use my scan to calculate an estimate? no, scans are not used to calculate your estimate instead, we use the inputs described above price quotes how does skipp calculate a price quote? unlike an estimate, price quotes are using the exact quantity of the materials needed for your design for materials, skipp simply adds the msrp of all the materials used in your design to calculate the line items for cabinetry, accessories, surfaces, and sink & faucet here's how we determine the quantity of materials needed for each line item cabinetry a full breakdown of the cabinetry can be found on the last few pages in your design proposals and revisions from skipp cabinet accessories we use the number of accessories needed for the listed cabinets, based on the design cabinetry installation we calculate $120 per linear foot of cabinetry in the design surfaces we calculate the surface area based on the design sink and faucet we use the quantity shown in the design for cabinet installation, skipp uses installation cost data from a third party source that collects labor costs from all around the country we multiply this by the linear footage of cabinetry in the project to calculate an installation cost editing skipp's pricing what do i do if i don't want to use skipp's pricing? you can remove, hide, or override pricing very easily in the portal edit price estimates and quotes how do i know i can trust skipp's pricing? we continually run checks on skipp’s pricing with the home office and other franchisees feel free to compare our pricing to your own calculations we’re working on a project to expose the full worksheets where we calculate pricing this should show you exactly how we’re calculating pricing if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support\@skipp ai