{"id":10894,"date":"2026-05-22T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/approxit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:30:24","slug":"approxit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/approxit\/","title":{"rendered":"ApproxIt &#8211; Service Estimate Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"plugin-info-card\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius: 10px;overflow: hidden;margin-bottom: 30px;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, sans-serif;background: #fff\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 14px\">\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #edf2f7\">\n<th style=\"padding: 15px 20px;text-align: left;width: 35%;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/approxit.svg\" style=\"width: 40px;height: 40px;border-radius: 6px;margin-right: 12px;vertical-align: middle\"> Developer<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 15px 20px;font-weight: 500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/tmoubray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tmoubray<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #edf2f7\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;text-align: left;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\">Version<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 20px\">v1.0.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #edf2f7\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;text-align: left;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\">Active Installs<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 20px\">0 +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #edf2f7\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;text-align: left;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\">Requires \/ Tested<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 20px\">6.2 \/ 6.9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #edf2f7\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;text-align: left;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\">Last Updated<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 20px\">2026-05-22 12:46am GMT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 20px;text-align: left;color: #4a5568;background: #fcfcfc\">Official Link<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/approxit\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: #4a3bca;font-weight: bold\" rel=\"noopener\">View Details \u2192<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div class=\"plugin-short-desc\" style=\"margin: 20px 0;padding: 12px 15px;background: #f9fafb;border-left: 4px solid #4a3bca;border-radius: 6px;font-style: italic;color: #4a5568\">Build a fast, branded service estimator your customers can use on your site \u2014 and a clean lead dashboard your team works from.<\/div>\n<p><strong>ApproxIt Lite<\/strong> is a service-estimator builder for small businesses. Customers pick services and add-ons (or a package), see a real-time running total, and submit their contact info. You manage every lead from a custom dashboard in WordPress admin \u2014 no spreadsheets, no third-party SaaS, no monthly fee.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s built for tradespeople and service providers: HVAC techs, pool servicers, window cleaners, lawn-care crews, painters, cleaners, contractors, and anyone who quotes work by the visit, hour, or project.<\/p>\n<h4>What you can do with Lite<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Estimator builder<\/strong> \u2014 drag-and-drop services and add-ons, set fixed or per-unit pricing, choose billing periods (one-time, per-visit, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project questions<\/strong> \u2014 multipliers and per-unit \/ flat-fee surcharges that adjust the estimate based on context (e.g. &#8220;How steep is the roof?&#8221;, &#8220;How many filter grids?&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry templates<\/strong> \u2014 six pre-filled estimators included free: <strong>HVAC, Window Cleaning, Pool Service, Lawn Care &amp; Landscaping, House Cleaning, and Painting<\/strong>. Load one and customize the services, prices, and add-ons to match your business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customer-facing form<\/strong> \u2014 clean two-step flow with a live running total. Embed via the <strong>ApproxIt Estimator<\/strong> Gutenberg block or the <code>[approxit id=\"123\"]<\/code> shortcode.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead dashboard<\/strong> \u2014 every submission becomes a custom-post-type lead with hot\/warm\/cold score, status pipeline (new <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-exclude-emoji\">\u2192<\/span> contacted <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-exclude-emoji\">\u2192<\/span> quoted <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-exclude-emoji\">\u2192<\/span> won\/lost), notes, and an estimate breakdown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead scoring<\/strong> \u2014 deterministic algorithm based on estimate value, contact completeness, and scope. No AI, no external calls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customer receipt + owner alert emails<\/strong> \u2014 sent via WordPress&#8217;s <code>wp_mail()<\/code> on submission. Configurable on\/off per type. Business phone shown in the customer receipt so they can reach you directly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CSV \/ JSON export<\/strong> \u2014 one-click export of leads for accounting, CRM import, or backup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-spam guards<\/strong> \u2014 honeypot field, timing-token bot check, IP rate-limit, duplicate-email throttle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customizable copy<\/strong> \u2014 per-estimator form title and subtitle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Designed to grow with you<\/h4>\n<p>When your business needs satellite-map area drawing, AI photo analysis, SMS lead alerts, or signed transactional email delivery, <a href=\"https:\/\/approxitpro.com\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ApproxIt Pro<\/a> adds them as a companion plugin. <strong>Lite is fully functional on its own<\/strong> \u2014 Pro is optional.<\/p>\n<p>Pro features (sold separately):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Maps polygon area drawing \u2014 customers trace driveways, lawns, or roof footprints; square footage auto-fills the per-unit quantity.<\/li>\n<li>AI photo analysis and address-based property research (powered by Google Gemini, bring-your-own API key).<\/li>\n<li>Owner SMS alerts and follow-up nudge texts via Twilio.<\/li>\n<li>SendGrid integration for signed, deliverable transactional email (no SMTP plugin needed).<\/li>\n<li>Abandoned-estimator detection and follow-up.<\/li>\n<li>Seven additional industry templates: Roofing, Power Washing, Tree Service, Plumbing, Concrete &amp; Paving, Garage Door, Solar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Build a fast, branded service estimator your customers can use on your site \u2014 and a clean lead dashboard your team works from.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[1686,1687,917,1688,1689,555],"class_list":["post-10894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends","tag-contractor","tag-estimator","tag-lead-generation","tag-quotes","tag-service-business","tag-wordpress-plugin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}