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Does Square have a way to generate PDF for Estimates?

Square currently allows generation of PDF's for Invoices, which is something I like a lot. However, I fail to understand why you can't to the same for the Estimates? We deal in the Plumbing industry, we work with Contractors, Business and others who at times require a PDF file to submit and pass along.

 

At this point the only way to get a PDF of the Estimate is to Go to Estimates > More > Print and then save the file as PDF from the Browser print dialog. 

 

Sadly it isn't a dedicated and cool looking like the Invoice PDF generation is.

 

As such, is this going to be added? Or is there a way to send PDF's to customers instead of a link / email.

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Re: Does Square have a way to generate PDF for Estimates?

Hi there, @TPD - good to hear from you again! Thanks for asking this, its a good one.

 

You are correct; currently we do not offer a direct link to a downloadable PDF for Square Estimates. I can definitely see how this would be helpful and would save time, so I am going to pass this over to our Invoices team as a request going forward. 

 

In the meantime, the work-around you stated above (More > Print > Save as PDF) is the best option for getting a PDF for your records. 

 

I will be sure to update you here if there is any news to share down the road on this feature. Thanks for your patience! 

 

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Hi there, @TPD - good to hear from you again! Thanks for asking this, its a good one.

 

You are correct; currently we do not offer a direct link to a downloadable PDF for Square Estimates. I can definitely see how this would be helpful and would save time, so I am going to pass this over to our Invoices team as a request going forward. 

 

In the meantime, the work-around you stated above (More > Print > Save as PDF) is the best option for getting a PDF for your records. 

 

I will be sure to update you here if there is any news to share down the road on this feature. Thanks for your patience! 

 

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Hi there, @TPD - good to hear from you again! Thanks for asking this, its a good one.

 

You are correct; currently we do not offer a direct link to a downloadable PDF for Square Estimates. I can definitely see how this would be helpful and would save time, so I am going to pass this over to our Invoices team as a request going forward. 

 

In the meantime, the work-around you stated above (More > Print > Save as PDF) is the best option for getting a PDF for your records. 

 

I will be sure to update you here if there is any news to share down the road on this feature. Thanks for your patience! 

 

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It would be very helpful to be able to save or download a PDF of an estimate as you can an Invoice.  We are a landscape company and have a retail nursery and we are always producing estimates that need to be saved in our job packets.   This would definitely help us streamline things without having to print and scan it in.    

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Hi there, @RRN - welcome here to the Seller Community! Happy to have you reach out and join us. 

 

I've gone ahead and merged your post into an existing thread of Sellers who were also looking for information regarding PDF estimates available for download. We are tracking it here as a Feature Request

 

As soon as we have news to share on this front, we will bounce back to everyone within this thread and update accordingly. Cheers! 

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Hi Joe,

 

Please ask the invoice team to add this feature (downloading Estimates as PDFs just like Invoices) to Square Estimates. Also, please ask them for the ability to edit "Estimate" to "Quote," as some customers may be confused by simply "Estimate" not knowing if it's a quote or not. More custom field capabilities. 

 

Thanks,

John

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This reply was created from merging an existing thread: Re: Beta Test Estimates for Square Invoices

 

Is there an option to create a pdf from the estimate. Customers are doing for PDF.

 

many thanks

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Hello @kitora18! I've added your post to this thread so you can read the current workaround. I'll also add this to our Feature Request board for Invoices so we can keep you updated on the status of this feature.  

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I have customers asking for Estimates in pdf format. It creates extra work to have to do the workaround which i found myself trying to sort this out. There just isn't the time to save and name every estinate so it can be sent in pdf. Hope its available soon. 

(Love the beta addition of packages option in estimates though-but still dont need quantities as a service provider)

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Thanks for the helpful feedback here, @Mrfixit - we appreciate you adding your voice in support of these edited features. We will continue to update everyone here on this thread and heavily vocalize new changes as they come down the pipeline.

 

Thanks so much for your continued patience!

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Yep. Another one who wishes estimates could be sent as PDFs without the workaround. Seems pretty bizarre that this isn’t an option already. I hope this feature is added soon. 

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I don't see an option to choose more, then to save as a PDF.  Why not?

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Hey @shellysbusiness!

 

We do not currently have a way to save an estimate as a PDF. Is that what you're asking? 

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Yeah, I need this too.  In fact, I may drop square because of it.  You need to put those developers to work!  This is a simple problem that your customers need fixed. 

Thanks,

Brandon

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It's 2023 are we still not capable of sending an estimate as a pdf? I really didn't even think to ask if this was a feature before investing in Square for our business because how would it be possible for a technology company to not be able to generate a pdf? I am really disappointed and hope someone can rectify this soon. Unprofessional is the first thing that comes to mind when printing to a pdf. It is like taking a screenshot or a picture of a piece of paper. 

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Hi @bryfire, thanks for adding to this thread. 

 

Any updates on this that we have we'll be sure to share on this thread, but I totally understand your sentiment here. 

 

Hopefully, we'll have a positive update soon. 

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Agree... this is crazy that I have to use another app to create estimates because I can't download a PDF of the estimate in Square! 😡

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I understand your frustration, @LostTaco. While I don't have an update on this feature yet, i'll continue to highlight the demand for this with our Invoices team. 

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Just chiming in to agree with everyone else here. Shocked to see that after four years and obvious demand this still isn't implemented as a feature.

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