Quotioo is an app where a build is costed item by item before the first pallet is ordered. People using it are not deciding whether to buy something, but exactly what to buy and from whom. That is why you will not find banners, pop-ups or paid search positions in Quotioo. Advertising here means being next to the budget item at the moment the decision about it is made.
This page explains what you can advertise on Quotioo, what you cannot, what it costs and how to start. A more detailed description of each route, including examples, is on the Work with us page.
What advertising means on Quotioo
An estimator opens a budget, enters a piece of work and looks for a material for it. A self-builder sends a supplier a list of items and waits for a price. A designer puts together the budget for a catalogue house and wants others to use it. At each of these moments someone is choosing a specific material, a specific supplier or a specific method.
That is what advertising on Quotioo is: your brand, your offer or your work sits next to the budget item at the moment of decision. Not as an ad beside the content, but as a clearly labelled part of it. The estimator can always see why it is there and where it came from.
Three ways to be seen in a budget
Material recommendation next to the item
When a budget contains a piece of work with no material assigned, Quotioo suggests what belongs there. The first suggestion is always the catalogue one and comes from the price catalogue. Below it a second option can appear: your material, labelled as a partner recommendation. If the estimator chooses it, the brand label stays on the item and goes with it into the request for quote and into the budget export.
The rule is simple: an agreed work group, a material and a brand. It is set up as configuration, not as a change to the app, so it can be narrowed, widened or switched off at any time. This route is meant for material manufacturers, builders merchants and distributors.
Pricing requests for quote
The client sends you a link to an unpriced budget: items, quantities and units of measure, without their own prices. You fill in your prices and send the quote. You need no account and no agreement with us. An account adds saved drafts, an overview and a history.
This route is not paid advertising, but it is often a supplier's first contact with Quotioo. Those who price quickly and accurately get more requests from the same client. It is meant for material sellers, construction companies and tradespeople.
Budget templates under your name
An estimator, a designer or a catalogue house builder can publish their own budget template. The template carries the author's name, their description and a link to their website. Whoever adds it starts their build with your budget and your name in the header. We moderate templates and check their structure, units and links to the price list.
The template catalogue is free for now, both for the author and for whoever adds the template. Statistics are aggregated: numbers of downloads, versions, ratings and views, with no team names and no personal data.
What you cannot buy on Quotioo
There are things we do not offer, even though partners often ask about them first. We would rather list them up front:
- Banners and ad space. There are none in the app and there will not be. A budget that pushed a brand ahead of the facts would stop being a budget.
- First position. The catalogue specification is always the first suggestion. A partner recommendation is always the second, labelled option. We do not change this rule under any circumstances.
- Hidden recommendations. Sponsored content is always visibly labelled, right next to the item. We do not offer it unlabelled, not even for an extra fee.
- Customer data. Budgets, quotes, prices and costs belong to the team that created them. We do not sell them, we do not share them between teams and we do not send you the contacts of people who looked at your material.
- A link to your product feed or online shop. Not yet. Today a rule points to a material group in the price catalogue, not to a specific stock item.
What it costs
Pricing requests for quote and publishing a template are free and need no agreement. All you need is to create an account.
Material recommendations next to an item are agreed individually. The first collaboration is always a pilot on selected groups of items, with agreed labelling and a joint review. We have no price list per view or per click, because the number of views is not what brings a partner an order. After the pilot we look together at how many times your material was offered, how many times the estimator chose it and whether it makes sense to continue.
How to start
- Tell us three things: who you are, what you offer and how you picture working together. If you have a website, a catalogue or an example, include a link.
- We suggest the groups of items where your material makes sense, and agree the labelling and the length of the pilot.
- We launch the pilot and review it. A new rule takes effect the next time a budget is opened, and it can be switched off just as quickly.
Send us your message through the contact form, which already has these three questions filled in. We reply within two working days.
Frequently asked questions
We are a small builders merchant. Does this make sense for us?
Yes, if you sell materials that come up again and again in ordinary budgets, such as concrete, masonry, insulation or external wall insulation. A rule can be agreed for a single work group, not necessarily your whole range.
Can we limit the rule to a region?
Today a rule points to a work group and a material, not to the location of the build. If the region matters to you, mention it in your message and we will assess it as part of the pilot.
Will we see who chose our material?
Not by name. You get aggregated figures: how many times the material was offered and how many times it was chosen. Contact only happens when a client sends you a request for quote themselves.
Can we end the collaboration?
At any time. Nothing is calculated in advance: the rule is switched off and from the next time a budget is opened, the brand is no longer offered.
How is this page different from the Work with us page?
The Work with us page shows each route in detail, with examples. This page is a short overview for anyone looking for an answer to whether and how you can advertise on Quotioo.