Free to start · Built by upholstery folks

Price upholstery jobs in minutes — not guesses.

TrimBid prices the job, picks the right materials, and sends your customer a quote they can approve from their phone. Then it tracks the work to done.

Free plan is genuinely free. Quote, materials, jobs board, calendar, and customer approvals — no limits, no card.
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The job
Job typeBoat seat & backrest
Qty2
Yards6
Labor3 hrs × $85/hr
MaterialMarine vinyl · $30/yd +30%
Supplies allowance$25
The quote
Labor$510
Materials$234
Supplies & consumables$25
Total quote$769
Deposit to collect up front$384.50
Preview customer quote →

A real quote — priced, margin-checked, and ready to send in about a minute.

How it works

From "what do I charge?" to a sent quote in three steps.

1

Pick the job

Choose the piece — boat seat, dining chair, headboard, custom. TrimBid fills in typical yardage and labor so you start from a real number.

2

It prices it

Materials, labor, supplies, and your margin — added up for you, with a heads-up if your rate is too low to make money.

3

Send & close

Send a clean quote your customer approves with one tap. It lands on your jobs board and calendar, tracked to done.

What you get

Everything the quote needs — in one place.

Built for how upholsterers actually work: on a phone, on the shop floor, between jobs.

Free Price it right

Real quotes, fast

Yardage, labor, materials, and profit margin calculated for you — so you stop quoting from your gut and stop leaving money on the table.

Free Materials

Right material, no guesswork

Price any vinyl, foam, or thread on the quote — type your own local prices or pull from a starter list. New shops buy local; TrimBid never gets in the way.

Free Close the sale

Customer-approved quotes

Send a tidy quote with a link. Your customer taps Accept from their phone — no printing, no "did you get my email?", no back-and-forth.

Free Stay organized

Jobs board & calendar

Every quote becomes a tracked job: quoted → approved → in the shop → ready. See what's due this week at a glance.

Pro Run the shop

Inventory & saved materials

Track what's on the shelf with low-stock flags, and save the vinyls, foams, and threads you actually use so they're one tap away.

Pro Win trust

Photos & your own shop page

Attach before/after photos to a job, and get a public page customers can request quotes from — your name, your brand, not ours.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when it's paying for itself.

The first 50 shops lock founding pricing — for life. No contracts, cancel anytime.

Free
$0 /forever
For the shop getting started.
  • Unlimited quotes
  • Material & labor pricing + margin check
  • Customer-approved quote links
  • Jobs board & calendar
  • No card required
ProFounding
$49 /mo$79
For the shop running real volume.
  • Everything in Free
  • Saved material & supplier lists
  • Inventory + low-stock flags
  • Before/after job photos
  • Saved job presets
  • Your public shop page + branding
MaxComing soon
$179 /mo
For the shop that wants to stop losing leads. Price set at launch.
  • Everything in Pro
  • Missed-call text-back
  • AI text intake & booking
  • Estimate-request capture
  • Lead-source tracking
No contracts. Cancel anytime. Your data is yours. Print or save any quote to PDF; ask for an export whenever you want. Free stays free. Quoting and customer approvals never get paywalled.

Pro tips from the supply side.

Hard-won lessons that save callbacks and reupholstery. A taste — the full list is free to read, no signup.

Marine · dark colorsUse a stay-cool / IR-reflective marine vinyl. Dark standard vinyl in the sun gets hot enough to crack and burn skin.
Marine · threadOutdoor UV thread on top and the bobbin. A normal poly bobbin rots out in a season even when the top thread holds.
AviationUse FAA flammability-compliant vinyl and get a burn certificate for the lot — your A&P needs it to sign off the install.
Read all the pro tips →

For the shop that's outgrown sticky notes.

One-person shop or training your first crew — TrimBid puts quoting, materials, and job tracking in one place built for the trade, not for an office.

Built with a working upholstery supplier — not an office that's never cut a yard of vinyl.

Straight answers

Is the free plan actually free?

Yes. Quoting, the customer-facing estimate, and approvals are free forever — no card, no trial clock. Pro adds saved jobs, photos, inventory, and your public request page. We make money when a shop grows into Pro, not by holding your quotes hostage.

Who's behind this?

It's built alongside a real, working upholstery-supply business — people who cut vinyl and ship thread every day. The tips and the quoting math come from the shop floor, not a marketing team.

Do I have to buy materials from you?

No. TrimBid suggests materials and lets you order in a tap if you want, but you can save your own suppliers and prices. The quoting tool works no matter where you buy.

What happens to my data?

Your quotes and customers are yours. Print or save any quote to PDF anytime, and ask for a full export whenever you want. Cancel and your data goes with you.

Is this going to get abandoned?

It's tied to an ongoing business, not a weekend project — and it's already live and in use. The roadmap (the Max tier) is funded by Pro subscriptions, so paying shops directly steer what gets built next.

Try it on your next quote.

Start free in under a minute — or drop your email and we'll send founding-member news and a heads-up when Max goes live.

No spam. Founding-member news and the Max launch — that's it.