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Estimates priced the way PDR is priced.

Pick the panel, the dent size from Dime to Half-Dollar, and the count range. The price comes from PDRCore's dent matrix, or a price you set on the estimate. Nobody counts dents one by one: the range sets the price.

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  • Priced by dent size and range, or a price you set
  • The approved estimate stays locked
  • Customers approve from the link

An illustration of the PDRCore estimate. Names and prices are samples.

Pricing

One matrix, your price on the estimate.

  • The matrix range picks the price

    Each panel is priced from PDRCore's dent matrix by its dent size and the count range you pick. The range sets the price; a count is never typed or multiplied.

  • Or a flat price

    Any panel can carry the price you agreed instead, and a whole-car price can cover several panels at once.

  • Insurance, retail and wholesale

    PDRCore's one dent matrix is used mainly for insurance work. Retail cars take your own figure, and a wholesale account keeps its own price sheet.

  • Upcharges and parts

    Aluminum, glue-pull and oversize upcharges on top of a panel's price, and a parts catalog for R&I and R&R work.

  • R&I and R&R, kept apart

    Remove and reinstall is labor only. Remove and replace adds the part. Both sit under the panel they belong to, beside its PDR line.

Try it: price a panel

1PanelHood
2Dent sizeQuarter
3How many31–50
$575.00
Hood · Quarter · 31–50, from the sample matrix
Sample estimate2 lines
Roof Nickel · 51–75$730.00
Hood Quarter · 31–50$575.00
Total$1,305.00

Priced by the range. Sample matrix: you can set the price on any estimate.

See the sample matrix for this panel
HoodDimeNickelQuarterHalf-Dollar
1–5
6–15
16–30
31–50
51–75
76–100
101–150
Accounts

Rates that follow who pays.

  • A price sheet per account

    Carriers, dealers, fleets and lots can each have their own price sheet, applied through the RO's billing account.

  • A dealer's own labor and tax

    A dealer or fleet can have its own labor rates and its own tax rate, or none, and its cars are priced with them.

  • Sales tax by place and account

    Set sales tax for the places you work and per account, and change it on one estimate when you need to.

Versions

A version of record you can stand behind.

  • Approved means locked

    Once an estimate is approved it is the version of record. It doesn't change underneath anyone, and pay is figured from it.

  • Supplements with a reason

    Found more damage? It goes in a supplement with a reason. Every sent version is kept, and each compares with the original side by side.

  • Every save in the history

    Each save is kept with who made it and the total at the time, and an earlier save can be restored.

  • A check before it goes out

    Before an estimate is sent, PDRCore points out what looks missing. You decide: none of the checks stop the send.

To the customer

Sent, approved and on paper.

  • A link and a PDF, under your letterhead

    Send the customer a view link, or download a PDF with your shop's name and details on it.

  • Approved from the link

    The customer approves from the link you send, confirmed with a one-time code by text or email. The name, time, version and check code are recorded. The shop decides where it's offered.

  • Every document a claim needs

    Customer estimate, insurance supplement, repair authorization, invoice, photo pages and the damage diagram, each a PDF, or together as a claim package.

  • In your shop's own words

    What your estimates and forms say is written by your shop, including a direction to pay. PDRCore supplies none of the wording.

  • Bring in an estimate written elsewhere

    Import a PDF or a photo of a printout from another system. Every line is shown for review before it is added.

  • On your phone

    Write and send an estimate from your phone, with a simpler view for a small screen.

On the roadmap

Next for Estimating.

Not built yet, so not claimed above. Plans change as we learn from beta shops, and nothing here has a promised date. Star what matters to you on the application.

  • Coming soon

    Fees and upcharges you set

    Add your own fees and upcharges, apply them by a rule, and choose whether a fee is billed to the customer.

  • Coming soon

    Dealers and fleets as their own kind of customer

    Dealers, fleets and other companies kept apart from insurance carriers, as customers in their own right.

The rest of PDRCore.

Founding shops shape what PDRCore becomes.

We're opening PDRCore to a small number of shops and technicians first. Apply, tell us how your shop runs, and star what you want built next.

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