u/Financial-Recipe6972

I'll keep this straight with you because this crowd can smell a pitch from a mile off. I built a small web app for pool service folks. You type in a pool part and it gives you two things: the MSRP, and right next to it an estimated distributor cost to you as the pro. The estimate isn't pulled from anyone's secret pricing sheet, it's calculated per item, since the markup on a pump isn't the same as the markup on a fitting or a salt cell. The point is that when you're standing in someone's backyard you've got both numbers in front of you and you can quote the homeowner accordingly instead of guessing or calling the counter. That's the whole thing. It's free, there's no account wall, no free trial that bills you in 30 days, nothing to buy. I'm not going to pretend the estimate is going to nail everyone's exact cost. What you actually pay depends on your distributor, your volume, and your region, and no calculator is going to know your specific account pricing. The estimate is meant to get you in the right ballpark fast. That's actually the main reason I'm posting. I want people who quote parts every day to run their real numbers against it and tell me where the estimate is off, what parts it's missing, and whether it's close enough to be useful or so far off it's worthless. This could be pivoted to any construction vertical we just wanted to try pools first, runs in the family. Brutal feedback helps me more than polite feedback. A few honest answers up front, since I'd ask the same things:

• I'm not selling your data and there's nothing to sign up for to try it.
• The cost number is an estimate from a per-item calculation, not a leaked distributor price list, so nobody's account info is involved.
• If this turns into something paid down the road I'll be upfront about it, but right now I genuinely just need real techs to break it.
• If it's garbage, tell me it's garbage and why. That's useful too. If you're up for it, I'll drop the link in a comment (or DM me, whatever the sub rules prefer) and I'd love to hear what's wrong with it. Especially interested in hearing from anyone doing a lot of residential service calls where you're quoting parts on the spot. Thanks for reading. Happy to answer anything in the comments.

I'll keep this straight with you because this crowd can smell a pitch from a mile off. I built a small web app for pool service folks. You type in a pool part and it gives you two things: the MSRP, and right next to it an estimated distributor cost to you as the pro. The estimate isn't pulled from anyone's secret pricing sheet, it's calculated per item, since the markup on a pump isn't the same as the markup on a fitting or a salt cell. The point is that when you're standing in someone's backyard you've got both numbers in front of you and you can quote the homeowner accordingly instead of guessing or calling the counter. That's the whole thing. It's free, there's no account wall, no free trial that bills you in 30 days, nothing to buy. I'm not going to pretend the estimate is going to nail everyone's exact cost. What you actually pay depends on your distributor, your volume, and your region, and no calculator is going to know your specific account pricing. The estimate is meant to get you in the right ballpark fast. That's actually the main reason I'm posting. I want people who quote parts every day to run their real numbers against it and tell me where the estimate is off, what parts it's missing, and whether it's close enough to be useful or so far off it's worthless. Brutal feedback helps me more than polite feedback. A few honest answers up front, since I'd ask the same things:

I'll keep this straight with you because this crowd can smell a pitch from a mile off.

I built a small web app for pool service folks. You type in a pool part and it gives you two things: the MSRP, and right next to it an estimated distributor cost to you as the pro. The estimate isn't pulled from anyone's secret pricing sheet, it's calculated per item, since the markup on a pump isn't the same as the markup on a fitting or a salt cell. The point is that when you're standing in someone's backyard you've got both numbers in front of you and you can quote the homeowner accordingly instead of guessing or calling the counter. That's the whole thing. It's free, there's no account wall, no free trial that bills you in 30 days, nothing to buy.

I'm not going to pretend the estimate is going to nail everyone's exact cost. What you actually pay depends on your distributor, your volume, and your region, and no calculator is going to know your specific account pricing. The estimate is meant to get you in the right ballpark fast. That's actually the main reason I'm posting. I want people who quote parts every day to run their real numbers against it and tell me where the estimate is off, what parts it's missing, and whether it's close enough to be useful or so far off it's worthless. Brutal feedback helps me more than polite feedback.

A few honest answers up front, since I'd ask the same things:

• I'm not selling your data and there's nothing to sign up for to try it.
• The cost number is an estimate from a per-item calculation, not a leaked distributor price list, so nobody's account info is involved.
• If this turns into something paid down the road I'll be upfront about it, but right now I genuinely just need real techs to break it.
• If it's garbage, tell me it's garbage and why. That's useful too.

If you're up for it, I'll drop the link in a comment (or DM me, whatever the sub rules prefer) and I'd love to hear what's wrong with it. Especially interested in hearing from anyone doing a lot of residential service calls where you're quoting parts on the spot.

Thanks for reading. Happy to answer anything in the comments.

'll keep this straight with you because this crowd can smell a pitch from a mile off.

I built a small web app for pool service folks. You type in a pool part and it gives you two things: the MSRP, and right next to it an estimated distributor cost to you as the pro. The estimate isn't pulled from anyone's secret pricing sheet, it's calculated per item, since the markup on a pump isn't the same as the markup on a fitting or a salt cell. The point is that when you're standing in someone's backyard you've got both numbers in front of you and you can quote the homeowner accordingly instead of guessing or calling the counter. That's the whole thing. It's free, there's no account wall, no free trial that bills you in 30 days, nothing to buy.

I'm not going to pretend the estimate is going to nail everyone's exact cost. What you actually pay depends on your distributor, your volume, and your region, and no calculator is going to know your specific account pricing. The estimate is meant to get you in the right ballpark fast. That's actually the main reason I'm posting. I want people who quote parts every day to run their real numbers against it and tell me where the estimate is off, what parts it's missing, and whether it's close enough to be useful or so far off it's worthless. Brutal feedback helps me more than polite feedback.

A few honest answers up front, since I'd ask the same things:

• I'm not selling your data and there's nothing to sign up for to try it.
• The cost number is an estimate from a per-item calculation, not a leaked distributor price list, so nobody's account info is involved.
• If this turns into something paid down the road I'll be upfront about it, but right now I genuinely just need real techs to break it.
• If it's garbage, tell me it's garbage and why. That's useful too.

If you're up for it, I'll drop the link in a comment (or DM me, whatever the sub rules prefer) and I'd love to hear what's wrong with it. Especially interested in hearing from anyone doing a lot of residential service calls where you're quoting parts on the spot.

Thanks for reading. Happy to answer anything in the comments. No self promo intended.