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Customer Communication

Your estimates and invoices, in your words — not ours.

Edit the email your customer gets when you send an estimate or invoice, the footer on every PDF, and the wording on the approval page. Save your defaults once. Tweak any single send before it goes out. An AI Writer drafts the first version and learns how you write.

Estimate Approval Email — "Friendly" (Default)
Subject
Your estimate from {company_name} is ready
Hi {customer_name}, your estimate of {estimate_total} is ready to review. Approve it online here: {approval_url}. Thanks for the chance to earn your business.
AI Writer learned your voice from 6 accepted drafts

Five Places You Control the Words

These are the customer-facing messages your estimates and invoices send. Each one is a surface you can rewrite in your own voice.

Email

Estimate Approval Email

The email a customer gets when you send an estimate to approve. Both the subject line and the body are yours to edit.

Email

Invoice Email

The email that goes out with an invoice. When Stripe is connected, it carries a "Pay Invoice" link and attaches the PDF.

PDF

Estimate PDF Footer

The footer printed at the bottom of every estimate PDF — terms, a thank-you line, whatever you want every estimate to say.

PDF

Invoice PDF Footer

The footer printed at the bottom of every invoice PDF — payment terms, remittance details, your own closing note.

Web

Estimate Approval Page

The page your customer lands on to approve an estimate. You control the intro text, the footer, and even the label on the Accept button.

One saved default per surface. Leave a surface alone and BDB's built-in wording is used — nothing changes until you decide to make it yours.

Four Steps to Messages That Sound Like You

Set your defaults once. After that, every estimate and invoice you send pre-fills from them — and you can still tweak any single send.

1

Pick a Surface, Name a Template

Open Communication Templates in Admin. Each surface gets its own card. Click + New Template and give it a name you'll recognize — "Friendly," "Final Notice."

2

Drop in Merge Tags

Click a labeled chip to insert {customer_name}, {company_name}, {estimate_total}, {invoice_amount}, {due_date}, or {approval_url}. They fill in automatically when the message goes out.

3

Or Let the AI Writer Draft It

Describe what you want in a sentence — "a warm first-time-customer estimate email that mentions our 1-year warranty" — and the AI Writer writes the subject and body. It learns your company's voice from the templates you keep.

4

Tweak Any Single Send

When you click Send to Client, the subject and body pre-fill from your default. Edit that one send, or pick a different saved template — without changing your default.

What Makes It Worth Using

Most field tools have plain email templates. The difference here is the AI Writer, the merge tags, and the fact that none of it is gated behind a higher tier.

Included at $69/mo — no tier gating

Every surface, the AI Writer, merge tags, and message snippets come with your subscription. No premium add-on, no feature you have to upgrade to reach.

An AI Writer that learns your voice

Every draft you accept or edit teaches it. After a few, it refreshes an inferred "writing voice" that seeds the next draft — so the suggestions start sounding like you, not a stock template.

Merge tags so you never retype

Names, totals, due dates, and approval links fill themselves in at send time. Write the message once; it personalizes itself for every customer.

A template never boxes you in

Defaults pre-fill the send, but you can tweak the wording for one customer or swap in another saved template — and your default stays put. Reusable Message Snippets live on the same page for the phrases you paste all the time.

Communication Templates FAQ

The questions owners and office managers ask before they touch the editor.

Do I have to set these up before I can send anything?
No. Every surface falls back to BDB's built-in wording until you customize it. You can send estimates and invoices on day one and tighten the wording whenever you're ready.
Can it send marketing emails or drip sequences?
No. Communication Templates is for transactional customer messages — the emails, PDF footers, and approval page tied to your estimates and invoices. It is not an email-marketing tool, and it does not template SMS.
Does the AI Writer keep my style?
Yes. It logs the drafts you accept and edit, then refreshes an inferred "writing voice" snippet that seeds future drafts — so suggestions start sounding like you. It's admin-gated and rate-limited.
Where does it live?
Admin → Communication Templates (/admin/templates). Reusable Message Snippets live on the same page.

See It in the App

The five editable surfaces and Message Snippets (left), and the template editor with merge-tag chips and the AI Writer (right). Click either screenshot to enlarge.

Sound Like Yourself on Every Estimate and Invoice

Communication Templates — merge tags, the AI Writer, and message snippets — is included with every BDB Project Tools subscription. No add-on, no tier to upgrade to.

Founder's Pricing: $69/mo for 20 users. Retail $149/mo. All features included. Founder's rate locked when you sign up before June 30, 2026.