The kitchen business is full of showrooms eager to give away kitchen designs to pretty much anyone.
It doesn’t need to be like that.
There is a proven system of presenting kitchen pricing before designing for potential customers.
It qualifies customer leads and boosts sales.
Homeowners don’t know kitchen project costs
Free kitchen designs are a showroom’s greatest wasted resource.
Homeowners use them to determine project costs, then toss them.
They expect free designs which equates to free work.
It’s bad for business.
If they want free, then let’s get them a fast price first.
Discuss potential customers’ kitchen prices early
Don’t expect potential customers to discuss their project budgets if you won’t. It’s a two-way street.
Most kitchen showrooms hope to entice with designs first. They avoid discussing money.
It’s a flawed strategy.
Take the first step by presenting initial price ranges without investing in their designs – at least not yet.
First, confirm they’ll work with your prices.
Then, invest in their kitchen designs.
It seems counter-intuitive, but it works.
Quoting kitchens without first designing?
Most kitchen showrooms don’t know how to provide potential customers with pricing before designing their kitchens.
Our First Pass Quoting System is the answer.
We use intake forms to ask the “right questions,” filtering results and sorting measurement data.
You get specialized plans that extract kitchen project pricing.
How to Start
Make “Quote then design, quote then design, quote then design . . .” your new mantra. Then take the following steps.
We explain how the First Pass Method works, then get your sales team onboard.
We confirm the sales project’s goals:
- Fewer unqualified designs.
- More sales.
Get your key designer or salesperson on board. (They’ll be the influencer who expands this initiative.)
We’ll be their dedicated kitchen designers.
When customers complete the First Pass Intake Form, it’s forwarded to us along with kitchen measurements.
We provide initial pricing and plans in two days. Any quantity.
Now your salesperson is equipped to present budgets and pricing.
They decide which kitchen projects to drop and which to design.
OKD continues creating full kitchen designs for qualified potential customers.
We’ll monitor customer responses and sales, then expand the program to other salespeople.
Sales increase as you quote first and design second.
Business tips from the OKD team
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