The Business Micros Group has added some valuable new features to its TOUCH Vendor software for installers , ahead of the upcoming launch of its accompanying TOUCH Portal software for fabricators and fully integrated TOUCH Connect option .

TOUCH Vendor is a lead generation and quoting tool for installers , packed with useful features to help them close the sale .

It already includes a window and door designer which installers can add to their website to generate warm leads from homeowners , a quote and survey tool , and a lead and quote management system .

Now though , Vendor has taken a giant leap forward with the addition of live , automatic pricing options .

Subscribers can set up their own pricing grid in Vendor based on the products they quote on , what they buy in at and what they sell out at . They can then include uplifts for colours , glass , hardware and ancillaries , and even add on prices for any extras they need such as installation , skip hire , plastering , sills and rendering .

What ’ s particularly useful about the pricing is that users have the option of quoting with automatic pricing turned on or off , or just using it for certain products on a quote . If they want to send a

separate price request form to a supplier , they can do that as well from within Vendor , and they always have the option of running a test quote on every enquiry to validate the total before they send it to the customer .

Installers can also choose to display live product pricing on their website via the window and door designer and effectively price-condition potential customers with a subject to survey , supply only price before they enquire .

Graeme Bailey , Managing Director of the Business Micros Group , says that the pricing option makes Vendor an even more valuable tool for installers , particularly in the current hectic

market : “ Being able to price automatically means installers can save loads of time on every quote , and being able to pre-qualify retail enquiries with a ballpark figure means they are saving even more time not dealing with potential timewasters .

“ As you ’ d expect from the Business Micros team , which includes the web development experts at The Consultancy and Glazing Vault , the pricing set up is intuitive and user-friendly and comes with an online deployment wizard so subscribers can be up and running in no time . They only need to fill out their price grid once and if they need to add on a price rise from a supplier , they can set that to update automatically .”

As well as the new pricing option , TOUCH Vendor also now includes aluminium and timber products for the first time , and a vastly expanded range of composite door styles and PVC-U options . It ’ s now arguably the most comprehensive quoting and surveying tool on the market , with a vast library of products and datasets which subscribers simply turn on or off in their Vendor

set-up depending on what they sell and install .

They can quote on and survey as many different products as they like on one enquiry , and there is no limit to the number of products they can access within their monthly Vendor subscription .

The product imagery for the aluminium , timber and composite door products matches the outstanding quality of the PVC-U imagery already in Vendor , and it all works seamlessly with the Virtual Home visualiser supplied as standard . This clever sales tool makes it easy to overlay window and door designs onto an uploaded photo of the customer ’ s home – with views from inside and out . It can be used for lead generation , in a face-to-face sales meeting or in a virtual sales call and the visual can be added to the quote sent to the customer in response to their enquiry .

TOUCH Vendor is still available with a month ’ s free trial . Installers just need to register their details at : https :// store . bm-touch . co . uk / to access the demo .