Quote Sanity Check

Sample Vendor Quote Report

What the paid quote section looks like

A fast second opinion should tell you what to clarify before you approve, not pretend to know the vendor's private costs.

Sample only. Do not paste vendor names, client names, emails, addresses, account numbers, contracts, or confidential project details into the free checker.

example input

$12,000 website redesign quote

Timeline: 4-6 weeks. Scope: website redesign, responsive pages, CMS setup, launch support. Payment: 50% upfront, 50% on completion. Revisions: two rounds. Handoff: final files after payment.

Scope is priced, but not bounded

The estimate says "website redesign, CMS setup, and launch support" but does not name pages, templates, content migration, analytics, redirects, QA, or exclusions.

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Please list every included page/template, CMS collection, migration field, redirect, analytics event, launch task, and anything explicitly out of scope.

Payment is not tied to acceptance

50% upfront and 50% on completion is workable only if completion is measurable.

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Which milestone or acceptance event unlocks the final payment, and what proof will show that milestone is complete?

Handoff language is too thin

The quote says final files are included after payment, but does not mention repo, CMS, workspace, licenses, account ownership, source design files, or support days.

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Who owns the source files, CMS/workspace, repo, licenses, and generated assets after final payment?

The Quote Approval Kit adds the reusable pass.

The download includes quote red flags, clarification email copy, milestone/payment prompts, ownership and handoff questions, local-service add-ons, late-invoice scripts, scope-creep replies, and AI launch copy cleanup.

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