See what you make before you hit send
Plenty of jobs feel profitable at the counter and settle up at break-even. The quote looked fine; the setup fees, the size upcharges, or a wholesale discount ate the rest. InkTracker puts the margin on the screen while you're still deciding, so the decision is made with the number in view.
Margin on the line, not in a report
Every quote line carries its cost — the live blank price, print work by color count and quantity, setup spread across the run — and shows what's left as yours. Discounts and rush fees move the number in front of you. If a price is too low to make money, you find out before the customer does.
The hard cases are the point
Straight retail jobs are easy to eyeball. The jobs that lose money are the special ones: wholesale orders at broker rates, work you're subcontracting to a partner shop, the deal where you sharpened the pencil twice. InkTracker shows your true cost and take on those lines too — a loss shows up as a loss, not as a smaller win.
- Per-line cost and margin while quoting
- Wholesale and broker pricing shows your real numbers, not the client-facing ones
- Subcontracted lines show the partner's price as your cost, with your margin beside it
- Saved quotes keep their numbers — the price you approved is the price that bills
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Start your free trialCommon questions
- How do I know if a screen printing job is profitable?
- Add up the real costs — blanks at today's price, print labor by colors and quantity, setup spread across the run — and compare against the quote before sending it. InkTracker does that math on every line automatically and shows the margin while you quote.
- Does this work for wholesale and broker orders?
- Yes, and that's where it earns its keep. Broker and wholesale lines show your actual cost and actual take, so discounted work can't disguise a loss as a thin win.
- Can the numbers change after I send a quote?
- Sent quotes keep the numbers they were approved with. Later edits are deliberate and visible, so the price the customer approved is the price that gets billed.