Invoicing for carpenters

Invoice Koi is an invoice app for carpenters, with the day rate and the materials on one document and a price book that already knows what you charge for both.

Make an invoice free

The iPhone app is coming to the App Store.

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Carpentry bills by the day more often than by the hour, and the materials are half the conversation: a kitchen is one number to you and three to the customer. The estimate has to hold up months later when the cabinets finally arrive.

01On the document

What carpenters
put on an invoice.

Save these items with your own rates. Tap to add them to an invoice, with the unit, price and totals filled in.

Line	Unit
Carpentry day rate	days
Carpentry labor	hrs
Lumber and sheet materials	job
Hardware and fixings	job
Fitted unit, supply and fit	each
Site visit and quote	each

Set your own prices. The app's starter rates are placeholders. To bill one job today with nothing installed, the free carpenter invoice template opens in your browser with these lines on it.

A job, grouped Subtotals per section

ROUGH CARPENTRY

Carpentry day rate$780

Lumber and sheet goods$465

Subtotal$1,245

FINISH CARPENTRY

Carpentry day rate$780

Hardware and fasteners$185

Subtotal$965

CABINETS

Cabinet, supply and install$1,340

Subtotal$1,340

Total$3,550

Grouped line items work on all nine templates.

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02Why carpenters use it

Three things that
save the evening.

Day rates and hourly on the same book

A price-book line carries its own unit, so a day rate and an hourly rate live side by side and the right one goes on the right job without arithmetic.

A quote that survives the wait

The estimate keeps its lines, its client and its terms until it is accepted, then converts to the invoice. Nothing is retyped and nothing drifts in between.

Nine templates, your logo, your accent

The preview is the PDF, drawn by the same renderer, so the document you show the customer is exactly the one they get.

03 · Questions

Asked by carpenters.

Can I invoice by the day instead of the hour?

Yes. Each price-book line carries its own unit (days, hours, each, per job) and you keep as many of them as you need.

How do I show materials separately from labor?

Group the lines under headings with their own subtotals. Materials and labor read as two figures rather than as one number the customer has to take on trust.

Is there a free version?

Not for sending. Setting up your business and writing drafts are free; issuing invoices, estimates and receipts needs a subscription, an annual plan or a weekly one, with a free trial where your store offers one. Payments collected through Koi cost 0.35% with a subscription, or 0.7% + $0.10 without one, plus Stripe fees. Recording payments received elsewhere has no Koi fee.

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